British Columbia
Mackin Creek Farm,
Rob Borsato & Cathie Allen, PO Box 4642, Williams Lake, BC Canada
V2G 2V6, 250-297-6305,
. Certified organic farm and woodlot with a 5-acre market garden.
Vegetables are marketed through farmers markets and a CSA (box delivery).
- Source of power: 3 horses.
- Horses are used for: manure spreading, all tillage, logging.
- Acreage: 105; 5 in crops, 100 in woodlot.
- Other livestock: chickens.
- Skills offered in: fieldwork (both by hand and with horses);
production, washing, handling, and marketing vegetables; full introduction to
managing a small-scale farm, including the operational aspects as well as
economic considerations and environmental concerns.
- Work hours: 8 hrs/day; 5 days/wk.
- Terms: room, board & learning in exchange for work; 1 to 2
apprentices at a time; 1 to 4 months.
- Stipend: yes.
- Accommodations: bunkhouse; meals can accommodate vegetarian
preferences ("The best meals I've had since I left home.").
- Apprentice must be: enthusiastic, energetic, and interested.
- Visit first: if apprentice desires.
- Trial period: not necessary.
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