Massachusetts
Natural Roots, David Fisher & Anna Maclay,
888 Shelburne Falls Road, Conway, MA 01341, 413-369-4269,
. Small-scale diversified operation with a focus on sustainable integrated
market gardening and livestock production.
- Source of power: 4 horses.
- Horses are used for: all field work including plowing, harrowing,
cultivating, potato hilling, mowing, spreading manure, hay making;
wagon work including harvesting; general woods work.
- Acreage: 63; 7 in cultivation of market garden crops.
- Other livestock: sheep, chickens.
- Skills offered in: draft horse care and basic teamster skills;
involvement in nearly all aspects of the farm, especially market garden,
harvesting, soil management, cover cropping, marketing through CSA,
general construction, livestock management, start-up considerations.
This is a general apprenticeship in diversified sustainable draft-horse
powered market garden and livestock production. Areas of special interest
include integration of market crops, cover crops, forage crops, and
livestock. Direct marketing, rustic simple living.
- Work hours: 10-11 hrs/day, 5 1/2 days/wk.
- Terms: room and board in exchange for learning and work;
2-3 internships positions March through Christmas.
- Stipend: $600/month plus $50 bonus/month.
- Accommodations: simple one-room rustic cabins, all food staples
are provided including basic organic kitchen staples and all-you-can-eat
farm produce; some meals are shared, some are independent.
- Apprentice must have: energy, enthusiasm, and a positive
attitude; flexibility and openness; a serious interested in farming;
an eagerness to learn; hardiness to rustic living and physically demanding
work; patience, honesty, and a commitment to communication.
- Visit first: yes.
- Trial period: no.
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