Farm Internship and Business Opportunity

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Farm Internship and Business Opportunity in Ohio

Painted Hill Farm is a 30 acre run-down homestead that has been Mrs. B.’s home all her 68 year life.  Located very near Marietta, Ohio, it is bordered by Wayne National Forest.   Organic, sustainable, and nature preserving methods are practiced whenever possible.  Large and small horses, goats, poultry and a small commercial rabbitry are here, along with plenty of garden space. 

We are no longer producing much for profit due to our health the last few of years, but we don’t want our farming experiences to be lost forever.  So, we, ideally, want to find a man and woman married, childless couple, to whom we can pass on a LOT of small, sustainable farm and country wisdom, while providing them many small farm business opportunities right here on our farm. Please consider our Farm Internship and Business Opportunity

What we expect of farm the successful applicants:

• Strong honest work ethic
• Common sense working around machinery and animals
• Desire to learn and practice small farm, sustainable, homesteading skills
• Desire and ability to follow instruction and work independently
• Honest, Christian type morals
• No smoking, drinking alcohol, doing drugs, stealing
• Positive, enthusiastic, creative, industrious, resourceful, adventurous attitude
• Ability to do manual labor (lift 50+lbs., shovel manure, set fence posts, etc.)
• Willingness to provide 14 to 60 or more hours farm work per week
• Ability to climb ladders and stairs
• Ability and health to cut weeds, brush and wood
• Able and willing to interact with other people
• Have good communication skills (even with others who don’t have)
• Flexibility, patience, and understanding of elder co-workers/mentors/owners
• Able to be free from personal technological distractions like cell phones
• Committed to staying and working at least through this whole growing season
• Provide your own vehicle for basic transportation

Work that will probably be included but is not limited to:

• Fence building
• Brush and weed cutting
• Daily care and training of animals
• Handling 50 pound sacks of feed
• Occasional small building projects, including cabinet building
• General farm labor
• House cleaning and barn cleaning
• Marketing

What you can expect from us:

• We will provide your choice of a good sized, furnished, two room, second floor apartment overtop our garage, or a space to hook a self-contained camper.
• We provide electric, gas, TV and utility water. There is no land-line phone service here, so you might want a cell phone.  You may wish to purchase drinking water.
• At least an acre of garden space
• Nearly an unlimited supply of scrap timber (tree tops)
• Space, guidance and help with small business enterprises such as: small stock raising, pastured poultry, commercial rabbit raising, soap making, etc.
• Guidance and help with various mechanical work
• Use of an extensive library

What enterprises you may desire to learn from and practice with us:

• Market gardening, herb gardening, medicine gardening
• How to work gardens and animals on hilly property
• Growing and caring for marketable nursery plants
• Commercial rabbit raising
• Pastured poultry or other poultry ventures
• Creating nutritionally balanced home-grown feed for animals
• Processing and butchering
• Conservation, catchment, remediation and wise use of water
• Cottage crafts such as: soap making, sewing, quilting, hide tanning, etc.
• Homestead kitchen crafts such as: canning, pickling, pasta making, etc.
• Wood working, from toy making to building barns
• Natural-style, artistic wood crafts
• Radio controlled aircraft building and flying
• Various types of music, especially bluegrass
• Grant writing
• Starting and operating a non-profit, learning/teaching/incubation farm

Farm Internship and Business Opportunity Stipends and remuneration:

We are only financially able pay cash for fence building and some other jobs.  But we will openly encourage and mentor you toward learning to create your own income providing business right here.  We have the experience, knowledge, land, machinery, tools and desire to help you succeed. 

Please apply for the farm internship and business opportunity by e-mail to: dbennett293@gmail.com.  We’d like to read a personal statement about your beliefs and goals, resume, dates you are available and at least 3 references which include phone numbers and addresses.  In turn, we will provide you with much more info than this space can provide.  We will have at least one interview and help prospective interns get acquainted with our town and area.

The desired due date for applications is June15.  However, if you are interested in the getting a good market garden going, please apply as soon as possible. 

 

To learn more about farming jobs and internships or to post an opportunity on beginningfarmers.org, go to: https://www.beginningfarmers.org/internship-and-employment-opportunities/