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Conway, Massachusetts USA
Above: Good Farming Apprenticeship Network
participant Natural Roots, Conway, MA
USA, is a small-scale diversified operation.
participant Natural Roots, Conway, MA
USA, is a small-scale diversified operation.
Natural Roots
David Fisher & Anna Maclay
888 Shelburne Falls Road
Conway, MA 01341
413-369-4269
csa@naturalroots.com
888 Shelburne Falls Road
Conway, MA 01341
413-369-4269
csa@naturalroots.com
Small-scale diversified operation with a focus on sustainable integrated market gardening and livestock production.
Overview
- Source of power: 5 horses.
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Horses are used for: all field work including plowing, harrowing,
cultivating, potato hilling and digging, mowing, spreading manure,
spraying liquid amendments, hay making, wagon work, and general
woods work. - Acreage: 63; 7 in cultivation of market garden crops, 15 in hay and pasture.
- Other livestock: hogs, chickens.
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Skills offered in: draft horse care and applied teamster skills;
involvement in nearly all aspects of the farm, especially vegetable
production, biological soil fertility, cover cropping, weed control,
pasture management, horse-powered loose hay making, marketing through
our on-farm CSA, general construction, livestock management,
start-up considerations. - 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 to mid-December.
- Stipend: $500/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:
minimum one year of commercial vegetable
production experience and a serious interest in a career in farming.
Apprentices must also have a quick mind, good observation skills, and
good mental retention, a respectful and positive attitude, energy,
endurance, and enthusiasm, an eagerness to learn, hardiness to
rustic living and physically demanding work, patience, honesty,
and a commitment to communication. - Visit first: yes.
- Trail period: no.
