Organic Gardening, Permaculture & Regenerative Farming Intern

Grow Food, Permaculture & Regenerative Farming

• If you have been wanting to learn high-yielding, small-footprint, organic farming…
• If you have been wanting to discover more of who you are through living closely with others in a conscious, intentional community…
• If you are interested in taking a stand for a new way of living in co-creation with people and the Earth…
• If you have been looking for a place where you can prioritize your inner life and personal growth…
• Chuckleberry Community Farm may just be what you have been looking for.

At Chuckleberry, we value the rich relational field we cultivate while working as a team to generate high yields of certified organic foods with a small ecological footprint. An internship at Chuckleberry is not only an opportunity to develop skills in organic farming and sustainable living in a conscious community, but it is also an opportunity to develop and deepen your connection to your inner life. Our weekly community Emotional Intelligence Training and other transformational workshop spaces will develop in you a deeper, more genuine, soul-satisfying way of living and relating. Chuckleberry Community Farm is welcoming edgeworkers and culture creatives to collaborate in the creation of a village, the birthing place of a new culture.

The Gardening Internship

The Gardening Intern plans, prepares, plants and manages all of the Chuckleberry gardens. You spend most of your day outside in all weather conditions, assuring that we are producing large amounts of high-quality organic produce to deliver all over the Kootenay and Okanagan Valleys, all the while regenerating the land we steward. The Garden Intern loves their plants and enjoys caring for them, learning the real organic ways to manage pests & diseases, collaborating with us and leading the improvement of the current systems that support the garden ecology.

The Ideal Candidate:

• You have experience growing food and creating permaculture systems.
• You enjoy problem-solving and coming up with creative solutions;
• You have an earnest interest in your personal/spiritual growth and in exploring your deeper nature;
• You are dedicated to finding a balance between your passion for outer success with a deep connection to your inner world;
• You are interested in learning to work as a team leader;
• You are able to maintain focus and motivation in self-supervised workflows;
• You experience sincere enjoyment of productive and efficient work that can be very physical at times.

You Will Learn to:

• Start vegetables from seed and care for them until transplanting;
• Successfully transplant starts and care for them through the season;
• Prune and trellis plants for optimal production;
• Monitor and adjust soil quality;
• Manage weeds and pests in a regenerative way;
• Set and monitor irrigation systems;
• Create and apply comfrey tea;
• Build organic soil from scratch;
• Make a bokashi compost system, and use it;
• Prepare beds for planting;
• Harvest, package and market microgreens;
• Deeply heal yourself and nourish your Being;
• Let go of old survival strategies;
• Practice heartfelt and authentic communication;
• Confront and integrate your shadow aspects;
• Be-with others dedicated to a path of self-discovery;
• Consciously feel all of what is passing through you;
• Experiment with completely new ways of living, being, doing, relating and creating;
• Go beyond the concepts and constructs that have been holding you back from delivering your unique gifts to the world.

Work Hours: interns work five days per week, seven hours a day. You are expected to contribute a minimum of 35 hours per week, as well as participate in 2 hours of Emotional Intelligence Training each week.

We offer the opportunity to commit for 1 year with a Work Exchange trial preceding the beginning of the contract so you can feel certainty about your choice.

Application

We are always glad to hear from folks interested in working with us, regardless of your expertise. Please fill out our online application form here and email your resume to chuckleberrycommunity@gmail.com . Please mention you saw this at FoodWork.ca. If you have any questions that require a personal response, please call 250-551-8947.