Willo’ Wind Farm
Willo’ Wind is a 50-acre family farm aimed towards environmental sustainability and stewardship of the land. We’re located 1 hour north of Toronto in the rolling hills of Zephyr. We grow a 4-acre market garden, and raise numerous animals (sheep, goats, chickens, pigs, turkeys, ducks, and two draft horses).
The vegetables and meats produced are sold directly to consumers through a CSA and the Uxbridge Farmers Market. Apprentices on the farm get a diverse farm experience: On the market garden side; field preparation, planting and seeding, weed control, harvesting, processing, cover cropping, mulching, irrigation, marketing, and greenhouse management.
The livestock side of the farm introduces apprentices to all aspects animal husbandry. This includes chores (feeding watering animals, collecting eggs), milking goats/cheese making, rotational grazing, making feed, hay and compost.
Apprentices will also learn about food preservation, sustainable building, draft horse power and native land restoration.
The farm property is also host to a Bed and Breakfast, and yoga/dance studio so it is a busy place. We offer room and board on the farm and a monthly stipend with year end bonus. Internships run from may until the end of august or October.
We are looking people with a serious interest in learning how to farm, and we will do our best to provide you with a rich learning experience that will help prepare you to start farming, particularly if you are interested in farming with ecological and organic methods. We are looking for enthusiastic people who are willing to learn with hands-on experience. We are friendly, flexible and open to accommodating different learning desires. The internship is a shared internship program between our Willo’ Wind Farm and neighbouring Wheelbarrow Farm, also in the C.R.A.F.T. Kawartha program. Apprentices will spend alternating weeks at each farm. This will provide interns will a more diverse learning experience of two different farms.
Contact:
Willo’ Wind Farm
Adrian Stocking
416 254 0835
E-mail: adrianadrianadrian at hotmail at com
