Becoming a CRAFT Kingston Farm
If you are an organic farmer in the Kingston area who currently hosts interns or is planning to have interns then we welcome you to inquire about becoming a CRAFT Kingston member.
These are the qualifications and commitments that potential farm must meet to be a part of CRAFT Kingston. You must:
- Offer an internship program. The details of a farm internship vary from one farm to another, but all internships are based on an exchange that involves the intern’s labour and commitment and the farmer’s instruction, supervision, education, time and commitment
- Operate your farm according to organic standards. Organic certification is not required, but your practices must meet or exceed organic standards.
- Grow/raise food and sell/barter some portion of it for the local market
- Host a CRAFT field day and/or participate in field day farmer panels
- Send your intern(s) to each of the monthly CRAFT days and support them in getting to the farm
- Attend a minimum of 3 CRAFT days per year
- Participate in the CRAFT farmers planning and evaluation meetings located in Kingston area. There will be two annual meetings (possibly more in the first year)
- Volunteer 1 in every 3 years on the CRAFT working group, which will take care of CRAFT administrative tasks
- Contribute a $100 membership fee to cover advertising and administrative tasks (Note: fee is waived for 2009)
- Provide baseline data about your farm for CRAFT interns from other farms (basic farm history, acreage, brief description of production, cultivation, marketing methods, staffing, etc.)
If you have any questions or would like to become a member, please contact Ian Stutt: ian@newfarmproject.ca
