Whole Circle Farm
3 Positions Available for 2012
There is very little agriculturally related that we don’t do at Whole Circle Farm. We rear cows, pigs, chickens, grow grain, make hay, practice biodynamics, have a farm store, sell at markets all year long, manage a 225 member Summer CSA growing over 50 types of vegetables, a 100 member Winter CSA, grow salad greens all winter long without external heat, produce copious quantities of maple syrup and live in a community but work as a family.
Whole Circle has developed a highly comprehensive education program for our apprentices based on past apprentice feedback and designed by former apprentices/farmers. The apprenticeship is, at its core, a working-learning experience. Our primary method for teaching how to manage a farm is to give you skills and have you perform tasks within our farm system. The aim of the program is to generate knowledgeable and confident ‘new farmers’.
Our program is designed to move dedicated candidates towards farm management and/or ownership. Ten Whole Circle alumni since 2005 have gone on to own farm businesses or manage farm operations.
Not everybody is offered a position at Whole Circle, we offer apprenticeships to those who have demonstrated an interest and shown dedication to being students and practitioners of sustainable agriculture. This is a management training position – if you are looking to learn how to manage a farm, not just how to go out and hoe, this is the place for you.
If we’ve piqued your interest then visit our website for an application and a highly detailed information package about work, education, housing, amenities, vehicle availability, all the delicious home-grown organic food you can eat, remuneration (yes you actually earn something too) and much more.
For more program details and application forms please visit our website http://www.wholecirclefarm.ca/?page_id=64
Contact: abhi or Johann and Maggie Kleinsasser
tel: 519.856.1384
e-mail: info@wholecirclefarm.ca
website: www.wholecirclefarm.ca
