Irvine Creek Organics
ALL POSITIONS FILLED FOR 2010
Irvine Creek Organics is a new farm located near Belwood (NW of Guelph), and 2010 will be its second year operating a growing CSA (40 members in 2009), hopyard, berry orchard and tree nursery, as well as an apiary. Our interns will help us with these projects, along with putting up a chicken coop, building a cob oven, developing a tea garden to complement our extensive herb garden, and participating in a weekly farmers market. We have about 10 acres where most of these activities are located, but the property is much larger and contains forests, streams, and fallow fields to explore.
Educational opportunities at Irvine Creek include all aspects of running a small CSA farm, including business planning, record keeping, greenhouse and field production, event and workshop hosting, marketing, hops production, field crops, winemaking, beekeeping, nursery management, berry production, food preservation, and anything else we end up taking on throughout the season! The emphasis of an internship at Irvine Creek will be coming away from us with the knowledge to do this for yourself!
Our farm is run by a previous CRAFT intern and, as it’s still in its early years, is an excellent opportunity to see where you might find yourself in a few years. We are seeking passionate, self-motivated, idealistic individuals with a strong work ethic. If this is you, come grow and learn with us!
Interns will have housing and some food provided in addition to a weekly stipend, and will work Monday to Friday with some Saturdays (farmers market), from early April until early November.
Website: www.irvinecreekorganics.com
Phone: 519-787-2356
Address:
6759 Wellington Rd 16
RR1 Belwood, ON
N0B 1J0
