Seed Internships @ Meadowlark Hearth Farm
via Meadowlark Hearth Living Environment Foundation 501c3
Location of internship: Meadowlark Hearth Farm DBA Richard Everett Farm LLC, 120024 Everett Drive Scottsbluff, Ne 69361 bcorymb@gmail.com 308-631-5877 cell, meadowlarkhearth@gmail.com
Seed Website: www.meadowlarkhearth.org
For educational workshops and activities at the farm Website: www.livingenvironmentfoundationne.org
Positions Open:
Biodynamic VEGETABLE SEED Internship With Whole Farm Approach
2023 Spring through December*
(shorter term hands on farm experience option, ask!)
*(Applicants considered throughout the year if there are openings)
Focal points of MHLEF experience: Organic and Biodynamic farming on 500 plus acres. We are NOP organic and Demeter certified Biodynamic® with intensive horticultural production on 4 acres with a focus on vegetable seed production integrated into a year round CSA/Market vegetable garden. Activities include field preparation, cultivation growing, harvesting, threshing, cleaning, and packing seed for web sales. We have a grass fed micro dairy with intensive grazing for small herd of Ayrshire/Shorthorn/Jersey/Normande cow herd. Included in the internship is learning about our cows in relation to the farm’s fertility for the seed, our micro dairy and grazing as well as small grain growing.
COME VISIT: Annual SEED Fest over labor day weekend: email for schedule
2023 Autumn Seed Internship processing and marketing: Three to Four month internship: September-December: Harvesting in September, cleaning and testing and learning about seed distribution throughout September-December. While you will learn much more of the context of seed if you come in the early spring, we offer the autumn internship for experienced farmers or gardeners who do not have the time to come during the year.
For questions or more information: Interested applicants please send short bio, resume, reasons for your interest and goals regarding agriculture to bcorymb@gmail.com and call to let us know that you have sent it. 308-631-5877.
Instructors:
Seedsman Nathan Corymb, trained at Kimberton Hills and at Sativa biodynamic seed company in Switzerland, BD and organic farmer for over 30 years as well as a Master Naturalist, Beth Corymb, BA in music UNC, Greeley Co and at Kimberton Hills in BD and organic farming of vegetables, vegetable seed and herbs for over 30 years. Together they began Turtle Tree Biodynamic Seed Initiative@Camphill Village USA. Included in teaching: MH farm partner Matthew Barhafer, BA in Biology, Regis University, Denver