Volunteers, Interns and Seasonal Workers

Earth Haven Farm offers a hands-on experience throughout the the growing season.  Experience will be your best teacher and will stay with you for life; therefore staying with us from April through October will give you the full market garden farming experience.

For those of you who are interested in learning more about our biodynamic practices and the use and application of preps and homeopathic treatments of plants, we use all these methods as needed throughout the season, therefore again being with us for the entire season would be beneficial. If you are staying for only a week or two then you may miss out.

Hard working, honest and integral workers are what we are looking for in our helpers.

Duties will include preparing greenhouse, seed starting, preparing field beds, and laying down mulch and tarps and irrigation lines. You will be planting seeds and transplanting seedlings from the greenhouse to garden beds, weeding, watering, picking and cleaning produce for market.

For those who are into more physical labor there is a constant job of split-rail fence building and repairs, maintenance of electrical fences, clearing brush from the lines.

June through September is haying season and you will be expected to help out with the stacking of the small square bales of hay. We try to make this a good experience followed by a good meal and social time.

As winter approaches later in the year, you will assist in pulling irrigation hoses, mulching gardens and harvesting fall seasonal produce.

Throughout the season we host numerous workshops and events that our volunteers and workers are more than welcome to partake in.

For the health and well-being of ourselves, our animals and visitors to the farm, we would appreciate if you did not smoke.  All buildings are designated as non-smoking.

Accommodations: You will be provided with a bed and clean sheets. You will be responsible for your own laundry. We offer several different accommodation options.

Food & Meals: basic food will be provided for you. Please check in with us on any special dietary requirements. You will be expected to prepare your own breakfast.  Lunch and dinner are usually a joint effort and you will be expected to help clean up in the kitchen, wash dishes, etc.

Social Time: We have a selection of DVD movies that you can watch. An extensive book library. There are lots of local community activities to take in. There are rivers and lakes nearby for swimming, canoeing and hiking trails.

Transportation:  We are located north of Belleville in Eastern Ontario.  There is no public transit available.  Having your own transportation would be an asset. Taxi's do come to our location.

Appliances: We live off-grid, therefore there is no air conditioning, no dishwasher, no microwave.

Communications:  WI-FI  is available but limited to the farmhouse.  Cell phone service is available but can be limited from time to time due to our remote location, weather conditions and signal strength.

Income Potentials:

• General farm help, occasional work as well as WWOOF'ers, Work-a-way, Goodworks volunteers are all non-paid positions.
• If you have signed up to work with us for the full season, we will negotiate a payment plan.
• If you are a chef or kitchen certified person wishing to work in our kitchen, we will negotiate a paid position.
• Extra income can be earned by taking on your own farmers market(s) or helping Aric out at his farmers market.
• We have the capacity to grow a lot of food.

This is a non-smoking farm.  You must be legal to live and work in Canada.  Have a valid Health Card.  Good working references are required, preferably from previous farm work.  Interview in person at our farm or by Skype is required.

What you should bring: hat, work gloves, safety boots with steel toes, rubber boots, rain suit, bathing suit, and a wide variety of cloths to suit all kinds of weather conditions.

What NOT to bring: hair dryers, heaters & electrical appliances.

Caution: if you have any allergies to certain foods, animals, bees, insects, black flies, mosquitos, poison ivy or other plants - please make serious considerations before applying.

All persons wishing to join Earth Haven Farm as a seasonal will be required to sign an agreement form, which will be sent to you for review and signature.

Contact Aric to inquire about helping out on the farm and discuss volunteer, paid and non-paid positions.