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Opportunity:  This is an opportunity for an individual or couple to gain experience and skills on a diverse homesteading farm.

Requirements:

• Dedication to learning and working hard.
• Willingness to work independently and in partnership with others on the farm
• Recommended: Four-wheel drive vehicle for winter, cell phone

Areas of Apprenticeship:

• Egg Production – flock care; collecting, cleaning, boxing, & delivery of eggs
• Animal husbandry – cattle, pigs, meat birds: feeding, water, fencing, butchering
• Vegetable and fruit production – planting, cultivating, harvesting, and preserving for our use on the farm
• Yurts – harvesting yurt poles, yurt assembly, sewing covers & insulation
• Carpentry and woodworking - stick and timber framing   
• Food provision – creating meals from products grown and raised on the farm
• Woodlot management – firewood and yurt parts
  
• Marketing of yurts and farm products
• Online recording of farming, nature, weather, studies, observations
• Humanure composting
  

Stipend and Responsibilities:
You will receive

• Hands-on training in agricultural production, carpentry, & homesteading
• The chance to study and explore native flora and fauna, homestead arts, music, sustainability, community, and additional agricultural areas of interest
• Accommodation in a Two Girls Farm yurt
• Farm-raised food
• Firewood, internet
• $50/week stipend. 
  

In exchange for

• Daily responsibilities with livestock and crops  
• Yurt building
• Preparing meals, keeping kitchen and food areas clean and organized
• Maintaining living and work spaces

 Contact Ken Gagnon for more info: 603-499-2568, ken@twogirlsfarm.org