season, from October through May. Work schedule is 5 ½ days per week.
Preference is given to full-season applicants with professional interest in
agriculture.
Apprentices receive a hands-on education in organic crop production and
marketing, and are compensated with a stipend. Training includes
informal farm skill demonstrations and exposure to key components of
farm management, such as organic certification protocols and farm
record-keeping requirements. Tasks include planting, greenhouse
management, transplant production, irrigation projects, crop
maintenance, harvesting, and direct-marketing through farmers markets
and the CSA farm membership program.
Optional college credit for the apprenticeship is available through an
educational partnership between Worden Farm and University of Florida.
College credit can be earned at either undergraduate or graduate levels.
All apprentices have access to the farm's sustainable agriculture
reference library.
Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. To apply, please send a
letter of interest and resume, with 3 references, to
office@wordenfarm.com.
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