Opportunities with Jewish Farmers
To focus on planning our inaugural conference, we will not be maintaining this board for the 2019/2020 season.
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Camp Ramah in the Rockies
Deckers, CO
Rosh Chava (Farm Director)
Julia Chatinover
Contact
5/1/2019
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
5/1/2019
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables
Chickens — eggs, Goats
Livestock
Staff work 6 days per week (shabbat as part of the general camp community). On farm work days, staff usually teach/work from 10 - 6. Staff are expected to be at all communal meals.
Hours
$2,000 - $5,000 for the summer, depending on experience. Travel stipends provided for those coming from outside of CO.
Compensation
Yes - staff will live in staff housing, in a shared cabin or small platform tent with 1-2 other senior staff members. Shared bathrooms with flush toilets and showers are a short walk away. Single stall showers and bathrooms are available.
Is housing provided?
Yes, three meals per day, plus snacks. All food is provided in our dining hall.
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
No
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
• This person should have extensive knowledge in horticulture, farm animal care, high elevation (8,000ft above sea level) gardening, building fences, power tools, carpentry. Graduates of program such as Amir, Adamah, Pearlstone, etc. are encouraged to apply.
• Must be comfortable driving small pickup trucks.
• Arrive at camp several weeks early (early to mid-May) to begin preparing our garden and greenhouse for the summer season. This includes planning which crops to grow, preparing soil, and doing early season planting.
• Work with Assistant Camp Director to schedule staff, plan educational content, order supplies, and generally keep the farm program running.
• Supervise two additional staff – animal care specialist and farm educator
• Manage all farm chores including animal care, weeding, watering, etc.
• The farm director will live in staff housing, and will be part of our senior staff cohort.
Qualifications
Position Qualifications: We are seeking individuals experienced with organic gardening and passionate about sharing their knowledge with campers. Our farm staff is part of our general program staff, and expected to contribute to the overall camp community. This includes supervising campers during free time, assisting in the kitchen, and participating in camp wide programming. We value flexibility, communication, compassion, and willingness to give 100%. Farm staff are not required to identify as Jewish, but must be willing to respect our Jewish communal environment. Staff who are curious, self-starting, and inquisitive do well in our fast paced environment. Our farm includes two garden plots, a permaculture area, greenhouse, ~18 chickens, and 4 goats.
Living Tree Alliance Community Farm
Moretown, VT
Apprentice
Melanie Kessler
Contact
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
5/1/2019
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables, Perennials (fruit trees, nut trees, etc), Flowers, Herbs
Chickens — eggs, Chickens — meat, Sheep
Livestock
We expect 15- 20 hours a week of work which provides interns a chance to get a job in any of the nearby towns. According to the applicants skills, there would be a chance to pick up paid work on the property teaching or in construction.
Hours
Room and Board
Compensation
We offer apprenticeships three options for sleeping. There is a small timber framed cabin, canvas tents on a wooden platform of tenting.
Is housing provided?
All meals are provided on the days that the apprentice works.
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
No
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
We offer 15 -25 hours of guided apprenticeship work exchange each week. Apprentices gain significant skills, training, and experience in permaculture design, homesteading, farming, preservation, spiritual and multi-generational Jewish education, leadership development, and natural building. Apprentices can expect to leave with skills and training in some the following:
Qualifications
Over 18 years old, no criminal background that makes it unsafe for applicant to be around youth
Farfields Farm
Afton, Va
Farm Intern
Farfields Farm
Contact
2019-04-15
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
2019-05-01
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables;Perennials (fruit trees, nut trees, etc);Flowers;Herbs;Mushrooms
Chickens — eggs;Cattle — meat;Sheep;Bees
Livestock
Full time, 40 hour weeks
Hours
$1,750/month
Compensation
Yes (tiny home on the farm, or private room in farm house)
Is housing provided?
Garden produce and eggs
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
Interns will be involved with Shabbat event organizing/hospitality
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
Field responsibilities will vary depending on season and project-based needs; Kitchen work will involve harvest processing and preservation; Additional work will involve assistance with events (Shabbat gatherings, Farm educational classes). Religiously observant interns will help with kashrut supervision in farm kitchen.
Qualifications
Previous experience with regenerative agriculture is desired but not necessary. Strong interest in farming/ecology is a must; desire to learn and contribute; team player; good communication skills.
Camp Ramah in the Rockies
Deckers, CO
Rosh Chava (Farm Director)
Julia Chatinover
Contact
2019-05-01
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
2019-05-01
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables
Chickens — eggs;Goats
Livestock
Staff work 6 days per week (shabbat as part of the general camp community). On farm work days, staff usually teach/work from 10 - 6. Staff are expected to be at all communal meals.
Hours
$2,000 - $5,000 for the summer, depending on experience. Travel stipends provided for those coming from outside of CO.
Compensation
Yes - staff will live in staff housing, in a shared cabin or small platform tent with 1-2 other senior staff members. Shared bathrooms with flush toilets and showers are a short walk away. Single stall showers and bathrooms are available.
Is housing provided?
Yes, three meals per day, plus snacks. All food is provided in our dining hall.
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
No
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
• This person should have extensive knowledge in horticulture, farm animal care, high elevation (8,000ft above sea level) gardening, building fences, power tools, carpentry. Graduates of program such as Amir, Adamah, Pearlstone, etc. are encouraged to apply.
• Must be comfortable driving small pickup trucks.
• Arrive at camp several weeks early (early to mid-May) to begin preparing our garden and greenhouse for the summer season. This includes planning which crops to grow, preparing soil, and doing early season planting.
• Work with Assistant Camp Director to schedule staff, plan educational content, order supplies, and generally keep the farm program running.
• Supervise two additional staff – animal care specialist and farm educator
• Manage all farm chores including animal care, weeding, watering, etc.
• The farm director will live in staff housing, and will be part of our senior staff cohort.
Qualifications
Position Qualifications: We are seeking individuals experienced with organic gardening and passionate about sharing their knowledge with campers. Our farm staff is part of our general program staff, and expected to contribute to the overall camp community. This includes supervising campers during free time, assisting in the kitchen, and participating in camp wide programming. We value flexibility, communication, compassion, and willingness to give 100%. Farm staff are not required to identify as Jewish, but must be willing to respect our Jewish communal environment. Staff who are curious, self-starting, and inquisitive do well in our fast paced environment. Our farm includes two garden plots, a permaculture area, greenhouse, ~18 chickens, and 4 goats.
Living Tree Alliance Community Farm
Moretown, VT
Apprentice
Melanie Kessler
Contact
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
2019-05-01
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables;Perennials (fruit trees, nut trees, etc);Flowers;Herbs
Chickens — eggs;Chickens — meat;Sheep
Livestock
We expect 15- 20 hours a week of work which provides interns a chance to get a job in any of the nearby towns. According to the applicants skills, there would be a chance to pick up paid work on the property teaching or in construction.
Hours
Room and Board
Compensation
We offer apprenticeships three options for sleeping. There is a small timber framed cabin, canvas tents on a wooden platform of tenting.
Is housing provided?
All meals are provided on the days that the apprentice works.
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
No
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
We offer 15 -25 hours of guided apprenticeship work exchange each week. Apprentices gain significant skills, training, and experience in permaculture design, homesteading, farming, preservation, spiritual and multi-generational Jewish education, leadership development, and natural building. Apprentices can expect to leave with skills and training in some the following:
Qualifications
Over 18 years old, no criminal background that makes it unsafe for applicant to be around youth
Eden Village Camp
Putnam Valley
Farmer Educator Apprentice
Chelsea Taxman
Contact
2019-03-15
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
2019-04-10
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables;Perennials (fruit trees, nut trees, etc);Flowers; Grains; Herbs; Mushrooms
Chickens — eggs; Goats; Bees
Livestock
During the spring and fall, work is 5.5 days a week 7am-5:30pm. Shabbat is a non-work day. During the summertime, farmers follow camp hours which are generally 7am-4:30pm, 6 days a week.
Hours
$4500 stipend as well as 6-months of room and board. We also offer a recruitment bonus for each camper or staff you recruit.
Compensation
Yes, farmers sleep in cabins at the camp with other adults. These are heated with bathrooms. Farmers do *not* stay in the same cabins as campers.
Is housing provided?
Yes. Food is provided for and prepared in a shared community kitchen during spring and fall. During 10 weeks of summer camp, three meals a day and snacks are provided. All meals are kosher, organic, locally sourced and made from scratch.
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
No
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
By joining the Farm Team at Eden Village apprentices will be farmers, tending to our farm, animals, and orchard, as well as lead educators for our spring, summer, and fall programs. Come ready to learn and contribute, and you’ll have abundant opportunities to develop skills on a professional and personal level.
Qualifications
We know farming and education are a continuous learning process, and though extensive experience is helpful it is not necessary. Willing curiosity and communication are required.
Alliance Community Reboot
Elmer, NJ
Farmer
William and Malya Levin
Contact
2019-03-15
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
2019-02-01
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables; Grains
None
Livestock
Hours will depend on how ambitious our plan to work together is. It is feasible to have a part-time job nearby (e.g. Philadelphia) while working on this project.
Hours
We can offer partnership with revenue sharing, or a salary based on experience and work commitment.
Compensation
We have a modern farmhouse that can accommodate 3+ farm workers.
Is housing provided?
Food from the farm and garden that you have grown.
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
No
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
We have 45 acres of tillable land, nearly qualifying for organic certification. Help us be productive and sustainable. We will provide infrastructure and housing.
Qualifications
Reliable, self-motivated, confidence with all stages of executing a productive season of growing crops. Keep a kosher kitchen.
Abundance Farm
Northampton, MA
Farm Educator and Events Coordinator
Jacob Fine
Contact
2019-02-21
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
2019-03-05
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables; Perennials (fruit trees, nut trees, etc); Flowers; Grains; Herbs
None
Livestock
40
Hours
30,000
Compensation
no
Is housing provided?
no
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
No
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
Farm Education
Serve as educator in farm-based programs throughout the year. Serve as both lead and support staff in facilitating farm-based curriculum for youth ages 3-18 in school, after-school, and summer settings. The FE will work closely with the teachers at our three campus schools (pre-school, religious school and Jewish elementary school) to implement already established curricula, as well as support the Director of Outdoor Education in the development of new curricula to meet emerging needs.
Events Coordination and Management
Provide strong administrative and logistical leadership in the development and implementation of farm-based community programs including our Spring Community Work Day, our Sukkot Harvest Festival as well as a number of other school and community programs over the course of the year. Provide leadership in the development and launch of new public programs. Administrative work includes program development, cultivating community partnerships, hiring vendors and outside specialists, volunteer recruitment and coordination, marketing support and program evaluation. In this role, the professional will often serve as the public face of Abundance Farm.
Shefa Teen Internship and Apprenticeship
Provide educational and logistical support to the Farm Manager and other Shefa support staff in implementing our 8-week, summer teen internship/apprenticeship as well as our fall and spring internships.
Farm Production
Provide support to the Farm Manager in management of our 1-acre vegetable and fruit production as well as the cultivation of our new 1-acre site.
Qualifications
Required
Personal alignment with the mission of Abundance Farm and its core program areas of food justice, farm-based education and community building.
Experience leading and creating engaging educational programming for a wide variety of ages ranging from 3-18.
Experience working in the field of experiential Jewish and/or garden education.
Strong track record of successful facilitation, teaching, and administration.
Strong gardening knowledge.
Experience, familiarity, and/or passion with urban agriculture and local food systems.
Comfort leading high energy activities for groups of 20+ children.
Genuine passion and love for working outside with children and families.
Emotional maturity
Excellent communication skills.
Experience and confidence speaking in front of groups of children and adults
Positive, team player and collaborator.
Highly organized.
Ability to work independently and also to work closely with direct supervision when needed
DESIRED
Strong Jewish education and comfort teaching farm-based curricula through the lens of Jewish tradition.
Working knowledge of the Hebrew language.
Experience teaching through multiple modalities (e.g. movement, theatre, music, etc.)
Experience working and teaching in multicultural settings
Interest in and history of engagement in issues of food justice
A degree or other significant training in education; community-building skills and experience working with diverse communities; Non-Violent Communication training; anti oppression training; anti-racism training.
Urban Adamah
Berkeley, California
Jewish Farm Educator & Group Programs Coordinator
Daryn Packer
Contact
2/4/19
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
3/6/19
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables, Perennials (fruit trees, nut trees, etc), Flowers, Grains, Herbs
Chickens — eggs, Goats, Bees
Livestock
This is a full-time, 40-hour per week position that often necessitates working some evenings, Sundays, weekend retreats, or Jewish holidays (all included in the 40-hour work week). In cases when the individual is asked to work outside of normal business hours, time off during the regular work week is scheduled to ensure that the work week is kept to 40 hours.
Hours
Compensation dependent on experience
Compensation
Housing is not provided.
Is housing provided?
Food not provided.
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
dependent on position
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
The Urban Adamah Youth and Family Educator and Group Programs Coordinator (YFE) will be responsible for manifesting the mission of Urban Adamah in a variety of education and administrative roles. These include serving as an educator in our programs for youth, families and young adults, leading our CIT teen program, providing some coordination support to such programs, and maintaining our children’s garden. As the lead educator, the YFE is responsible for integrating Urban Adamah’s core content areas -- Jewish tradition, mindfulness, sustainable agriculture, and social action -- and inquiry- and farm-based activities, programs, and lessons.
At list of specific responsibilities can be found in the job description at https://www.urbanadamah.org/about/job-opportunities/
PLEASE APPLY ONLINE - do not send application via email.
Qualifications
The YFE must align with the mission of Urban Adamah and its core content areas: Jewish tradition, sustainable agriculture, mindfulness, and social action. The YFE must have experience leading educational programming for a wide variety of ages ranging from 3-18. The YFE should have experience working in the field of experiential Jewish and/or garden education, and should have strong and proven facilitation, teaching, and administrative skills. The YFE should have experience creating innovative hands-on programming for youth. The YFE should have strong vegetable gardening knowledge. The YFE must feel comfortable leading high energy activities for groups of 40 children, project an energetic and engaging presence, and take genuine joy in working outside with children and families. The YFE must be emotionally mature, an excellent communicator, and highly organized.
Urban Adamah
Berkeley
Urban Farming Fellowship
Daryn Packer
Contact
Rolling
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
6/11/19
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables, Perennials (fruit trees, nut trees, etc), Flowers, Grains, Herbs
Chickens — eggs, Goats, Bees
Livestock
Hours spent per week vary, but here is an approximate number of hours based on programming:
- Avodat Lev (Service of the Heart): 5 hours per week
- Avodat Sadeh (Service of the Field): 15 – 22 hours per week
- Internship at Community Organization: 8 – 10 hours per week
- Limmud (Learning): 6 – 7 hours per week
- Leadership Training: 2 – 3 hours per week
- Avodat Makom (Service of Place): up to 3 hours per week
Hours
Urban Adamah is trying to make the Fellowship as accessible as possible, regardless of class background. Thanks to our program supporters, we are able to offer both 2019 Fellowship seasons for a flat rate of $750. The fellowship fee covers food, housing, staff time, and all program-related expenses for the full eleven-week program. Please note that the actual cost of the Fellowship is roughly $15,000 per fellow. To cover these costs, close to 85% is raised from foundations and individuals; about 10% comes from farm visitor fees; and the remaining 5% represents what we ask fellows to pay. At the end of the fellowship, we ask fellows who are able, to make a financial contribution to the organization to support our ability to run the fellowship in future seasons.
Compensation
Yes; Fellows live in a shared, newly built community residence right on the farm. Living communally is a rich opportunity to develop communication skills, appreciate differences, and resolve conflicts. The Urban Adamah staff supports this process through community-building exercises, regular meetings, and other practices.
Is housing provided?
Urban Adamah provides a food budget sufficient to purchase foodstuffs for the season - included in the fellowship fee. Food shopping responsibilities and cooking, as well as all household duties, are shared among fellows. The community house is vegetarian.
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
Shabbat is fellows’ time off. The work-week ends on Friday a few hours before sunset, and begins again on either Sunday or on Monday morning.
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
We seek candidates who are passionate about engaging whole-heartedly in the internal (mind, heart and body) and external (farming is physical) work of this experience. Those who thrive in the fellowship arrive ready to go deep, be vulnerable, contribute to the community and ask sometimes difficult questions about who and how they want to be in the world.
To request an application, please visit www.urbanadamah.org/fellowship/
Qualifications
Prior experience not required.
Eden Village Camp
Putnam Valley
Farmer Educator Apprentice
Chelsea Taxman
Contact
3/15/19
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
4/10/19
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables, Perennials (fruit trees, nut trees, etc), Flowers, Grains, Herbs, Mushrooms
Chickens — eggs, Goats, Bees
Livestock
During the spring and fall, work is 5.5 days a week 7am-5:30pm. Shabbat is a non-work day. During the summertime, farmers follow camp hours which are generally 7am-4:30pm, 6 days a week.
Hours
$4500 stipend as well as 6-months of room and board. We also offer a recruitment bonus for each camper or staff you recruit.
Compensation
Yes, farmers sleep in cabins at the camp with other adults. These are heated with bathrooms. Farmers do *not* stay in the same cabins as campers.
Is housing provided?
Yes. Food is provided for and prepared in a shared community kitchen during spring and fall. During 10 weeks of summer camp, three meals a day and snacks are provided. All meals are kosher, organic, locally sourced and made from scratch.
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
No
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
By joining the Farm Team at Eden Village apprentices will be farmers, tending to our farm, animals, and orchard, as well as lead educators for our spring, summer, and fall programs. Come ready to learn and contribute, and you’ll have abundant opportunities to develop skills on a professional and personal level.
Qualifications
We know farming and education are a continuous learning process, and though extensive experience is helpful it is not necessary. Willing curiosity and communication are required.
Alliance Community Reboot
Elmer, NJ
Farmer
William and Malya Levin
Contact
3/15/19
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
2/1/19
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables, Grains
None
Livestock
Hours will depend on how ambitious our plan to work together is. It is feasible to have a part-time job nearby (e.g. Philadelphia) while working on this project.
Hours
We can offer partnership with revenue sharing, or a salary based on experience and work commitment.
Compensation
We have a modern farmhouse that can accommodate 3+ farm workers.
Is housing provided?
Food from the farm and garden that you have grown.
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
No
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
We have 45 acres of tillable land, nearly qualifying for organic certification. Help us be productive and sustainable. We will provide infrastructure and housing.
Qualifications
Reliable, self-motivated, confidence with all stages of executing a productive season of growing crops. Keep a kosher kitchen.
Hava And Adam
Modiin, Israel
Apprentice
Ofir Segal
Contact
2019-02-10
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
2019-02-10
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables; Perennials (fruit trees, nut trees, etc); Flowers; Herbs
Bees; Vermiculture
Livestock
8 hours a day.
Hours
Permaculture Design Certificate
Compensation
Yes, in our programs the participants are living on the farm.
Is housing provided?
Yes, 3 meals a day. Kitchen that working all day with fresh food from the fields.
Is food provided?
The kitchen is not kosher certified, but everthing on the farm is vegan, which means kosher.
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
No
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
To work in different jobs in the farm, study Permaculture and live communal lifestyle.
Qualifications
desire to ecological life and love to the nature.
Eden Village West
Healdsburg, CA
Farm Program Specialist or Farm-to-Table Coordinator
Rebecca Remis
Contact
Rolling
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
2019-06-05
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables; Flowers; Grains
Chickens — eggs; Goats; Rabbits; Bees
Livestock
It's a 6-8 week residential position. There's time for hourly work before the season begins if that's of interest to the applicant. Lastly, the role includes 2 1-hour video calls.
Hours
Salary commensurate with experience
Compensation
Yes
Is housing provided?
Yes, 3 organic meals/day
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
Possibly to open the animals. That said, if someones Shabbat observant we could certainly make arrangements.
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
Either position is responsible for planting and maintaining the farm. This includes the plants and animals. For plants it includes watering plants, weeding, and harvesting. For animals it includes animal care, opening and closing the animal areas and giving food and water to the animals. For the farm-to-table coordinator you would also work with the kitchen to harvest and process the necessary items for the meals. Additionally, you would manage the compost program at camp. For the farm program specialist, you would work with campers in the morning program using programs developed by Eden Village or of your own invention!
Qualifications
Experience with farming and/or education. Training can be provided for the right candidate.
Pearlstone Center
Reisterstown, Maryland
Apprentice
Sarah Rovin
Contact
2019-01-30
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
2019-03-12
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables, Perennials (fruit trees, nut trees, etc), Flowers, Herbs
Chickens — eggs; Sheep; Goats
Livestock
40
Hours
Room, board, bi-monthly paycheck
Compensation
Apprentices will live in a house adjacent to the Pearlstone property. The house has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms and will be shared by eight apprentices. Apprentices should expect to have roommates. The basement of the house is rented to a full-time tenant.
Is housing provided?
Apprentices will prepare their own food together in the communal house. The apprenticeship community will have a shared budget for food for cooperative shopping as well as Kosher organic farm-to-table produce from our farm. Apprentices will also enjoy the staff lunch that is provided Sundays-Thursdays in Pearlstone’s dining hall. The staff lunch may not be strictly vegetarian but options generally exist to maintain a vegetarian or vegan diet based on the variety of offerings in the dining hall.
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
No
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
Apprentices will participate in all functions of vegetable production, animal care and maintenance of perennial spaces.
Qualifications
Willingness to learn. Previous farm experience is a benefit but not a necessity.
Amir
Varies
Farmer + Farm Educator
Andrew Davidov
Contact
2019-03-31
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
2019-05-27
Location
Position
Crops
Mixed vegetables
None; Chickens — eggs; Goats
Livestock
Full-time, temporary job. You will be living at the camp for six to eight weeks.
Hours
Camp salary is competitive and consummate with experience.
Compensation
Yes, most camps place staff in bunks.
Is housing provided?
Yes! Camps serve all meals to you during the summer.
Is food provided?
Varies by camp.
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
Varies by camp. Shabbat observance is respected, and we advocate to meet religious needs.
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
● Cultivate gardens with participating campers
● Lead garden-based activities and educational programs for campers of all ages
● Daily garden maintenance and care
● Participate in weekly oversight meetings with Amir Mentors
● Participate in daily animal husbandry and care (if applicable to your camp)
● Act as an enthusiastic and active member of the camp community
Qualifications
We take farmers with no significant experience in farming. Strong preference is given to those who have worked at summer camps or educational settings in the past.
Berkshire Hills Eisenberg Camp
Copake, New York
Farm Manager + Educator
Zach Weisbrot
Contact
2/4/2019
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
5/1/2019
Location
Position
Crops
Flowers, Grains, Herbs, Mixed vegetables
Chickens — eggs, Goats
Livestock
2 45 minute morning activities and 2 1 hour afternoon activities plus whatever is necessary to ensure the farm is functional
Hours
300 per week
Compensation
Yes, either with children or private.
Is housing provided?
Yes. We eat as a camp.
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
Each situation is unique.
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
Ability to setup and maintain a vegetable garden
Ability to create fun, engaging, and educational lessons for campers in the garden
Harvest and produce food for campers to eat and kitchen to use
Able to care for different types of animals such as goats, rabbits, pigs, chickens and others
Ability to create fun, engaging, and educational lessons for campers with different types of animals
Coordinate purchasing necessary supplies for animals and the garden
Ability to communicate with outdoor adventure team and coordinate necessary activities
Be willing/able to assist in all areas of camp when needed to ensure the fun, safety, and experience of our campers
Qualifications
Candidate should have a background in farming, gardening and Jewish environmental education
Shaare Shamayim aka The Frum Farm
Hotchkiss, Colorado
Work Trade
Yedida Fink
Contact
Rolling
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
Rolling
Location
Position
Crops
Currently building infrastructure, and will be growing veggies/fruits/nuts later
Chickens — eggs, Chickens — meat, Other poultry, Goats, Bees, Aquaculture, WILL be getting a variety of animals, including YAK, soon.
Livestock
It can vary from 10-20 hours during the winter, up to 30-40 hours the rest of the year.
Hours
Housing and some meals in exchange for labor (full room & board in some cases).
Compensation
Yes. Housing varies from bedroom inside synogogue building to cottages, to large Army tents, depending on number of people, season and individual circumstances.
Is housing provided?
Yes. Depending on work hours, some meals or all meals provided. Food is glatt kosher.
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
No
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
can be anything from assistance in building, property clean-up, to animal care, planting, etc. ; and can also include helping with food prep/service, and activities during large events (Passover, Sukkot).
Qualifications
Healthy, hard-working, dependable & prompt, some previous knowledge of using hand & power tools and basic construction, able to follow instructions well, and willing to learn.
Bee Awesome
Beachwood, Ohio
Apprentice
Amalia Haas
Contact
Rolling
Application Due
Earliest Start Date
1/21/2019
Location
Position
Crops
Honey, bee products
Bees
Livestock
A minimum of 35 hours/week. During busy seasons hours may increase.
Hours
$100/week minimum, may be higher based on experience.
Compensation
Yes. A private room and shared bathroom are offered. No smoking.
Is housing provided?
Yes. Kosher home cooked meals.
Is food provided?
Yes
Is there a kosher kitchen on site?
No
Is work required on Shabbat?
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include beekeeping as skills are learned, working with honey product/medicinal development and bottling, publicity/social media, marketing, and teaching. Responsibilities are built around the interests and skills of applicants.
Qualifications
Must be a self-directed, trustworthy individual, comfortable around children and with working in context of a family.