Worden Farm hosts apprentices during the Florida winter vegetable 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 resume and three references to
office@wordenfarm.com.
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