Join us at Hosmer Point Summer Camp to provide a vibrant garden education program while producing food for our hungry campers! Gain experience growing food and flowers and caring for farm animals while getting kids excited about growing, cooking, and eating food! Live on-site with a large group of young adults and participate in the fun, loud, active, communal experience that is summer camp. Get ready to work hard and play harder!

Season: May 19 - August 22 (dates flexible)

Benefits and Compensation:

• Weekly stipend based on education and experience- $270 - $400 per week

• Shared housing in a cabin on site

• All meals (including on days off).  We serve fresh, healthy food and can accommodate dietary restrictions, vegetarians, and vegans.

• Kid-safe pets welcome.

• Free access to gym, yoga, and fitness classes at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center.

• Mountain biking trails, canoeing, swimming, hiking and more accessible outside your door in one of the most beautiful spots on earth!

Tasks:

• Assist in implementing educational, hands-on, (frequently very silly) activities for campers around gardening, cooking, vegetable production, and raising animals.

• Weeding, planting, watering, dead-heading flowers, suckering tomatoes, and harvesting.

• Daily care of animals (pigs, chickens, ducks, rabbits and goats)

• Help campers with daily farm and garden chores.

Must be observant, physically fit, enjoy working with children and getting a little silly, and able to abstain from tobacco, cannabis, and alcohol use on site.

Full job description and application instructions at hosmerpoint.com/staff

Provide a vibrant garden education program while producing food for campers and guests at Hosmer Point Summer Camp and the Craftsbury Outdoor Center in Craftsbury, VT.  Join our veteran farm crew in tending 1.5 acres of no-till garden and a fleet of flower beds while also running summer programs for kids age 9-15.  Work closely with the Farm & Garden Director and kitchen staff to ensure veggie production needs are met.  Assist with teaching two garden interns and organizing volunteer helpers.  A garden job that mixes physical labor and garden know-how with community and education!

Season: April 15 - October 15 (dates flexible)

Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, 40 hours per week, with very occasional evening or weekend chores during summer months.

Benefits and Compensation:

• $18 per hour

• Free lunch - we serve fresh, healthy food and can accommodate dietary restrictions, vegetarians, and vegans.

• Free on-site childcare or discounted camps available during summer months depending on child's age.

• Kid-safe pets welcome.

• Free access to gym, yoga, and fitness classes at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center.

Must be observant, physically fit, enjoy working with children, and able to abstain from tobacco, cannabis, and alcohol use on site.

Full job description and application instructions at hosmerpoint.com/staff

Small organic farm for lease in Plainfield VT. for cash or work-trade helping retired farmers.  Over 50 years of organic practice. Includes 3 greenhouses and 20 acres of crop and/or mowing fields.  Great starter farm and homestead opportunity.  Separate housing, equipment, and buildings are available.