Internship opportunity with Ancestree Herbals

This is a great opportunity for someone looking for actual hands on skills with experienced and all around, awesome people.

General description:
This program combines all aspects of organic wholesale medicinal herb production, vegetable growing, and homesteading, from hands-on greenhouse work to planting, propagation, cultivation, harvesting, soil building, and sales. Running from April through September, this internship is for a motivated individual with at least one season of farming under their belt who wants a deeper experience of a home-scale business in a vibrant rural mountain community. It includes 3 days of work at Ancestree Herbals (www.ancestreeherbals.com) and one day at the Karpenko homestead per week in exchange for food, a $200/month stipend, and housing in a 25’ yurt. We are surrounded by the rugged beauty of the North Cascades wilderness, with abundant recreation potential, natural food store, art galleries, etc.

Activities:
Composting; chicken management; field preparation; herb propagation, cultivation, harvesting, processing; irrigation; vegetable growing; seed crops; mulching; possibly light construction; berry-picking; soil-building; pest and weed management; Permaculture design implementation; possible farmer’s market;


Ancestree Herbals, LLC
34 Bond Lane, Twisp, WA 98856
www.ancestreeherbals.com