South Western CRAFT Ontario Farms:
Show Only Member Farms With Available Internships
Zocalo Organics
*Internship Positions Filled for 2017 (inquire anytime for 2018). Overview: We offer an intensive, work-learn experience on a community-supported organic farm. Our 83 acre farm is located in Hillsburgh, Ontario (30 minutes from Guelph, 1 hour from Toronto, 30 minutes from Orangeville). The farm is owned and operated by farmers Seb and Bethany, and is supported by a strong community of friends, family, and clients. Interning on a small-farm like ours means you have direct access to the farmers who run the operation on a daily basis. We invite you into...
Creek Shore Farms
Creek Shore Farms is an organically run vegetable farm located in St. Catharines, owned and operated by Ryan & Amanda Thiessen for the last five years. Our farm is in the heart of the Niagara Region fruitbelt and operates on 5 acres of land. We sell primarily through our summer and winter CSA programs, as well as at farmers’ and on-farm markets. We grow a wide range of vegetables, operate a small apple orchard and also raise pigs and chickens. Our farm is an easy bike ride to most...
Common Ground Farm
(*Please note: Our Internship Positions for 2017 have been filled) We are a mixed vegetable farm just southwest of St.Thomas, Ontario. We have a spring, summer and fall CSA and we go to 2 local farmers markets. As well we raise a few pastured pigs, chickens and we grow hops and sell them to local micro breweries. We serve a strong and committed community of customers at both our CSA and farm markets where we focus on quality organic vegetable production. We rely heavily on season extension and we...
Kolapore Gardens
*Internship Positions Filled for 2017 Kolapore Gardens is a biologically intensive market garden producing top quality, nutrient dense vegetables and herbs for the local communities of Collingwood, Thornbury, Clarksburg and the Beaver Valley. We are located next to a provincial park and plenty of wild forests and creeks. Our farm works cooperatively with a neighbouring horse farm who provide manure in exchange for helping out with hay & upkeep of the farm. We accept 2 apprentices each year and share our skills of: – Designing crop rotations and garden layouts –...
Whole Circle Farm
INTERNSHIP POSITIONS Position: Ecological Farming Internship (March – Nov 2017, 6 positions) Type: full-time internship with room, board, stipend, more (see below) Organization: Whole Circle Farm Location: Acton, GTA / Halton Region, Ontario INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT WHOLE CIRCLE FARM If you’re ready for a full, hands-on experience that will immerse you in ecological farming then you’ve come to the right place. A farming internship experience can change your life! Whether your dream is to have your own organic farm one day or you just want to learn some food-growing and hands-on skills that...
Saugeen River CSA
We are an 80 acre Biodynamic farm located in the rolling hills of Grey County. Our mixed farm focuses on providing vegetables, herbs and flowers for our surrounding community through the summer and winter CSA. We are currently converting our farm into as much draft horse power as possible with a team of Belgians and a team of Percherons. We also have Highland cattle, ducks, laying hens and raise a couple of pigs. Our farm is small enough that apprentices get a chance to be involved in most of...
Plan B Organic Farms
Plan B Organic Farms was established in 1997 by Alvaro & Rodrigo Venturelli & Melanie Golba. We grow over 30 acres of certified organic vegetables on our 50 acre farm in Hamilton. We also manage a vineyard of organic table grapes in Niagara. We run a 500 member Multi-Farm CSA year round and deliver to Hamilton, Halton & Toronto. In the summer season we attend two outdoor Farmers’ Markets, Dundas & Dufferin Grove Park. We also operate the 2 Acre McQuesten Urban Farm in Hamilton for the City of ...
Orchard Hill Farm
*Internship Positions Filled for 2017 Orchard Hill Farm is a 93 acre diversified organic farm, growing 3 acres of vegetables and small fruit to supply our 100 family CSA, hay, pasture, and grains for our livestock (horses, laying hens, house beef animal and pigs) and for seed. Most of our farm work is done with Suffolk Punch horses, a very old and rare breed of draft horse specially suited for work in field and forest. We strive to balance land area, livestock, manure production, energy use and crop production so that...
Manorun Organic Farm
ManoRun Organic farm is located in Ancaster (near Hamilton). We are a 40 acre mixed farm including vegetable production, hay, pasture, livestock and grains. ManoRun Organic Farm is primarily a vegetable production farm selling Community Shared Agriculture memberships and at 2 farmers markets. We have a number of opportunities for intern learning including; Vegetable growing Livestock care Food processing Marketing and sales Permaculture Our farm fertility management program includes; annual fall compost application, green manures, crop rotations and mineral dust applications. In 2014 the farm planted 2,000 trees on...
Ignatius Farm CSA
Ignatius Farm is an integral part of the Ignatius Jesuit Centre, home as well to Loyola House Retreat and Training Centre, Ignatius Old Growth Forest Project, St. Brigid’s Villa, and Orchard Park Office Centre. IJC is 4.5 kilometers from downtown Guelph, and a 10 minute walk from a city bus stop. www.ignatiusguelph.ca Ignatius Farm Facebook Interns are a key element of Ignatius Farm, learning skills in greenhouse management, field production methods, harvesting, distribution, planning, and working with CSA members and Community Gardeners. The Ignatius Farm Internship: Hands-on and skills-based...
Everdale Organic Farm
Everdale’s Sustainable Farming Certificate Some very exciting changes to the SFC program for 2017! In addition to getting a structured, curriculum based program, amazing food and a great place to live our students will also walk away from the program with money in their pocket! Read the ‘Full Details Package’ on Everdale’s website for more information. Everdale’s SFC program follows a structured curriculum designed to immerse students in on-farm life. In addition to practical training students will take part in seminars, workshops, fields trips, and project work. Curriculum components include Seminars. Most...
Persephone Market Garden
We are looking for two to three people to join our farm team from May 1 to October 31. We welcome individuals interested in pursuing farming as a career and individuals pursuing a career related to food/agriculture who would like to gain practical experience. Our farm consists of 100 acres and is located between Owen Sound and Sauble Beach. About one half of the property is various types of bush and swamp, the rest is hay fields/pasture/market garden. Kristine is the primary farmer, while Thorsten takes care of special...
Kawthoolei Farm Organics
2 APPRENTICE/INTERNS FOR CERTIFIED ORGANIC FARM 2017 Position: Organic Farm Internships Type: Internship with room & board, stipend, and priceless hands on education in small Certified Organic Farming (Couples are accepted) Organization: Kawthoolei Farm Organics Location: Perth County, Southwestern Ontario Kawthoolei Farm Organics is a 10-acre certified organic farm in beautiful Southwestern Ontario. We are 40 minutes from Stratford and London, half an hour from Lake Huron. At Kawthoolei Farm Organics, we are dedicated to providing high quality organic fruits, vegetables and organic sprouts directly to people who care...
Shared Harvest Community Farm
Shared Harvest Community Farm and Learning Centre is looking to fill three internship positions. We are located in Dunnville Ontario. We are situated seconds from the Grand River and minutes from Lake Erie. Shared Harvest is in its second year of operation. We are operating an 80 member community shared agriculture (CSA) box program for 8 months. We will be processing food by dehydrating, freezing, canning, fermenting and pickling to stretch the share boxes well into the winter. We have a full kitchen for processing our produce. We are...
Fiddle Foot Farm
Fiddle Foot Farm is a diverse Biodynamic farm that grows 5.5 acres of vegetables, for a CSA and market garden. We also raise livestock including cows, pastured chickens and pastured pigs. This will be our 10th season running a farm business, and now have 9 years experience working with apprenticeship-based learning on our farm. We practice a holistic approach to farm management through the incorporation of Biodynamic practices. We consider the land that we work to be a dynamic and living Farm Organism that can be increasingly sensitized to...
Meeting Place Organic Farm
Meeting Place Organic Farm is a 100 acre, certified organic, mixed livestock farm and apple orchard mostly powered by Belgian and Suffolk Punch work horses and human muscle power. We raise grass fed beef cattle, pastured pork, pastured chickens and laying hens along with our draft horses and a small apple orchard. We are restarting our CSA model vegetable garden shares, also with the option for flower/bouquet shares. We will also sell at local farmers markets. We also do selective logging and gather firewood in our woodlot. Our main income is from selling freezer meats directly to families in SW...
Marvellous Edibles Farm
Marvellous Edibles is a diverse 100 acre farm south of the Georgian Bay between Meaford and Owen Sound. It is on one of the most beautiful parts of Ontario, situated inside the Niagara Escarpment. We have Certified Organic vegetables, fruits and pasture, and organic but not certified pastured livestock including poultry. Our internship program includes: seed starting,seedling care, irrigation, weed and pest management, post harvest care cover cropping animal husbandry and pasturing livestock shelters greenhouse construction and management orchard management crop planning efficiency and time management value added products...
Fertile Ground CSA
Our Farm Fertile Ground is an organic vegetable farm located just 15 minutes west of Waterloo. We grow a wide variety of vegetables for our 250 member CSA, as well as a few local cafes and retail customers. We are committed to community-building and drawing people into the story of their food. We have an active volunteer base, wonderfully supportive CSA members, and are always looking for ways to create opportunities for community interaction and involvement. Our farm is 100 acres: 10 acres of garden (with 4 in vegetable...