Community scale permaculture farm in the mountains of New Hampshire, USA

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  Description

  *** We are currently seeking an experienced garden manager for the upcoming season and beyond. Wage will be based on experience, between $600-2000/mo plus room and board. Please reach out for more information!***
  
  This is a wellness community that promotes ecological and spiritual health through land stewardship, organic cooking, yoga, and outdoor recreation. We operate on multi-generational farmland in Dorchester, New Hampshire, practicing methods of permaculture to cultivate a vibrant, edible landscape. Our volunteer program offers individuals an opportunity to grow and eat organic produce, practice cooperation and land-based skills, and cultivate a reciprocal relationship with the natural environment.
  
  WORK
  
  Workawayers are expected to work 26 hours per week, plus a minimum of 2-5 hours of cooking and cleaning per week. General help will make NH state minimum wage. We are currently hiring a full-time garden manager, please reach out with a description of your experience and work history to be considered for this role.
  
  PLEASE NOTE Agriculture can be tedious! We do our best to offer a variety of meaningful work to volunteers; however, many tasks will require patience and persistence. Organic gardening means lots of weeding.
  
  We have year-round work in animal care, housekeeping, construction, forestry, and woodworking. We can accept volunteers throughout the year, with limited availability during December-February.
  
  Help can expect to contribute the following garden tasks by month:
  February/March: soil mixing, seeding annual vegetables, herbs, and flowers in soil blocks, water and maintain seedlings daily, fruit tree pruning, maple tree tapping and sap collection
  
  April: continue seeding, continue pruning, continue nursing seedlings, preparing fields for planting with soil amendments and bed shaping tools, remove grass roots from garden beds
  
  May: finish seeding, finish preparing fields, begin planting
  
  June: finish planting, weeding with hoes and by hand, daily watering and irrigation maintenance
  
  July: weeding and daily watering, begin harvest of herbs and annual vegetables
  
  August-November: harvest vegetables and herbs, food and herb preservation, clearing and haying fields for winter
  
  
  MEALS
  We cook with organic and locally sourced food when possible and can reasonably accommodate dietary restrictions. Please let us know your dietary needs and expectations you have before arriving. Most meals are vegetarian. Workawayers can expect to cook at least two meals per week for the house, and contribute to kitchen clean-up each night. Breakfast is self-serve from our kitchen; lunch and dinner are made for the whole house by one member.
  
  We are located in a rural area! Staff can provide transportation to the farm from White River Jct, VT or Plymouth, NH for volunteers without a car.
  
  During personal time, workawayers are encouraged to utilize on-site spaces: an extensive library,
  woodworking shop, craft room, yoga room, and blacksmith shop.
  
  Outdoor recreation enthusiasts can enjoy our proximity to: extensive mountain bike and XC ski trails, swimming holes, the Rumney crags, and Mt. Moosilauke. Rides can be organized within the farm to offsite destinations.
  
  Ask us for our website url for more information and photos.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Lots of experience helping in community to reach goals in gardens, construction, and educational programs and events. We host many classes and community events so there are many people to meet and share experiences. Many visitors per year from all over the world to tiny farm in New Hampshire.

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  L’hôte offre un salaire correspondant au salaire minimum

  Cet hôte offre l'hébergement et une rémunération.

  L’hôte a indiqué qu'il paierait au moins le salaire horaire minimum de son pays pour chaque heure travaillée et que l’hébergement serait fourni. Il demande de l'aide dans le cadre de son entreprise ou activité professionnelle. Contactez l'hôte directement via la messagerie du site pour en savoir plus et avoir des détails sur le salaire proposé. Tous les arrangements devraient être conclus à l'avance avec votre hôte.

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  Aide

  Campground maintenance. guest check-ins, outdoor gardening, forestry, construction, cottage industry and animal husbandry are primary activities. More woodworking and crafts in the winter.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
  Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
  
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  Hébergement

  Primitive shacks, tree-houses, barns, and outbuildings. Tent platforms and indoor options too!

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  Autres infos...

  We can pick you up from White River JCT, Vermont and Plymouth, New Hampshire bus stops. Lots of hiking, biking, rock climbing and skiing in the area.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  we have wifi and decent connection for hot spots

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  we operate a campground with van and tent camping

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  25 hours/week and some community chores

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