INTERNSHIPS

An internship is a learning experience, a chance to work with us on the farm, better understanding how food is grown. The exchange is your willingness to learn and help in running the farm and JenEhr providing the vehicle to learn from experienced farmers about planting, systems, diversity and what it takes to produce food. All internships are available for credit through your own University and often meet a requirement in IES programs.

Part Time Interns

Farm Interns
This is one of the most exciting things about the farm.  Our farm interns provide not only vital assistance in running the farm, but keep us all young and open minded. An internship is a learning experience, a chance to work with us on the farm, better understanding how food is grown. The exchange is your willingness to learn and help in running the farm and JenEhr providing the vehicle to learn from experienced farmers about planting, systems, diversity and what it takes to produce food. All internships are available for credit through your own University and often meet a requirement in IES programs. Internships are part time, 20 hours per week, plus the obligation to work at two farmers market per month.

Sales Interns
If you are interested in a career in sales, this is the perfect internship.  You work every Saturday from late April to mid November at the JenEhr Family Farm farmers market stands (Madison and Milwaukee).  Intimate one-on-one sales opportunities with customers attending three very popular markets.  Interns are required to work 25 of the 30 farmers markets, spend two days each month at the farm working with the crew.  This internship includes all the eliminates that future employers desire – actual sales experience, developed understanding of raw product development and supplemental sales meetings and planning.  On farm work days include chef prepared meals.  University credits are available.

A few disclaimers and explanations –

• All wages listed above start at $8 per hour.  While the farm certainly isn’t rolling in the dough, we believe strongly that we must pay a living wage to the folks who have made organic farm work a career choice.
• All positions are seasonal, from as few as three months up to eight months.  Our plans are to grow the farm so that we can offer year –round employment, but we’re not there yet.
• Really eating well is part of what an organic farm should be all about.  We provide three meals per week to our staff, prepared by some pretty amazing farm chefs.  We also make sure that everyone working with us has plenty to eat at home, with ample allowance for produce and chickens to meet your home eating needs.
• There is NO housing or health insurance offered with any of the positions offered at JenEhr Family Farm.  We understand this is a huge issue in both society and at our micro level.  But the economics of the farm simply make it impossible to offer any kind of health insurance benefits
• To apply for any of the positions listed, please email or snail mail a copy of your resume.  Most positions are filled by March 1st, so please don’t delay.