internship info

Please contact us for information about future opportunities.

In 2018 we are looking for 1-2 hard-working individuals interested in joining our farm team on a part-time basis.

reroot organic farm is a 70 acre diversified farm with a strong focus on market gardening, providing certified organic vegetables, fruits, herbs and cut flowers for 75 CSA shareholders, a weekly farmers’ market and on-farm sales. 2018 will be reroot’s 12th growing season, our 8th season on our own land located in Wellington County, 1-hour North of Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo.

While the focus of the position will be on market gardening, interns will also have hands-on experience beekeeping, working with our flock of free-range laying hens, and raising pastured chickens, pigs, sheep and cattle for meat.

Skills to be learned include:
Greenhouse management
Transplanting & direct-seeding
Harvesting & post-harvest handling
Tractor use
Weeding
Soil preparation
Seed-saving
Food preserving
Crop planning
Marketing
Small-scale animal husbandry
Bee-keeping

We’re looking for inquisitive, versatile, hard-working and self-motivated individuals who are interested in a diversified farm experience. We are friendly, flexible and open to accommodating different learning desires. For the right applicant we're also open to an incubator style internship where we provide you with the space, equipment and time to trial a small farm business on our farm while participating part-time in our internship program. Get in touch if you have an idea, and we'd be happy to explore if it might be a fit for our farm.

In addition to educational experiences, interns will receive room & board, a weekly stipend, and lots of great food. Other then a desire to learn and get your hands dirty, we're especially excited about chatting with people who have a driver's license and are willing and able to spend the full season with us (May 1- Nov 1) although we can be flexible on these points as well for the right applicant.

To apply, please send an e-mail detailing your interest in working on our farm along with a resume to info@reroot.ca. We accept applications year-round but aim to fill our positions in January-February.

volunteer opportunities

Volunteers are welcome at the farm from May-November at pre-arranged dates & times. We typically work Monday-Friday during daylight hours. If you'd like to come out and get your hands dirty in the garden or around the barn, get in touch with us and we'll find a time that works for all!