Youth Training at Osamequin Farm
The Youth Training program at Osamequin Farm begins with our summer internship for youth ages 12 - 15. Our interns learn about sustainable agriculture from seed to harvest by cultivating their own plot of vegetables for sale and for donation to the emergency food network.
Our internship program additionally covers topics such as food insecurity and our food system, green industry career opportunities, land stewardship, post-harvest handling food safety, nutrition, and job skills that will serve our youth in any future endeavor. We invite our participants to share their unique interests and allow those to guide the group’s learning beyond our set curriculum. We invite outside educators to the farm to broaden our perspectives and learn from our extended community.
The internship commitment is two half days for eight weeks, July through August. Interns are compensated with a stipend at the end of the summer.
Apprenticeship track
Youth who have completed one summer as an intern are invited to apply to return as an apprentice for up to two additional years.
Apprentices come to us on weekends beginning in May and transition to working full days during the summer, a deeper commitment than the internship. Our apprentices are compensated hourly. Apprentices serve as mentors for the incoming intern class each summer and cultivate an additional Pick Your Own and Demonstration Garden for the public at Osamequin Farm.
The Youth Training Program is supported by
An Anonymous Family Foundation
The Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation
The Harry Chapin Foundation
The Andrew Family Foundation