NuMundo - Unadilla Community Farm

About.

*Accepting internship applications for May-September 2020.*

Unadilla Community Farm was founded in 2013 by a group of volunteers dedicated to the goals of the back-to-the-land movement. We are building an off-grid solar-powered homestead and education center following the principles of organic agriculture and permaculture design.

Our accredited internship program has attracted interns from around the world. Interns gain hands-on experience in no-till organic farming, regenerative agroforestry, permaculture, natural building, and food preservation. Our internship is more than just a beginning farmer training program. It is an immersion into a rural, sustainable way of life.

We grow 200+ varieties of organic annual and perennial vegetables, mushrooms, herbs, and cold-hardy fruits, nuts, and berries. We run a hyper-local CSA program for families within a 25-mile radius, and also sell to natural food stores and restaurants in our area.

Additional Information about Accommodations:

We are using natural building methods, as well as local and salvaged materials, to construct our farm’s infrastructure. Our completed projects include a skoolie (converted school bus), chicken tractor, high tunnel, and an off-grid tiny home with solar panels, rainwater collection, and wood-burning stove. We are in the process of completing a traditional New England timber framed barn on a rammed tire “Earthship” foundation.

Sleeping accommodations include 2 single bedrooms in the barn loft, 2 double bedrooms in the skoolie (converted school bus), and 1 large tent on a platform. You are also welcome to pitch your own tent on various tent platforms and camp spots around the property. All organic gourmet vegetarian/vegan meals and unlimited snacks are provided, and typically eaten communally.

Bookings.

Free / Work-Trade

Permaculture Internship (May-September 2020)

Available: May 03 - Oct 03, 2020Minimum stay: 28 nightsMaximum capacity: 8 people

Food included

2020 is our 7th season welcoming interns. Our accredited internship program has attracted interns from around the world. Interns gain hands-on experience in no-till organic farming, regenerative agroforestry, permaculture, natural building, and food preservation. University students in the U.S. & Canada have earned course credits for our internship program (ask your advisor if you are eligible to earn credit). We offer monthly off-farm field trips & free classes, such as permaculture design, natural building, soap making, and foraging.

Sleeping accommodations include 2 single bedrooms in the barn, and 2 double bedrooms in the skoolie (converted school bus). You are also welcome to pitch your own tent. All organic vegetarian/vegan meals are provided. We have indoor and outdoor compost toilets, and an unheated gravity-fed shower. We have a solar panel system to charge cell phones. We don’t have wifi, but we take weekly trips to town to use the internet.

Key Stats.

Year founded

2013

Size of project site

4.8 hectares

Languages spoken

English
Spanish
Catalan

People on site

2 - 13

Dry season

May to September

Wet season

October to April

Living Conditions.

Sleeping

hammocks
tent camping
shared rooms
private room

Vegetarian Food

communal kitchen access
communally cooked meals
over 80% locally sourced

Internet

None: Off the grid

Ongoing classes

permaculture
daily

Opportunities

Unadilla Community Farm is currently offering the following opportunities:

SEASONAL INTERNS (MAY-SEPTEMBER)
LONG-TERM COOP FARM MEMBERS
ORGANIC FARMING
NATURAL BUILDING
PERMACULTURE

Unadilla Community Farm

Upstate New York, United States

About.

Additional Information about Accommodations:

Bookings.

Permaculture Internship (May-September 2020)