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Community Supported Agriculture at
The Thanksgiving Farm
Community Supported Agriculture projects (CSA's) are a relatively new model in agriculture. They are designed to provide customers with fresh, high-quality organic food all through the growing season, while also guaranteeing the farmer a secure market. This partnership allows farmers and CSA members to share |
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Seeking apprentices |
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Thanksgiving Farm CSA seeks apprentices for the season. Our 17-acre organic farm is nestled in the Catskill region of New York State and raises fruits and vegetables for a 150 member CSA. The apprenticeship runs April 1 through Thanksgiving and includes a $700 a month stipend, on-farm housing, produce, wood-fire breads, |
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This is what they advertise |
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I came across them while searching through organicvolunteers.org
Thanksgiving Farm at The Center for Discovery
Activities: composting, greenhouse, nursery, farming, husbandry, csa, community, finance, bio-dynamics, management
Description: The Thanksgiving Farm Internship Program provides practical hands-on training focused primarily on organic-biodynamic vegetable production. We’re looking for applicants who have |
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A comment by a former crew member |
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Can't give any useful advice on farmer or farm crew as nobody who worked on farm in 2002 will be there in 2003. But, the facilites are very nice, and being that it is a very well-funded non-profit, it was a good place to learn how to properly use farm machinery. |
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OrganicVolunteers.com - Changing the world an internship at a time... |
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OrganicVolunteers
by bill ganz • Sunday September 07, 2003 at 05:08 PM
Are you tired of marching in the street begging the politicians to transform the world? Do you feel protests have lost there effectiveness? Do believe that getting arrested for social justice really doesn't change anything and just ends up being an |
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"Safe Haven Helps Young New Yorker" |
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Lynn and Vernon Schwartz are the parents of Tony, a 26-year-old young man who lives at The Center for Discovery's Harvest House in Harris, New York. He arrived at The Center in December of 1995. Tony, who is significantly disabled, has been diagnosed with Mucolipidosis Type IV (ML4); the most recently |
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