Off Grid -Human Powered- Nutrient Dense- Small Scale- Beyond Organic Farm and Homestead.
Seeking motivated individuals passionate about growing regeneratively and putting up food, learning new skills, and working hard.
Most skills require lots of repetition others don’t.
After reading all of this, if you are seriously interested, email us for more information.
Spring projects include: Prepping growing areas, building and fixing fence lines, prepping the gravity feed water system, installing pump for pond water, broad forking, amending beds, building and spreading compost, cleaning out chicken coop, maintaining wood heat in the greenhouse, making soil blocks starts, chopping wood, making ferments, and other various tasks. Note that this farm opportunity is not limited to the growing area, but a large portion of your time will be invested in all the workings of a homestead.
Summer projects include: Transplanting, seeding, weeding, watering, harvesting for market, washing and processing vegetables, making value added products, harvesting herbs and making medicine, canning and freezing, smoking salmon, making ferments, building and turning compost, brewing compost tea, care of chickens, ducks, pigs, mixing, preparing, soaking and fermenting animal feed daily and/or weekly, building projects, etc.
Fall Projects include: Vegetable harvest, berry picking, moose or caribou butchering and preserving, making ferments, pressing apple cider, food preservation and canning, clearing land for growing, cover cropping, laying silage tarps, chopping wood, and winterizing farm. Slaughter and processing of hogs in early Oct including traditional preservation techniques. Daily- taking care of pigs, making animal food for pigs, chickens, and ducks. Watering starts, maintaining gravity water system, managing and improving off grid systems, opening and closing venting systems for structures, rolling up sides on tunnels etc. and doing it all again in the evening. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Also looking for individuals interested in coming to Chugach Farm with a structured symbiotic partnership fiefdom proposition. We are interested in creating community. If you have a tiny home, a business idea, and a desire to collaborate, GET IN TOUCH!
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Poultry farming
Pig farming
Forestry
Wild foraging
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Meat processing
Vegetable or fruit preservation
Renewable energy production
Methods or systems
Biological pest control
Community-supported agriculture (CSA)
Holistic management
No-till farming
Permaculture
Regenerative agriculture
Rotational grazing
Mentoring opportunities
Woman-operated
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
2
Hectares
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5
Acres
