Work on an organic farm?
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- soynutz7
anyone ever done this?
- showpony0
i did it for a few summers. really fun, but truly, truly a lot work. most organic farms are smaller, so there isn't the economy of scale... translation: more manual labor/less machines. good times though, for sure.
i also worked with a phd student to develop an organic herbicide which was truly life changing. i seriously considered changing directions after working with him on this.
- if you're interested, rye grain is a great organic weed killer.showpony
- ORLY?inkpink
- *pushes up nerd glasses*showpony
- nice tip, thanks!locustsloth
- inkpink0
i have friends that do. kinda jealous sometimes.
- Amicus0
mate of mine is going to Japan on the Willing Workers on Organic Farms program -
http://www.wwoofinternational.or…
http://www.wwoof.com.au
http://www.wwoof.org
- soynutz70
ya, looking into doing it for a few months here in the states, seems like it'd be a great change of pace. maybe get all earthy and sh*t.
- soynutz70
@showpony Did you work at the same farm each summer? Can you recommend one?
- SumWurk0
I wish that I could own/operate one though, really.
- evanburke0
My aunt owns a small hobby farm (organic). That means I get rounded up to help on it a lot...putting up bails of hay, shearing sheep.
I'm actually branding their little farm...packaging, identity, website, the works.
- lvl_130
sounds like a dream/nightmare job that i would love/hate to take on. no joke! it would be great to do, but it sounds like a ton of manual labor (which i am fine with) for basically minimum wage (which couldn't even pay cost of living in most areas). please prove me wrong.
and, although i am usually a bit of a smartass here on qbn, i am actually interested in the details of such an endeavor.
- Step 1: Move to a place with a lower cost of living. I live in farmlands.ismith
- sublocked0
hipsters! my relatives were farmers. i have no desire to backtrack. although i do like to maintain a small garden and know i could grow food if necessary.
- francoisfido0
a friend has done this a couple of times in france & italy (wine/olive oil), and it sounds incredibly interesting...
his process from what i've gathered; take a break, research types of farms based on your area of interest, begin correspondence/relationship; they'll probably house, feed and pay you. it won't be much, but you'll work hard, learn and make an otherwise impossible connection to the people/land.- true. but the steps to truth are often much harder to achieve when there are other factors invloved.lvl_13
- ie. family, pre-existing bills/debts.lvl_13
- dog, job, god...francoisfido
- seriously; take 4–6 weeks, things are used to waiting.francoisfido
- ephix0
a friend of mine from finland did fruit picking in northern australia for a year. he loved it
- lukus_W0
So you want to be a WWOOFer?
- http://www.wwoof.org…lukus_W
- yep, thats what i've been checking outsoynutz7
- GeorgesII0
I used to work at Commensal, does that count?
- GeorgesII0
this commensal lukus ===> http://www.commensal.com/en/defa…
where I learned to hate vegetarians,
I remember the day a cook got fired for cooking a steak in the kitchen ehhehheeheheh good ol' days