Growing Growers

Established in 2004, the Growing Growers apprenticeship program provides hands-on experience combined with reading, classes, and training that will give you the basics you need to get started farming.

Apprentices work on local, sustainably-run farms, where they experience the daily operations of a farm. They also take a non-credit online course and attend farm tours, meet new and experienced farmers, receive textbooks and obtain on-the-job formal training from their host farmers. Paid and unpaid positions are available, and they typically run March – October, depending on the host farm’s needs.