Organic Farm School Apprenticeships

EarthDance Organic Farm School offers many programs to educate people of all ages about organic farming and gardening, healthy food, permaculture, and sustainability. Located in a residential neighborhood, this farm is designed with permaculture principles. While the farm has 6 tillable acres, vegetable production is focused on 1 acre of intensive no-till management, and the remainder is in a 200+ mixed fruit orchard planted on berms and swales with annual crops alley-cropped between fields planted to cover crops, and prairie gardens providing additional pollinator habitat.

EarthDance Organic Farm School Apprentices learn the skills of organic agriculture, through hands-on education in the fields and from experienced farmers and gardeners. The program was developed to serve individuals seeking to learn organic growing techniques and practices, on a part-time basis. The program incorporates instruction in techniques applicable to garden-scale production in addition to growing

View this online information session to learn more.

The EarthDance Organic Farm School Apprenticeships take place annually April-September

The program includes

• Part-time gardening and farm shifts
• Field and Market training
• Weekly Classes
• 5+ tours of nearby farms and gardens
• Training in permaculture techniques
• Take home a weekly share of the harvest YOU help grow!
• Subscription to “The Organic Broadcaster,” a publication of Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES)
• Option to receive graduate or undergraduate college credit from UMSL.

How to Apply for EarthDance Organic Farm School Apprenticeships:

Full applications are due by 12 pm on February 1st, 2019.

The application has two parts:

Part I—Demographic information and short essay questions HERE

Part II—Mail the following materials to EarthDance

233 S. Dade Avenue, Ferguson MO, 63135

• $25 application fee (Please make checks out to EarthDance Organic Farm School)
• Your resume
• One letter of recommendation from a professional reference
• A photo of yourself

Scholarship request, if applicable (2019 Apprenticeship Scholarship Request)

• Find additional farming resources at https://www.beginningfarmers.org/additional-farming-resources/