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["Mark & Helen Angermayer" <hangermayer@isp.com>]

Regina,

There is an online list-serve called apple-crop.  I don't know how well it
would fit your desires, but someone posted an add for a farm manager for an
apple orchard.  The benefits and pay looked reasonable,  I don't think they
are organic.  Orchard located in Maine.  I think you can look through the
archives for the posting (recent) or if you have to sign up to do so, it's
free. Here's the website if interested:

http://www.virtualorchard.net/applecrop.html

Mark
KS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Regina M. Kreger" <>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:06 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] City woman seeks farm job/mentor


> Friends,
>
> I am a 40-year-old woman who has left a longtime bureaucratic job
> (budget management, contracting, human resources) with that fine old
> "back to the land" dream. I plan to have my house in shape to put it on
> the market within the month, and then I will be free -- and looking for
> some learning opportunities. The ideal situation is described below, but
> I am open to compromise if some of the elements don't exactly fit.  I
> currently live near Washington, D.C., and I am open to going anywhere in
> the region from Southern Appalachia to New England.
>
> I would like to find a job for a full year or more, on a diversified
> farm, not necessarily organic but biased toward ecological
> sustainability. The dream job would involve a variety of livestock, a
> veggie garden more for home consumption than for market, some fruit and
> maybe some value-added processing. Honeybees, the whole shebang.  I'd
> like to work for a woman, or for someone who genuinely thinks women can
> do anything men can do, and who will sometimes challenge me to do things
> I didn't know I was capable of. The dream farm would not be sworn off of
> tractors and machines, but might choose hand work or animal labor more
> than is typical (blessed quiet!). Also maybe exploring other ways to
> reduce dependence on fossil fuels, e.g. photovoltaics or biodiesel. I
> hope the farmer will come to trust me enough to let me see spreadsheets,
> tax returns, business plans, grant applications -- whatever will help me
> understand how farm finances work so I won't go broke when I eventually
> strike out on my own.
>
> I would prefer to live on-site rather than drive back and forth, and to
> take part of my pay in farm produce. But I can't afford not to also have
> some cash income, especially since I hope to someday buy my own little
> piece of land (and especially if my house doesn't sell right away). My
> agricultural experience is limited to a few years with a vegetable
> garden and a few backyard chickens. On the other hand, I have plenty of
> experience being your market -- the well-paid urban consumer who seeks
> out locally and sustainably grown food -- maybe my perspective will be
> useful to you in marketing. I am smart and creative, learn fast, love
> animals, love food, have no fear of shoveling manure or cutting the
> heads off of chickens, I'm tall and pretty strong, I speak (and read and
> write) fluent Spanish and adequate Portuguese, and I don't like TV. Oh
> ... on the other hand, having so very, very much to learn, I do rely on
> the Internet, and I don't know what I'd do without high-speed access.
>
> Um ... what else? I feel like I'm writing a personals ad.... I worked 19
> years in my last job so I'm a little rusty at this. I am looking for a
> mentor, not just a boss, so the "chemistry" is important. I am very
> Catholic without being dogmatic nor judgmental, I love my family
> fiercely (I mean parents, siblings, & beyond -- no husband or kids of my
> own), love singing, and did I say I am passionate about good food?
> Raising it, preparing it, eating it, sharing it. I am quiet and like to
> spend some time alone each day, nonetheless I think I'm pretty easy to
> get along with most of the time.
>
> Please reply if you think you might have a place for me on your farm.
>
> Thanks,
> Regina
>
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