Ezra Sullivan
Email: esullivan@sunfieldfarm.org
Website: sunfieldfarm.org
Facebook Page: sunfield farm and school
Host Farm Info
Host Name:Ezra Sullivan
Farm description:Sunfield is an 81 acre diversified biodynamic farm on the NorthEast Corner of the Olympic Peninsula (The NorthWest Corner of the United States). The climate is maritime and temperate. There is a Waldorf grade and middle school on site. The farm consists of a 5 acre school campus, 42 acre fields and pasture, 8 acres wetlands, and 26 acres forest. We grow about an acre of annuals every year for produce and seed production. 1 acre of young apple trees, 1 acre of young hazelnuts, 1 acre of young blueberries and raspberries for a u-pick. More orchards, windbreaks, and wetland plantings are consistently planned and executed every year. Hay production. Rotation grazing with beef cattle, fiber sheep, dairy goats, laying hens (and a milk cow is coming soon!). The farm follows the principles of Biodynamic Agriculture informed by Rudolf Steiner. The Waldorf School is heavily integrated with the farm, and an interest in environmental education is encouraged. We are in a very active and thriving farming community, and the national park is very close by. Extra curricular activities abound.
Internship description:Internship Starts: April 1,
Internship Ends: October 31
Number of Internship Available: 2-3
Application Deadline: Until Filled
Minimum Length of Stay: n/a
Internship Details:
Interns will be involved in all aspects of the farm. This includes propagation of vegetable starts, transplanting, weeding, and harvesting vegetable crops. Planting and tending orchards, hedgerows, berries are a large part of the learning experience. Animal husbandry is a major aspect of the internship, which includes managing cattle, goats, sheep, and chickens. Alongside these farm responsibilities, we also host educational programs and community festivals on our land.
Meals: Interns have free access to the fruits, vegetables, dairy, and eggs from the farm.
Internship Ends: October 31
Number of Internship Available: 2-3
Application Deadline: Until Filled
Minimum Length of Stay: n/a
Internship Details:
Interns will be involved in all aspects of the farm. This includes propagation of vegetable starts, transplanting, weeding, and harvesting vegetable crops. Planting and tending orchards, hedgerows, berries are a large part of the learning experience. Animal husbandry is a major aspect of the internship, which includes managing cattle, goats, sheep, and chickens. Alongside these farm responsibilities, we also host educational programs and community festivals on our land.
Meals: Interns have free access to the fruits, vegetables, dairy, and eggs from the farm.
Languages spoken on farm:english and spanish
As part of a shared effort to provide a safe and inclusive experience for all interns and host farms, including BIPOC AND LGBQTIA+ participants, please describe how you will foster a sense of community, safety, and acceptance on your farm:Equity and Inclusion At Sunfield
Sunfield Education Association recognizes the need for societal transformation- a system-wide updating and restructuring which holds high the beliefs that all people are equally deserving of quality lives and unrestricted access to basic needs which includes life-affirming, consciousness-expanding education. In order that we may create positive, lasting change and effectively foster a discerning social and organizational environment that embodies fair, objective, and forward-thinking attitudes and practices, we are developing the processes by which to guide and support our ever growing and changing organization and body of life-long learners towards the expansive values of justice, equity, inclusivity, and the Anthroposophical tenet of freedom.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a dynamic, safe, and welcoming work and educational space that dismantles and disallows the dominant cultural systems and structures of institutional privilege, oppression and injustice. We aim to accomplish this by cultivating understanding of implicit and explicit biases; promoting broad spectrum cultural sensitivity as well as awareness of individuals and groups that are systemically and prejudicially excluded, isolated, and otherwise discriminated against based on perceived or identified culture, race, ancestry, skin tone, class, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, ability, size, physical features, family structure, language, and age; and by developing equitable social structures within the organization of Sunfield.
To this end, we commit to continually work to identify and remove the existing barriers that perpetuate exclusionary social and institutional structures and to developing policies and practices that articulate restorative protocols of accountability that are capable of evolving with the ever expansive goals of inclusivity, justice, and equity. Our ultimate objectives are that each young person be educated well and seamlessly integrate these elemental values of justice, equity, and inclusivity; and practices of compassion and critical-thought into their lives within, outside of, and beyond Sunfield.
Sunfield Education Association recognizes the need for societal transformation- a system-wide updating and restructuring which holds high the beliefs that all people are equally deserving of quality lives and unrestricted access to basic needs which includes life-affirming, consciousness-expanding education. In order that we may create positive, lasting change and effectively foster a discerning social and organizational environment that embodies fair, objective, and forward-thinking attitudes and practices, we are developing the processes by which to guide and support our ever growing and changing organization and body of life-long learners towards the expansive values of justice, equity, inclusivity, and the Anthroposophical tenet of freedom.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a dynamic, safe, and welcoming work and educational space that dismantles and disallows the dominant cultural systems and structures of institutional privilege, oppression and injustice. We aim to accomplish this by cultivating understanding of implicit and explicit biases; promoting broad spectrum cultural sensitivity as well as awareness of individuals and groups that are systemically and prejudicially excluded, isolated, and otherwise discriminated against based on perceived or identified culture, race, ancestry, skin tone, class, gender, sexuality, religion, nationality, ability, size, physical features, family structure, language, and age; and by developing equitable social structures within the organization of Sunfield.
To this end, we commit to continually work to identify and remove the existing barriers that perpetuate exclusionary social and institutional structures and to developing policies and practices that articulate restorative protocols of accountability that are capable of evolving with the ever expansive goals of inclusivity, justice, and equity. Our ultimate objectives are that each young person be educated well and seamlessly integrate these elemental values of justice, equity, and inclusivity; and practices of compassion and critical-thought into their lives within, outside of, and beyond Sunfield.
Would you be able to provide financial compensation for an intern? If so, what form would this be in?$500 a month.
Would you be able to provide housing and amenities for an intern? If so, what form would this be in?yes there is a farm house available. Veggies, fruit, berries, milk, meat, eggs off the farm.
What are your general expectations for an intern?We only require a desire to learn and work hard. Enthusiasm is greatly appreciated. Applicants must be physically able and healthy.
Are you able to provide educational on-farm training for an intern? Education is a primary focus at Sunfield Farm, and we are committed to providing a holistic balance of education and work experience for all interns. Once a week we will have “class time” to explore Biodynamic theory, farming basics, local farm field trips, and Anthroposophy etc.. Please come with an openness to Biodynamic Agriculture (https://www.biodynamics.com/biodynamic-principles-and-practices) and Anthroposophy (https://anthroposophy.org/learn-more/)
Preferred start date(s):April 1st
Preferred length of internship:October 31st
