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APPRENTICES NEEDED (fwd)



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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:52:45 -0500 (EST)
From: Sarah Milstein <milstein@pipeline.com>
To: sanet-mg@shasta.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: APPRENTICES NEEDED

I'm posting this on behalf of Quail Hill Farm.  Please respond to
EquityTr@aol.com, not to me.  Thanks!

>APPRENTICES NEEDED for '98 season at Quail Hill Community Farm, a 150 member,
>pick-your-own, CSA program which grows mixed vegetables, extensive cover
>crops, raspberries, apple and young peach orchards on 25 certified organic
>acres, and maintains a small flock of laying hens.  The farm also generates
>income by managing another 80 acres.  This involves seeding fields, field
>mowing, garden design and maintenance, and composting.
>
>Apprentice tasks include: planting, cultivation, greenhouse upkeep,
>harvesting, care of tools and tractors, and supervision of the farm members,
>who pick the bulk of their own shares.
>
>Work week is 5 1/2 days, which includes Saturday member harvest day.  Off
>farm housing only is available.  Stipend is $250 per week, which includes a
>housing allowance.
>
>Quail Hill Farm is a project of the Peconic Land Trust, a nonprofit
>conservation organization which has protected over 2000 acres of land on
>Eastern Long Island.  The farm is located on a 192 acre preserve in
>Amagansett, NY, minutes from dunes and ocean beaches.
>
>Interested persons please contact Scott Chaskey by phone: 516-267-8492 or
>regular mail: P. O. Box 2088, Southampton, NY 11969.  Please do not respond
>by e-mail.