Interns & Farm Volunteers

We're looking to teach a few good interns.

We offer a very limited number of apprentice-type intern positions, short term (2 weeks or less) month-long, and long term (4 months or more), for a select few. 
We are looking for self-motivated, mature thinking, responsible and committed individuals who have a serious desire to learn numerous worthwhile practical skills based upon the fundamentals of organic, sustainable, permanent agriculture (perma-culture) and creating a supportive, climate-friendly infrastructure.


We offer free room & board at our organic, small family farm located near and within sight of the Tennessee River in Roane County,  (East) Tennessee.


If you have a good work ethic, like to rise with the morning sun, have a genuine desire to learn small-scale, sustainable organic farming, aspire to work in harmony with the earth, are compatible with our guiding philosophy, and are ready to commit a few days, weeks or  months of your time and effort as a staff member at our teaching farm, we would like to hear from you-please contact us.

Only serious inquiries will be acknowledged. Future career farmers given first choice.

Farm Volunteer Opportunities

Like to get down, dirty and intimate with the soil, but don't have a viable outlet where you live?  
Here is an opportunity to be a volunteer worker on East Tennessee's only perma-culture based organic teaching farm. Work alongside experts who have nearly 40 years experience. We offer volunteer opportunities throughout the year with our work-to-learn program.
 For more information, please contact us.

Be a Farm Patron

The primary mission of our teaching farm is to present a more naturally balanced approach to sustaining marginal land used for agriculture. We do this in a myriad of ways, from wooded "shelter belts," selective area mowing, to creating numerous rain catchment ponds. 
Since our inception as a teaching farm in 2004, we have focused primarily on soil fertility and water source restoration. In the process, we have created a highly-acclaimed demonstration model of intelligent and sensitive land management.

This has been a relatively costly process for a limited income operation like ours. However, we consider the educational component of our farming program to be equally as important as the food we grow. We have a college oriented outreach program that targets interested UT-Knoxville students. Farm volunteers often bring other skills and resources that benefit the stated over-all mission of our organic-based teaching farm.


We are seeking financial scholarship funding for our intern program. Although we can provide room and board, we would also like to provide a sustaining monthly stipend for our full-time, live-in intern(s), for keeping up with individual personal needs.


Please contact us for more details if you would like to support the teaching / intern role of our farm by becoming a patron.

Please note, we are not a 501(c)-3 organization, your contributions are not tax-deductible.