Interested in vegetables, local food systems, livestock and getting your hands dirty? Apply to work or volunteer at our farm! There are several ways get involved. Apply to host a CSA Location, help deliver to one of our two area local food banks, or tell us about a special skill you have that you’d like to lend to the farm.
Dates: May – November
Weekly commitment: 4 hours
Description: CSA Distribution Hosts are responsible for managing vegetable, egg, milk and flower share pick-ups, ensuring that members retrieve all the correct items, have signed in, and that the pick-up experience is easy and enjoyable. Knowledge of or interest in cooking with seasonal ingredients a plus! Hosts also will help a farmer set-up and break-down shares, organize the space before, during and after pick-up, make notes of missed pick-ups, and are committing to being present at every pick-up for the 27-week main season, with the option to trade days and locations with other volunteer hosts. Hosts are required to attend one afternoon of training in April. In exchange for volunteer service, a host will receive a proportional amount of their veg share for the season – if they’re one of three rotating, they get a third off their share.
Dates: May – December
Weekly Commitment: 1 hour
Description: This volunteer will work directly with the Retail and Farm Managers each week to pick-up and deliver perishable food items to one of two area local food banks: Loudoun Hunger Relief and Dulles South Food Pantry. This volunteer may also be called upon to coordinate off-hours donations with their assigned food bank during periods of abundance at the farm. Must have a drivers’ license, ability to lift 50 lbs and his or her own vehicle.
Dates: Year-Round
Weekly Commitment: n/a
Description: We would love to share more with our farm-ily. Recipes, stories about the farm, stories about your interactions with the farm, review new products for the Farm Stand, and have CSA members talk about how they use their shares each week. Writers of all ages are welcome!
Dates: April – November
Weekly Commitment: N/A Variable
Description: This volunteer opportunity is flexible. All it takes is for you to say, “Yes! Add me to your short list of folks to call when the farm has more strawberries to pick than hands to pick them.” Occasionally we have big projects on the farm that require a lot of hands and are just the right mix of hard work and gratification for folks who’d like to get their feet wet in farming. After submitting your application, you can expect to receive several emailed invites throughout the year for large harvests or plantings. Most of the work will be during the week.
Dates: Year-Round
Weekly Commitment: Self-Directed
Description: Have a special skill set or want to help us with a project at the farm? There are plenty of projects and possibilities here, and we’re open to others. Build a bat box? Paint a welcome sign? Have a project proposition, outline and implentationplan to help earn a Scout badge or award? Apply here.
Dates: March – November
Weekly Commitment: Self-Directed
Description: This volunteer opportunity is flexible, self-directed and best suited for folks who have a working knowledge of gardening. Friends of the Farm Garden are invited to help maintain the garden that surrounds the Farm Stand. Tools and a to-do list are available behind the farm stand and work can be done at leisure. Items on the list include: weeding, pruning, amending soil (compost, double-digging), transplanting, trellising, weeding (listed again because there is always a lot of weeding), mulching, dead-heading, watering and more.
