Education ProgramThe Sprouting Farms Education Program is a farm business training program designed to prepare participants with sound business management and production skills to launch and refine their farm businesses.
We offer new and beginning farmers a supportive and intensive learning experience focused on economic, environmental and social sustainability. Located on the Sprouting Farms wholesale production farm, the program offers a practical learning environment and a chance to be part of an active farming community. The Sprouting Farms Education Program is designed for individuals who desire to grow their farm knowledge and skills and aspire to launching their own farm business. Upon completion, graduates can join our incubator program where they will receive additional education, mentorship, and support while they launch their own farm business on-site. |
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2023 Production Internship Program
We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic candidates interested in farming and food production.
Interns will learn all aspects of growing, including seeding, planting/transplanting, cultivating, harvesting, packing, digital record keeping, etc. Interns will also have the opportunity to manage a production project throughout their time at Sprouting Farms. The internship is paid and can last between three to five months between May and September. |
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Details:
Applicants will be contacted for an interview on a rolling basis until the program is filled. Please consider your experience thoughtfully. All applicants are expected to:
- Location: Talcott, WV
- Duration: 3-5 months (May – Sep)
- Application Deadline: April 1, 2022
- Pay: biweekly living stipend
- Hours per Week: 25-30
- Housing: option to camp on-site, possible low-cost rental
Applicants will be contacted for an interview on a rolling basis until the program is filled. Please consider your experience thoughtfully. All applicants are expected to:
- Share an interest in sustainable production techniques
- Formulate a farm or agricultural business idea or concept
- Be a respectful and engaged part of the farm team
- Work cooperatively and respect other land users on site
Incubator ProgramGrow your own farm at Sprouting Farms. Are you looking to grow your farm business? Join our Sprouting Farms team as an incubator!
Incubators can lease high tunnels and field space, with access to our resources, including irrigation, supplies, equipment, inputs, and support with GAP and other certifications. “Sprouting Farms is a hidden oasis, vegetables, herbs, and my flowers all grown with hardworking hands and love. I'm lucky my path brought me to this place. The last 3 years of growing flowers here have been a dream, and I'm already looking forward to Spring." – Alaina Hower, True Heart Flower Farm |
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Please consider your experience thoughtfully. All applicants are expected to:
- Demonstrate considerable farming experience
- Share an interest in sustainable production techniques
- Formulate a farm or agricultural business idea or concept
- Be a respectful and engaged part of the farm team
- Work cooperatively and respect other land users on site
- 100ft or 200ft high tunnel
- 100ft beds of organic growing land
- Up to one acre
- 2200 square feet
- Seasonally heated
Equipment & Tool Share Program
Tools and Equipment Available at Sprouting Farms If you are interested in purchasing/renting any of our resources please email admin@sproutingfarms.org. |
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- BCS: $8/hour
- Flame Weeder: $5/hour
- Greens Harvester: $1/hour
- 6 Row Seeder: $1/hour
- Backpack Sprayer: $1/hour
- Drip Tape: $0.25 per 5'
- 3/4 inch Mainline: $0.25 per foot
- Remay Row Cover: $22/100'x65'
- Quick Hoops: $1.25 per 63'' hoop
- Pressure Regulator: w/ Hose Connectors $25
- Anchor Pins: $0.15 per pin
- Irrigation Valves: $2/each
- Trellis Netting: $1 for 10ft
- Silage Tarp w/Sand Bags: $2.50/week/minimum of 3 weeks
- Plastic Transplant Flats: $1
- Ohio Earth Food Soil, Seed Catapult: $12.50
- Compost: $9/bag
- Fish Emulsion/ Seaweed Liquid Fertilizer: $1.50/oz
- 3-4-3 Fertilizer: $10
- Nature's Source Liquid Fertilizer: $0.75/oz
- Pyganic Insecticide: $8.25/oz
- Safer Insecticidal Soap: $1/oz
- DiPel Insecticide Soap: $0.50/tsp
- Sluggo: $6.50/pound
- Regalia: $4/oz
- Oxidate Fungicide: $3/oz
- Actinovate Fungicide: $10/oz
- Horticultural Vinegar Herbicide: $2/oz
- Diatomaceous Earth: $2.50/pound
- Wheelbarrow
- Collinear Hoe 3’’/6’’
- Stirrup Hoe 3’’/6’’
- Long-Handled Wire Weeder
- Spade
- Flat Shovel
- Mattock
- Trenching Shovel
- Leaf Rake
- Hard Rake
- Pitchfork
- Digging Bar
- Bed-Shaping Rake
- Broadfork
- Sledgehammer
- Post Hole Digger
- Post Puller
- Seedbed Roller w/ Dibbles
- Bed Prep Rake
- Trowel
- Ho-Mi EZ Digger
- Buckets
- Compost Bins
- Flex Tine Weeder
- 5L Watering Can
- Used Materials (Free When Available)
Community and Food Access ProgramEvery West Virginian, regardless of income level, should have access to healthy, local food.
Sprouting Farms’ Community Program aims to ensure that local food is served in homes as well as schools, institutions, and grocery stores throughout the region—and that all members of our community have the knowledge and skills necessary to transform it into tasty and nutritious meals. |
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Sprouting Farms provides gardening, farming, cooking/nutrition resources, and more to our community at both in-person and virtual events.
Check out our Facebook page for what events are coming up!
Check out our Facebook page for what events are coming up!
Through our farm stand and mobile market, Sprouting Farms connects members of our community—especially those experiencing food insecurity—with fresh produce and products from local farmers. We participate in all state and federal supplemental nutrition programs such as Senior Vouchers, EBT, and SNAP Stretch.
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Sprouting Farms
4661 Rt 3 & 12 Talcott WV, 24981 (304) 466 5175 Check out our latest events on Facebook. |
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