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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2022 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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application details
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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incubator Guidelines
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
High tunnels
100ft or 200ft high tunnel
field space
- 100ft beds of organic growing land
- Up to one acre
shared greenhouse space
- 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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equipment
- BCS: $8/hour
- Flame Weeder: $5/hour
- Greens Harvester: $1/hour
- 6 Row Seeder: $1/hour
- Backpack Sprayer: $1/hour
materials
- 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
amendments
- 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
Included in $10/month tool share
- 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 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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Food acCess
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.
Farm Stand Hours:
Monday–Friday: 10am–3pm
Last Saturday of each month: 10am–2pm
Mobile Market Schedule
Tuesday (Summers County)
Hinton Park across from the Summers County Public Library: 10am–1pm
Summers County Council on Aging parking lot: 3pm–5pm
Wednesday (Monroe County)
Union Senior Center: 10am–12pm
Lindside Methodist Church: 1pm–3pm
Thursday (Monroe County)
Lindside Senior Center: 10am–12pm
Greenville Pavillion: 2pm–4pm
Friday (Summers County)
Hinton Loaves and Fishes: 10am–1pm
Summers Landing: 3pm–3:45pm
Hedrick House: 4pm–4:45pm
Greenbrier Terrace: 5pm–5:45pm
Farm Stand Hours:
Monday–Friday: 10am–3pm
Last Saturday of each month: 10am–2pm
Mobile Market Schedule
Tuesday (Summers County)
Hinton Park across from the Summers County Public Library: 10am–1pm
Summers County Council on Aging parking lot: 3pm–5pm
Wednesday (Monroe County)
Union Senior Center: 10am–12pm
Lindside Methodist Church: 1pm–3pm
Thursday (Monroe County)
Lindside Senior Center: 10am–12pm
Greenville Pavillion: 2pm–4pm
Friday (Summers County)
Hinton Loaves and Fishes: 10am–1pm
Summers Landing: 3pm–3:45pm
Hedrick House: 4pm–4:45pm
Greenbrier Terrace: 5pm–5:45pm
Community education & outreach
Sprouting Farms provides gardening, farming, cooking/nutrition resources, and more to our community at both in-person and virtual events. All are welcome to join us on the farm for our monthly Community Days, held on the last Saturday of the month from April through October.
Community Day Schedule:
Farm stand open at the front door of the barn: 10am–2pm
Local artisan vendors: 10am–2pm
Volunteer activities: 10am–12pm
Yoga or Tai Chi class: 1pm–2pm
Community Day Schedule:
Farm stand open at the front door of the barn: 10am–2pm
Local artisan vendors: 10am–2pm
Volunteer activities: 10am–12pm
Yoga or Tai Chi class: 1pm–2pm
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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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