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Slide Ranch

Muir Beach, California

	MESA Notes – Public
	Website :	https://www.slideranch.org
	Blog, Online Newsletter, etc. :
	Public Contact Information:	[email protected]

Private Host Information

Name:	Dan Miller Miller	E-mail:	[email protected]
Phone:	415-381-6155	Address:	2025 Shoreline Hwy, Muir Beach, , 94965
Mailing Address(if diff. as abov)

About the Placement:

Detailed Placement Description

Slide Ranch is a special spot along the CA coast just 35 min drive from San Francisco. Close to a major metro area, but feels very remote and rustic. We’re at the bas of Mt Tamalpais, on federal land, the GGNRA. We are an educational farm, have been around for 52 years. We have goats, sheep, chicken and ducks and an organic garden. The ranch is here to support educational programs. We have school and community groups who come Tues-Friday and family farm days and campouts on some Saturdays. In the summer, we have Slide Ranch summer camp, a local and loved day camp for kids.

Primary Production :

Bees/Honey, Dairy, Farm Education & Community, Flowers, Goats, Herbs, Poultry, Sheep, Tree fruits, Vegetables

About the Internship:

Training Hours:

35-40 hours/week

Training Expectations :

We have full time animal care manager and ranch manager who will provide training on chores. For a steward interested in farm education and youth, we can train them as a farm instructor to guide groups around the farm and engage in our educational programming. Each steward will have a supervisor depending on which area they’d like to focus. Weekly schedule is roughly starting work around 8 (earlier if on farm chore- feeding animals around 7:40). Groups arrive between 9:30-10:00am and the program lasts until 1:30/2:30. Program clean up and debrief/training happens in the afternoon and the work day ends around 5.

On-Site Training, Steward’s primary activities :

Community education/advocacy, Youth Educaiton

Climate and Location Description

Northern California. Bay Area coastal temps, average in the 60s. We get thick coastal fog during some months of the year. Occasional hot days, but definitely on the cooler side.

Compensation :

Free housing isn’t available, but we can secure affordable housing., Flat fee of 308.80 comes out of each biweekly paycheck for room and board., Slide Ranch’s 53 years worth of community and resources are abundant.

Accommodations and amenities provided :

Rustic cabins overlooking the pacific ocean w/electricity. No plumbing on the ranch, so outhouses and compost pivvys are in place of flushing toilets. Wash house with 2 showers. Communal kitchen and cooking area in Ocean House. Computer and internet in “classroom” are part of the Farm to Table Teaching Center.

Preferred start date :

January

Preferred length of internship :

4 months with potential to extend through summer if it’s beneficial to all parties

User ID:

slideranch

Mesa Notes – Internal:

Status:

Accepted

Admin Only – No Notification:

Your Job Title:

Director of Ooperations

Do you have separate mailing address? :

City:

State :

Zip Code:

Host Fees. $175 Steward assignment confirmation, plus $225/month/Steward.:

350, Next Level Steward Alum who will be paid $18/hr minus room & board deduction

Other Placement Activities:

Beekeeping, Community education/advocacy, Composting, Meat slaughter/processing, Youth education

How many Stewards would you like to host:

Placement description:

Average training hours/week:

35-40 hours/week

Climate and Location description:

Northern California. Bay Area coastal temps, average in the 60s. We get thick coastal fog during some months of the year. Occasional hot days, but definitely on the cooler side.

Are you willing to host a Steward whose English proficiency is below 30%?:

Please list your two nearest airports, and approx. driving distance to/from the training site.:

San Francisco International 1hr
Oakland International 1hr

We have previously hosted a MESA Steward(s):

Yes

We have hosted or currently host J-1 interns/trainees in another program:

Yes

Reference 1:

Maika Llorens Gulati, 415.717.7410

Reference 2:

Tony Roth 415.302.2283

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