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Trainee will orient and train in our daily farm systems including both production of vegetables and retail marketing.

Safety Training, Daily Communication and Recordkeeping Training, Spring Tunnel Vegetable Production Training, Retail Market Training, Spring Vegetables in the Field

Jennifer Glenister, New Morning Farm owner, 14 years diverse organic vegetable experience including leading and training apprentice vegetable growers for 10 years. Master Grower with PASA Farming’s Diversified Organic Vegetable Grower Apprenticeship Program

Trainee will be a key member of our farm community and join in all our activities including, weekly potlucks and celebrations. Spring activities may include, local firehouse days, visit to neighbor farm and orchards in bloom, weekly potlucks, and birthday celebrations.

Safety Training: Worker Protection Standard Training, Food Safety Training, New Morning Farm Safety Policies, Tractor Safety
Daily Communication and Recordkeeping: Radio use, New Morning Farm Vocabulary, Food Safety Checklists, Retail Market Inventories and Checklists
Spring Tunnel Vegetables Production: hand transplant, irrigation, ventilation, monitoring for growth, pests, and disease, How to predict, estimate, and plan harvest, How to harvest kale, chard, lettuce, beets, radish, fennel, and arugula among others, Fundamentals of Post Harvest Handling, Use and handling of Row Covers for frost protection and enhanced growth
Retail Market Training: packing spring vegetables for retail sale, setting up and conducting a bustling market, keys to effective market display

Training will be primarily through demonstration and discussion by skilled teammate and farmer. We train, practice, and offer feedback to quickly build proficiency. Spring Training progresses each week as we continually begin to cultivate each successive crop, adding new plantings in the fields, new crops reach harvest, weather warms, and we open more of our retail markets.
Weekly training seminars are held for teaching the broad principles that underlie the tactics and techniques we use everyday, as well as safety training

Trainee will meet with farmer at least every 4 weeks to assess progress.

Trainee will begin to take leadership and management of a crop, while training in all aspects of summer production of organic vegetables.

Summer Vegetable Production Training, Irrigation Training, Field Vegetable Pest Management Training, Weed Management Training, Workflow and Efficiency Training, Recordkeeping and Evaluating Crop Profitability, Principles of Soil Health and Fertility

Jennifer Glenister, New Morning Farm owner, 14 years diverse organic vegetable experience including leading and training apprentice vegetable growers for 10 years. Master Grower with PASA Farming’s Diversified Organic Vegetable Grower Apprenticeship Program

Trainee will be a key member of our farm community and join in all our activities including, weekly potlucks and celebrations. Summer activities may include, Lake Day and cook out, outdoor concerts at local state park, visits to county fair, and gathering of vegetable and grazing apprentices.

Irrigation Training: monitoring and evaluating soil moisture, plant water needs for optimal yields, Drip Irrigation Basic Components, Drip Irrigation Advantages and Challenges, Overhead Irrigation Basic Components, Overhead Irrigation Advantages and Challenges
Field Vegetable Pest Management Training: Identification and Scouting for common summer pests and diseases, Integrated management of deer and groundhogs, Pest Management Tactics and Strategy based on pest and plant lifecycles including resistant varieties, exclusion, hot water seed treatment, insect and nematode biocontrol, spray materials for organic control of pests and diseases
Weed Management Training: Identification of common weeds, evaluating weed pressure, Mechanical cultivating tools and their efficacy, Hand weeding tools and their optimal use, Maximum weed management with minimum effort
Workflow and Efficiency Training: How to lead a quick, effective, and upbeat harvest and crew, Ergonomics of Farm work, and Workspace design for Efficiency
Recordkeeping and Evaluating Crop Profitability: Data collection and use of Crop Cost Worksheets, Harvest/Pack Benchmarks and Goals, Rules of Thumb for Pick-Pack and Pricing
Principles of Soil Fertility: Cover Crops as Foundation, Macro-Nutrients and Micro-Nutrients, Evaluating Soil Health through soil tests, hands on observation, and crop performance

Training will be primarily through demonstration and discussion by skilled teammate and farmer. We train, practice, and offer feedback to quickly build proficiency. Summer training progresses week by week as we to add plantings of new crop families, and harvest the summer crops, manage summer weeds, irrigate, and market through the height of the growing season.
Weekly training seminars are held for teaching the broad principles that underlie the tactics and techniques we use everyday.

Trainee will meet with farmer at least every 4 weeks to assess progress.

Trainee will learn about fall vegetable production, longterm storage, and basics of business management.

Fall Crop Harvests Training, Longterm Storage Systems and Training, Fall Tunnel Vegetable Production, Basics of Business Financial Statements, Risk Management, Crop Planning, Soil Health through The Winter, Fertility – Fertigation and Foliar Feeding

Jennifer Glenister, New Morning Farm owner, 14 years diverse organic vegetable experience including leading and training apprentice vegetable growers for 10 years. Master Grower with PASA Farming’s Diversified Organic Vegetable Grower Apprenticeship Program

Trainee will be a key member of our farm community and join in all our activities including, weekly potlucks and celebrations. Fall activities may include, visits to two neighboring vegetable farms, Halloween Costume Party, and Fall Harvest Dinner.

Fall Crop Harvests: how to lead larger crews, how to use harvest belts, Handling vegetables for long storage,
Long Term Storage Systems: Keeping Quality for months, Monitoring Systems, Setting and Tracking Marketing Goals
Fall Tunnel Vegetable Production: Irrigation for low temperatures and low light, Pest Management: Aphids and Imported Cabbage Worm, Transplanting for Disease Control,
Basics of Business Financial Statements: Profit and Loss Statement, Balance Sheet,
Risk Management: Diversification Pros and Cons, Serve the Market as Top Priority, Data and Narrative,
Crop Planning: Keys to success, Challenges, Lingering questions, Fall Crop Reports, Planting sizes, How to align production with demand
Soil Health through the Winter: Fall Soil Sampling, Establishing Cover Crops, Undersowing, Relay Cropping, Erosion floods and water management,
Fertility – Fertigation and Foliar Feeding: What and why do we fertigate and foliar feed

Training will be primarily through demonstration and discussion by skilled teammate and farmer. We train, practice, and offer feedback to quickly build proficiency. Fall training progresses week by week as we to add plantings of fall and winter crops, and harvest the big fall crops, manage fall weeds, finish irrigating, establish cover crops, and market through the end of the growing season.
Weekly training seminars are held for teaching the broad principles that underlie the tactics and techniques we use everyday.

Trainee will meet with farmer at least every 4 weeks to assess progress.