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MESA STEWARD CANDIDATES
Here’s our list of available Steward candidates. This list is updated frequently, so please check back again if you don’t find a candidate match. To see the detailed Steward applications, please login.
Ecuador/quito
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Cut flowers / Coffee and Cacao
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Compost, Greenhouses, Organic certification, Urban agriculture
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Estalin is a farm-skilled MESA alum who is ready for his next training experience in vegetables/cut flowers &/or greenhouse production!
Nigeria
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Dairy : cows / Field Crops / Vineyard/Winery
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Forestry, Machinery, Seed Farm management
Nigeria
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vineyard/Winery / Cattle/beef production / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Cover crops, Grass-fed, pasture systems
Sierra Leone
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Export Markets, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Marketing/Distribution, Retail Marketing, Community & farm education
Senegal
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Poultry/egg production / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Conversation & habitat restoration
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Alain has been nominated by MESA’s trusted Global Partner NGO in Senegal.
Peru/Callao
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Berries / Coffee and Cacao
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Community & farm education, Compost, Culinary herbs, Greenhouses
Nigeria
Age: 29 yrs
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Poultry/egg production / Coffee and Cacao
Additional Interests: (Select), Agri-tourism, Aquaculture, Compost, Export Markets
Nigeria
Age: 30 yrs
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Cover crops, Marketing/Distribution, Wholesale Marketing, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping
Congo
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Livestock: other / beekeeping
Additional Interests: Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Forestry, Machinery, Permaculture, Seed Farm management, Soil fertility, Urban agriculture, Community & farm education, Youth & farm education
Nigeria
Age: 38 Years
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops (e.g. rice, wheat, cotton) (describe below) / Orchard (e.g. apples, peaches, citrus) (describe below) / Cattle/beef production
Additional Interests: (Select), Agri-tourism, Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Biological Pest Control, Breeding/insemination, Cover crops, Greenhouses, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Machinery, Youth & farm education
Nicaragua/ticuantepe
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Research / biointensive method
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Medicinal plants, Permaculture, Soil fertility
Trinidad and Tobago
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Other (describe below) / Nursey / Vineyard/Winery
Additional Interests: (Select), Aquaponics, Biodynamic farming, Greenhouses, Permaculture, Urban agriculture
Peru/Lima
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Nursery/Green house / Berries
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Marketing/Distribution, Postharvest Processing, Retail Marketing, Value-added products
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available beginning in January 2023
CSA – local markets / fruits & vegetables
Kenya/Kericho
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Dairy : cows / Vegetables / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Cheese-making, Community & farm education, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Marketing/Distribution, Organic certification
Ecuador
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Compost, Cover crops, Export Markets, Irrigation
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Angie has been carefully recruited, screened and nominated by a trusted MESA alum in Ecuador.
Ghana
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Sustainable Supply Chain / Research
Additional Interests: Marketing/Distribution, Organic certification, Postharvest Processing, Community & farm education, Youth & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Failed visa interview. Anita has been carefully screened and nominated by MESA’s trusted Global partner NGO: REVSODEP-Ghana.
Ghana
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Sustainable Supply Chain / Cut flowers
Additional Interests: Marketing/Distribution, Organic Distribution, Retail Marketing, Seed Farm management, Community & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Anita comes highly recommended by MESA’s trusted parter NGO in Ghana.
Kenya/Eldoret
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Cattle/beef production
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Irrigation, Marketing/Distribution, Permaculture, Soil fertility
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Kenya
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Nursery/Green house / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Cheese-making, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions, Organic Distribution, Postharvest Processing, Soil fertility, Value-added products
Sri Lanka
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Sustainable Supply Chain / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Greenhouses, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions, Organic certification, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Anuradha has been carefully screened and nominated by the Business and Vocational Information Center (BVIC), MESA’s partner representative in Sri Lanka.
Chile/Temuco
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Research / association of crops
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Community & farm education, Medicinal plants, Organic certification
Colombia/tabio
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Sustainable Supply Chain / Vegetables / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Greenhouses, Hydroponics, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions, Organic certification
Malaysia
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Vegetables / Vegetables
Additional Interests:
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Aubrey is a great candidate who has been screened by MESA staff.
Kenya/Nairobi
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Sustainable Supply Chain / Nursery/Green house / Berries
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Biological Pest Control, Culinary herbs, Export Markets, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Beatrice comes highly recommended by MESA’s trusted parter NGO in Kenya.
Kenya/Karatina
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Livestock: other / Dairy : cows
Additional Interests: Aquaculture, Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Community & farm education, Compost
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Accepted for 2020 but cancelled due to pandemic. Re-applying for 2023.
India
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Dairy : cows / Poultry/egg production / Livestock: other
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Cheese-making, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Organic certification, Organic Distribution, farm to table solution including the processing of farm produce
Ecuador
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Export Markets, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Organic certification
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
This candidate has been carefully screened and nominated by a trusted MESA alum from Ecuador who writes “Bismark is a young professional graduate of the Universidad Agraria del Ecuador, he has been in charge of the family farm and knows rice and maize crops, he also has knowledge of agricultural machinery and irrigation because he works in a company where they sell machinery Agricultural and irrigation equipment.
Bismark also has experience in driving which can be used in a farm where there is agricultural machinery.He is a very hardworking and dedicated young man in the things he performs, he is always willing to learn and likes to give his best in everything he does.”
Uzbekistan
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Organic Distribution, Seed Farm management, Community & farm education
Peru/huancayo
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Livestock: other / Poultry/egg production / Vineyard/Winery
Additional Interests: Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Beekeeping, Breeding/insemination, Cheese-making
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Chile/valparaiso
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Landscaping/Gardening / Tree Fruits / Soil test, i never had the choice to make a soil test to grow, i only made soil test make houses from bioconstruction with mud.
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Irrigation, Medicinal plants, Urban agriculture
Peru
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Dairy : cows / Vegetables / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Cheese-making, Export Markets, Hydroponics, Value-added products
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Carmen has been carefully screened and nominated by MESA staff in Peru.
Kenya
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Poultry/egg production / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Cheese-making, Greenhouses, Community & farm education, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
This candidate has been carefully screened and nominated by G-Biack, MESA’s partner NGO in Kenya.
Kenya
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Marketing / Diversified Farm Production models / Farm education – Youth
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Greenhouses, Marketing/Distribution, Organic Distribution, Postharvest Processing, Value-added products
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Cecilia is a multi-talented, outgoing, hardworking alumna of MESA’s 2018-19 SAGE program. We look forward to sponsoring her Next Level Program with a great host partner this year!
Peru
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Vegetables / Berries
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Greenhouses, Organic certification, Organic Distribution, Soil fertility
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Christian has been recruited and carefully screened by a trusted MESA alum in Peru.
Peru/Iquitos/Iquitos/Iquitos/Iquitos
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Sustainable Supply Chain / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Aquaculture, Biodiversity, Soil fertility, Urban agriculture, Youth & farm education
Kenya/Mombasa
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Landscaping/Gardening
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Biological Pest Control, Community & farm education, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Greenhouses, Organic certification
Peru
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Dairy : cows
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Culinary herbs, Export Markets, Greenhouses, Postharvest Processing
Ghana/OLD TAFO
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Livestock: other
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Greenhouses, Marketing/Distribution, Postharvest Processing, Community & farm education
Colombia/BogotÃ
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Nursery/Green house / Vineyard/Winery
Additional Interests: Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Biological Pest Control, Forestry, Hydroponics
Ghana
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Vegetables / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Aquaculture, Compost, Marketing/Distribution, Community & farm education
Kenya/Eldoret
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Dairy : cows / Farm education – Community / Vineyard/Winery
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Aquaponics, Beekeeping, Cheese-making, Community & farm education, Export Markets
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Kenya
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Research / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Organic certification, Permaculture, Postharvest Processing
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
David successfully completed MESA’s first level U.S. program in 2014 and is an excellent candidate for the Next Level Program in 2017.
Colombia/BOGOTA
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vineyard/Winery / Farm education – Youth / Farm education – Community
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Compost, Conversation & habitat restoration, Medicinal plants, Organic certification, Soil fertility
Colombia/San gil/San gil/San gil
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Research / Tree Fruits / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Conversation & habitat restoration, Forestry, Medicinal plants, Soil fertility
Peru/LIMA
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Farm education – Youth / Farm education – Community / Flowers
Additional Interests: Marketing/Distribution, Retail Marketing, Urban agriculture, Value-added products, Youth & farm education
Kazakhstan
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops (e.g. rice, wheat, cotton) (describe below) / Berries
Additional Interests: (Select), Agri-tourism, Cheese-making, Cover crops, Greenhouses, Organic Distribution
Kenya/Thika
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Livestock: other / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Export Markets, Greenhouses, Hydroponics, Machinery, Permaculture, Value-added products
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Peru/Lima
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Coffee and Cacao / Flowers / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Beekeeping, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Marketing/Distribution, Organic Distribution, Retail Marketing, Urban agriculture
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Peru/HUANCAYO
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Coffee and Cacao / Vegetables / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Conversation & habitat restoration, Export Markets, Marketing/Distribution, Retail Marketing
Peru/Lima
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Tree Fruits / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Beekeeping, Export Markets, Irrigation, Organic certification, Soil fertility
Kenya/Eldoret
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Poultry/egg production / Dairy : cows
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Machinery, Organic certification, Soil fertility, Youth & farm education
Peru/lima
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Coffee and Cacao / Vegetables / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Aquaponics, Compost, Forestry, Soil fertility, Conversation & habitat restoration
Uganda/KAMPALA
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Poultry/egg production / Dairy : cows
Additional Interests: Aquaponics, Greenhouses, Irrigation, Pipeline milking, Seed Farm management, Urban agriculture
Peru/Aucayacu
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Coffee and Cacao / Nursery/Green house / Livestock: other
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Cheese-making, Compost, Marketing/Distribution
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available beginning in November 2023
Peru/Nueve de Julio
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Aquaponics, Biodiversity, Biological Pest Control, Compost, Greenhouses, Medicinal plants
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
3/15/23- 4-mo. program completed
Emerson already has his visa. He is available to join a new Host assignment from March 15 – November 15, 2023.
Germany/Dornstetten/Dornstetten/Dornstetten/Dornstetten/Dornstetten
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Cattle/beef production / Dairy : cows / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Cheese-making, Conversation & habitat restoration, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Katrin is currently in the U.S. MESA seeks a 9-10 month training opportunity for Katrin’s main training objectives with dairy and/or livestock.
Peru/Huaral lima peru/Huaral lima peru/Huaral lima peru/Huaral lima peru/Huaral lima peru/Huaral lima peru/Huaral lima peru/Huaral lima peru/Huaral lima peru/Huaral lima peru/Huaral lima peru
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Vegetables / Vegetables
Additional Interests: (Select), Agri-tourism, Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming
Peru/Lima
Age: Yes
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Vegetables / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Aquaculture, Community & farm education, Compost, Export Markets
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Erick already has his visa. He is available to join a new Host assignment from March 15 – November 15, 2023.
Haiti
Age: 30 years
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Vegetables / Cut flowers
Additional Interests: Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Aquaculture, Breeding/insemination, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Greenhouses
Ecuador/Quito
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Livestock: other / Diversified Farm Production models / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Cheese-making, Export Markets, Greenhouses, Urban agriculture
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Estalin is a talented alumnus seeking advanced training in MESA’s Next Level Program (NLP).
*NLP Hosts typically provide hourly wages or increased stipend.
Ecuador
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Nursery/Green house / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Greenhouses, Marketing/Distribution, Urban agriculture, Community & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
This candidate has been recruited and nominated by MESA’s trusted program representative (and Steward alum) in Ecuador.
Kenya
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Dairy : goats / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Cheese-making, Organic Distribution, Retail Marketing, Urban agriculture, Value-added products
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Esther has carefully screened and nominated by G-Biack, MESA’s trusted partner NGO in Thika, Kenya.
Sierra Leone
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Culinary herbs, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Youth & farm education
Nigeria/ILE IFE
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Poultry/egg production / Cattle/beef production / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Aquaculture, Forestry, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Greenhouses, Irrigation
Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/Lima/Lima
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Research / Vegetables / Berries
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Biological Pest Control, Conversation & habitat restoration, Culinary herbs, Export Markets
Peru/Lurigancho
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Farm education – Youth / Nursery/Green house / Berries
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Medicinal plants, Permaculture, Postharvest Processing, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops, Youth & farm education
Nigeria
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vineyard/Winery / Tree Fruits / Landscaping/Gardening
Additional Interests: Cheese-making, Export Markets, Greenhouses, Irrigation, Machinery, Postharvest Processing
Ghana
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Research (e.g. organic vs. conventional) / Vegetables / Nursey
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Cover crops, Machinery, Permaculture, Soil fertility
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Francis already has his visa in hand and is ready to join MESA now. His candidacy is supported by a trusted MESA colleague and Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana.
Peru
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Coffee and Cacao / Tree Fruits / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Compost, Greenhouses, Irrigation
Peru/CUSCO/CUSCO/CUSCO
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Livestock: other / Coffee and Cacao
Additional Interests: (Select), Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Compost, Greenhouses
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Frany has been nominated by a trusted MESA alum in Cusco, and screened by a MESA staff member who is also based in Cusco region.
Kenya/nairobi
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Vegetables / (Select)
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Compost, Irrigation, Medicinal plants, Seed Farm management
Kenya/Eldoret
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Farm education – Community / Farm education – Youth / Dairy : cows
Additional Interests: Aquaponics, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Community & farm education, Marketing/Distribution
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Peru/Lima
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Farm education – Community / Seed producers
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Urban agriculture, Youth & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Peru
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Nursery/Green house / Dairy : cows
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodynamic farming, Culinary herbs, Hydroponics, Organic certification
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Gaston has been carefully screened and nominated by MESA staff in Peru.
Peru/Lima
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Nursery/Green house / Biodiversity / Coffee and Cacao
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Aquaponics, Biodynamic farming, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Hydroponics, Postharvest Processing
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available beginning in June 2023
United Arab Emirates
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Poultry/egg production / Vegetables / Dairy : cows
Additional Interests: Breeding/insemination, Greenhouses, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Machinery, Marketing/Distribution, Medicinal plants, Organic certification, Postharvest Processing, Seed Farm management, Urban agriculture
Uganda/Kampala
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Low-input/low-impact farming solutions, Marketing/Distribution, Postharvest Processing, Urban agriculture, Community & farm education, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Youth & farm education
India/Rohtak
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Dairy : cows / Farm education – Community / Livestock: other
Additional Interests: Breeding/insemination, Community & farm education, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Pipeline milking, Youth & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Indonesia
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Orchard (e.g. apples, peaches, citrus) (describe below) / Research (e.g. organic vs. conventional)
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodynamic farming, Greenhouses, Marketing/Distribution, Retail Marketing
New Zealand
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Berries / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Permaculture, Community & farm education
Peru
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Coffee and Cacao / Research / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Irrigation, Permaculture, Postharvest Processing, Seed Farm management
Germany/Olching
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Livestock: other / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Community & farm education, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Urban agriculture
Ecuador
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Livestock: other
Additional Interests: Greenhouses, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Marketing/Distribution, Community & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
This candidate has been recruited and nominated by MESA’s trusted program representative (and Steward alum) in Ecuador.
Tanzania
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Poultry/egg production / Dairy : goats
Additional Interests: Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Biological Pest Control, Cheese-making, Hydroponics, Irrigation
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
MESA staff has interviewed Issack and verified his references. He is an engaging and enthusiastic beginning farmer.
Kenya/nairobi
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Vegetables / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Aquaculture, Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming
Tanzania
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Poultry/egg production / Field Crops / Vegetables
Additional Interests: (Select), Greenhouses, Marketing/Distribution, Value-added products, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Youth & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
MESA staff has screened and interviewed this candidate. She is a passionate and capable beginning farmer who already has her own farm.
Peru
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Livestock: other / Cut flowers
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Greenhouses, Community & farm education
Sierra Leone
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Export Markets, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Permaculture, Seed Farm management, Youth & farm education
United States
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Sustainable Supply Chain / Research / Dairy : cows
Additional Interests: Aquaculture, Marketing/Distribution, Urban agriculture, Community & farm education
Peru/Lima
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Vegetables / Berries
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Conversation & habitat restoration, Export Markets, Greenhouses, Organic certification
Peru/LIMA/LIMA/LIMA/LIMA/LIMA
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Berries / Tree Fruits / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Export Markets, Marketing/Distribution, Organic certification, Organic Distribution, Value-added products
Mexico
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Nursery/Green house / Berries / Cut flowers
Additional Interests: Culinary herbs, Greenhouses, Hydroponics, Marketing/Distribution, Organic certification, Soil fertility, Urban agriculture
Ecuador
Age: 33 Years
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Greenhouses, Irrigation, Machinery, Marketing/Distribution, Organic certification
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
This candidate has been recruited and nominated by MESA’s trusted program representative (and Steward alum) in Ecuador.
Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/Lima/Lima
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Nursery/Green house / Berries
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Greenhouses, Organic certification, Urban agriculture
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Joaquin has been recruited by MESA’s trusted partner NGO in Peru. He is applying for the 2020 Program season.
Peru/Lima
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / research on organic inputs / Berries
Additional Interests: Aquaponics, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Compost, Greenhouses, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions
Peru
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Cut flowers / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Culinary herbs, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions, Medicinal plants, Value-added products
Colombia/Cajicá/Cajicá/Cajicá/Cajicá
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Vineyard/Winery / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Conversation & habitat restoration, Seed Farm management
Ecuador
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Aquaponics, Biological Pest Control, Export Markets, Irrigation, Postharvest Processing
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
This candidate has been recruited and nominated by MESA’s trusted program representative (and Steward alum) in Ecuador.
Kenya/Miharati
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Dairy : cows / Cattle/beef production
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Cover crops, Export Markets, Irrigation, Machinery
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Kenya
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Poultry/egg production / Dairy : goats
Additional Interests: Cheese-making, Greenhouses, Marketing/Distribution, Organic Distribution, Wholesale Marketing, Youth & farm education
Kenya/Nairobi
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Poultry/egg production / Livestock: other
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Cheese-making, Permaculture, Value-added products
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Joseph is a talented alumnus seeking advanced training in MESA’s Next Level Program (NLP).
*NLP Hosts typically provide hourly wages or increased stipend.
Uganda
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / (Select)
Additional Interests: Greenhouses
Kenya/Nairobi
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Poultry/egg production / Dairy : cows
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Community & farm education, Culinary herbs, Greenhouses, Marketing/Distribution
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring 2023
Peru
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Vegetables / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Biological Pest Control, Compost, Irrigation, Medicinal plants, Organic certification, Organic Distribution
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Juan has been carefully screened and nominated by MESA staff in Peru.
Argentina/San Salvador de Jujuy/San Salvador de Jujuy/San Salvador de Jujuy
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Forestry, Permaculture, Soil fertility
United States
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Livestock: other / Livestock: other / Livestock: other
Additional Interests:
Colombia/Bogota/Bogota/Bogota
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Berries / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Export Markets, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Postharvest Processing, Urban agriculture
Finland
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Sustainable Supply Chain / Vegetables / Research
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Culinary herbs, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Low-input/low-impact farming solutions, Marketing/Distribution, Organic certification, Organic Distribution, Permaculture, Retail Marketing, Seed Farm management, Urban agriculture, Value-added products, Wholesale Marketing, Community & farm education, Conversation & habitat restoration, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops, Youth & farm education
Kenya
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Poultry/egg production / Research / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Cheese-making, Irrigation, Medicinal plants, Organic certification, Postharvest Processing, Seed Farm management, Urban agriculture, Value-added products, Community & farm education, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Youth & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Julia has been carefully screened and nominated by G-Biack, MESA’s trusted partner NGO in Kenya.
Peru
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Vegetables / herbs
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Compost, Cover crops, Culinary herbs, Greenhouses, Irrigation, Medicinal plants, Soil fertility, Community & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Justo is an alum Steward applying for our Next Level Program. He’s a hard-working family farmer and we would love to welcome him back for the 2018 season! Note: Justo is religiously observant and does not work on Saturdays.
Peru/Huancayo
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Seed production / Nursery/Green house / Flowers
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Biological Pest Control, Community & farm education, Cover crops, Greenhouses
Ecuador
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Poultry/egg production / Dairy : cows / (Select)
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Culinary herbs, Export Markets, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Organic certification, Organic Distribution, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Karina is the sister of a MESA Steward alumna.
Peru/Lima
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Nursery/Green house / Landscaping/Gardening / Diversified Farm Production models
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Biological Pest Control, Compost, Conversation & habitat restoration, Hydroponics
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Kenya
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Dairy : cows / Field Crops (e.g. rice, wheat, cotton) (describe below) / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Kevin has been nominated to join MESA by G-Biack, our partner NGO in Thika, Kenya.
Peru/Junin/Junin/Junin
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Vegetables / Coffee and Cacao
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Aquaculture, Biodiversity, Biological Pest Control, Soil fertility
India
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Vegetables / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Permaculture, Urban agriculture, Youth & farm education
United States
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Research
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Beekeeping, Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Cheese-making, Compost, Greenhouses, Permaculture, Soil fertility, Community & farm education, Conversation & habitat restoration, Youth & farm education
Mexico/San Pablo Etla/San Pablo Etla
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Nursery/Green house / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Permaculture, Seed Farm management, Soil fertility
Thailand
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Cut flowers / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Compost, Marketing/Distribution, Urban agriculture, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops
Sri Lanka/Colombo 05
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Farm education – Youth / Farm education – Community / Vineyard/Winery
Additional Interests: Export Markets, Retail Marketing, Urban agriculture, Value-added products, Youth & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Peru
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Berries
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Beekeeping, Biological Pest Control, Compost, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Lander has been recruited and carefully screened by a trusted MESA alum in Peru.
””/thika/thika’/thika’/thika’/thika’/thika/thika
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Berries / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Cheese-making, Community & farm education, Greenhouses, Hydroponics, Marketing/Distribution, Value-added products
Peru/Cañete
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Poultry/egg production / Tree Fruits / Dairy : cows
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Export Markets, Marketing/Distribution, Permaculture, Retail Marketing, Value-added products
Colombia
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Vegetables / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodynamic farming, Culinary herbs, Forestry, Youth & farm education
Peru
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: / /
Additional Interests:
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
intends to return to Ke’ei Mauka
Peru/Lima
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Seed production / Nursery/Green house / Berries
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Forestry, Greenhouses, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Postharvest Processing
Peru
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Sustainable Supply Chain / Cut flowers
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Seed Farm management, Community & farm education, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Alex has been personally interviewed, carefully screened and nominated by MESA staff Alexandra Toledo in Cusco, Peru.
Peru/Iquitos
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Irrigation, Machinery, Marketing/Distribution, Community & farm education
Peru/Iquitos
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Coffee and Cacao / Dairy : cows
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Community & farm education, Conversation & habitat restoration, Machinery, Seed Farm management
Nicaragua/Managua/Managua/Managua
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Biointensive agriculture / Seed houses / Research
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Permaculture, Seed Farm management, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops
South Africa/Durban
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Dairy : cows / Research
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Forestry, Irrigation, Soil fertility, Conversation & habitat restoration
Kenya/Eldoret
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Vineyard/Winery / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Community & farm education, Hydroponics, Urban agriculture
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Peru/Huicungo
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Coffee and Cacao / Farm education – Community / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Community & farm education, Compost, Forestry, Soil fertility, Youth & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Senegal
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Nursery/Green house / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Compost, Greenhouses, Irrigation, Permaculture, Postharvest Processing, Soil fertility, Urban agriculture
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
MESA staff has Skype-interviewed this candidate, verified his references, and can make a solid recommendation for a prospective, small-scale Host with diversified crop production.
Sri Lanka
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Nursery/Green house / Cut flowers
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Beekeeping, Cheese-making, Compost, Greenhouses, Hydroponics, Permaculture, Seed Farm management, Urban agriculture
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Manjula successfully completed a 6-month U.S. program and is an excellent candidate for the Next Level Program in 2018.
Nicaragua/Bluefields
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Learn more and better the principles of the Biointensive Method to replicate in a better way / Research / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions, Permaculture, Soil fertility, Community & farm education
Nicaragua/Bluefields
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Seed production / Field Crops / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Export Markets, Greenhouses, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions, Marketing/Distribution, Organic certification, Retail Marketing
Peru/Junin/Junin/Junin/Junin/Junin
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / (Select)
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Compost, Greenhouses, Hydroponics, Wholesale Marketing
United States
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vineyard/Winery / Vegetables / Dairy : goats
Additional Interests: Beekeeping, Biodynamic farming, Cheese-making, Medicinal plants, Postharvest Processing
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Mariana is already in the U.S. She transferred her visa to MESA’s program, but the long process caused us to lose her original Host assignment. Seeking placement now.
Argentina/San Salvador de Jujuy/San Salvador de Jujuy
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Nursery/Green house / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Community & farm education, Conversation & habitat restoration, Soil fertility
Kenya/Nairobi
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Livestock: other / Vegetables / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Beekeeping, Organic Distribution, Community & farm education, Youth & farm education
Haiti
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Livestock: other / Research / Dairy : goats
Additional Interests: (Select), Beekeeping, Breeding/insemination, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Marius seeks a diversified livestock placement. He has funding support and a very strong recommendation from Devil’s Gulch Ranch, whose owners have worked with him in Haiti.
Ecuador/Riobamba/Riobamba/Riobamba/Riobamba/Riobamba
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Research / Dairy : cows / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodynamic farming, Biological Pest Control, Compost, Urban agriculture
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Mariuxi is a Steward alumna ready for her Next Level Program experience!
Peru/Lima
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Coffee and Cacao / Farm education – Community
Additional Interests: Compost, Permaculture, Postharvest Processing, Urban agriculture, Youth & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available beginning in July 2023
Ghana/Kumasi
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Livestock: other
Additional Interests: Compost, Cover crops, Greenhouses, Irrigation, Soil fertility
Peru/Chimbote
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Vegetables / Berries
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Conversation & habitat restoration, Export Markets, Greenhouses, Organic certification
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available June, 2023
Malaysia
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Biological Pest Control, Machinery, Seed Farm management
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
12/21: invoiced CAAPX. Highly motivated, friendly candidate who seeks a Biodynamic placement with her husband, Yeat Hing. Both Mei Lei and spouse intend to start a BD farm in Malaysia upon program completion. Both have some hands-on market garden experience with more extensive experience in organic product sales.
Peru/Lima
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Seed production / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Compost, Conversation & habitat restoration, Medicinal plants, Seed Farm management, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available July. 2023
Sierra Leone
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Permaculture, Retail Marketing, Community & farm education
Senegal
Age: 63 YEARS
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Sustainable Supply Chain / Research (e.g. organic vs. conventional) / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Beekeeping
Hungary
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Cut flowers / Cattle/beef production
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Aquaculture, Greenhouses, Permaculture, Urban agriculture, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping
Sri Lanka/Moratuwa
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Seed production / Nursery/Green house / Farm education – Youth
Additional Interests: Aquaponics, Biological Pest Control, Hydroponics, Organic certification, Value-added products
Kenya
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Nursery/Green house / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Greenhouses, Permaculture, Urban agriculture, Value-added products, Wholesale Marketing, Community & farm education, Youth & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Nancy has carefully screened and nominated by G-Biack, MESA’s trusted partner NGO in Thika, Kenya.
Peru/PASCO/PASCO/PASCO/PASCO/PASCO/PASCO
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Livestock: other
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Cheese-making, Compost, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Seed Farm management
Kenya
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Nursery/Green house / Vegetables / Dairy : sheep
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Biological Pest Control, Compost, Postharvest Processing
Cameroon
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Coffee and Cacao / Poultry/egg production / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Aquaculture, Biodynamic farming, Breeding/insemination, Marketing/Distribution, Community & farm education
Kenya
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Poultry/egg production / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Greenhouses, Marketing/Distribution, Organic Distribution, Value-added products
Kenya
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Poultry/egg production / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Greenhouses, Marketing/Distribution, Organic Distribution, Value-added products
Peru
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / organic stores / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Cheese-making, Greenhouses, Irrigation, Postharvest Processing, Value-added products, Wholesale Marketing
Kenya/MOMBASA/MOMBASA/MOMBASA
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Sustainable Supply Chain / Research
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Community & farm education, Compost, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping
Afghanistan
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops (e.g. rice, wheat, cotton) (describe below) / Dairy : cows / Orchard (e.g. apples, peaches, citrus) (describe below)
Additional Interests: (Select), Beekeeping, Export Markets, Machinery, Seed Farm management, Urban agriculture
Peru/PIURA/PIURA/PIURA/PIURA/PIURA
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Nursery/Green house / Vegetables / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Greenhouses, Organic certification, Organic Distribution, Retail Marketing, Soil fertility
Nicaragua/Somoto/Somoto
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Beekeeping, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Compost, Soil fertility, Urban agriculture
Uganda/Njeru
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Nursery/Green house / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Community & farm education, Cover crops, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Greenhouses, Hydroponics
Nigeria/AKURE
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Livestock: other / Field Crops / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Aquaculture, Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Cover crops, Organic certification, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops
Uganda
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Dairy : cows
Additional Interests: Export Markets, Greenhouses, Irrigation, Postharvest Processing, Soil fertility
Peru
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Vegetables / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Aquaculture, Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Biological Pest Control, Machinery
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
This candidate has been carefully interviewed and nominated by MESA’s trusted staff in Peru.
Peru/JAEN/JAEN/JAEN/JAEN/JAEN
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Coffee and Cacao / SMALL ANIMAL FARM / VEGETABLES AND GREENHOUSE FARMING
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Biological Pest Control, Breeding/insemination, Greenhouses, Hydroponics
Uganda
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Dairy : cows / Vegetables / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Grass-fed, pasture systems, Greenhouses, Irrigation, Postharvest Processing, Urban agriculture
Peru/AUCAYACU/AUCAYACU
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Research / Tree Fruits / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Community & farm education, Export Markets, Marketing/Distribution, Soil fertility, Youth & farm education
Colombia/Tabio
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Livestock: other / Cut flowers
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions, Marketing/Distribution, Permaculture
Kenya/Gatundu/Gatundu/Gatundu/Gatundu
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / I would like to work with a farmer who practice greenhouse farming and urban agriculture. / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Export Markets, Greenhouses, Irrigation, Marketing/Distribution, Organic certification, Organic Distribution
Kenya
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Research (e.g. organic vs. conventional) / Sustainable Supply Chain / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Biological Pest Control, Marketing/Distribution, Organic certification, Permaculture, Value-added products
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Paul successfully completed MESA’s first year U.S. program in biointensive agriculture and he’s a great candidate for the Next Level Program.
Kenya/Moi’s Bridge
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Seed production / Farm education – Community / Livestock: other
Additional Interests: Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Irrigation, Machinery, Marketing/Distribution, Seed Farm management, Value-added products
Peru/Trujillo
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Coffee and Cacao / Tree Fruits / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Compost, Greenhouses, Organic certification, Urban agriculture
Peru
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Nursery/Green house / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Export Markets, Organic certification, Retail Marketing, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Pepe is currently at a coffee farm in Hawaii. He seeks extend his program with a diversified vegetable or greenhouse placement from mid-March through mid-October.
Ghana
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Vegetables / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Cheese-making, Compost, Cover crops, Culinary herbs, Export Markets, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Forestry, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Greenhouses, Irrigation, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions, Marketing/Distribution, Medicinal plants, Organic certification, Organic Distribution, Postharvest Processing, Retail Marketing, Seed Farm management, Soil fertility, Urban agriculture, Value-added products, Wholesale Marketing, Community & farm education, Conversation & habitat restoration, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops, Youth & farm education
Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/Lima
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Sustainable Supply Chain / Landscaping/Gardening / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Conversation & habitat restoration, Organic certification, Organic Distribution, Value-added products
Philippines
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Livestock: other / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Soil fertility, Value-added products, Community & farm education, Youth & farm education
Tanzania/Dodoma
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Cattle/beef production / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Breeding/insemination, Cheese-making, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Urban agriculture
India
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Livestock: other
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Beekeeping, Compost, Forestry, Conversation & habitat restoration
Kenya/Nairobi
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Dairy : cows / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Export Markets, Hydroponics, Soil fertility, Urban agriculture
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Peru
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Cattle/beef production
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Greenhouses
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Reynaldo is a trusted alum applying for advanced training opportunities.
Uganda
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Poultry/egg production / Landscaping/Gardening
Additional Interests: Cover crops, Greenhouses, Irrigation, Value-added products, Community & farm education, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping
Ghana
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Poultry/egg production / Vegetables / Dairy : goats
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Breeding/insemination, Cheese-making, Compost, Cover crops, Culinary herbs, Export Markets, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Forestry, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Greenhouses, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions, Machinery, Marketing/Distribution, Medicinal plants, Organic certification, Organic Distribution, Permaculture, Pipeline milking, Postharvest Processing, Retail Marketing, Seed Farm management, Soil fertility, Urban agriculture, Value-added products, Wholesale Marketing, Community & farm education, Conversation & habitat restoration, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops, Youth & farm education
Peru
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Coffee and Cacao / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Marketing/Distribution, Urban agriculture, Conversation & habitat restoration
Peru
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Vegetables / Coffee and Cacao
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodynamic farming, Biological Pest Control, Seed Farm management, Community & farm education
Haiti
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Vineyard/Winery / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Compost, Irrigation, Medicinal plants, Seed Farm management
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Rolino successfully completed his first year U.S. program and is an excellent candidate for the Next Level Program in 2017.
Peru
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Dairy : cows / Poultry/egg production / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Breeding/insemination, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Marketing/Distribution, Organic certification, Youth & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Rolly has been carefully screened and nominated by MESA staff in Peru.
Peru/CUZCO
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Sustainable Supply Chain / Vegetables / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests:
Peru/cusco
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Cattle/beef production
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Biological Pest Control, Greenhouses, Machinery
Peru/Huancayo
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Nursery/Green house / Landscaping/Gardening
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Conversation & habitat restoration, Irrigation, Seed Farm management, Urban agriculture
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Innovation – scale up small projects.
Colombia/Bogota D.C
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Research / Vineyard/Winery
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Cheese-making
India
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Vegetables / (Select)
Additional Interests: Aquaponics, Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Biological Pest Control, Breeding/insemination, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Greenhouses, Hydroponics, Organic certification, Organic Distribution, Seed Farm management, Urban agriculture, Wholesale Marketing, Conversation & habitat restoration
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
I sent him the Skype fee info. last summer and didn’t har back from him until Jan. 2018, asking about his seed internship status..I emailed him to ask if he paid the fee.
Kenya/Ongata Rongai Nairobi/Ongata Rongai Nairobi/Ongata Rongai Nairobi
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Sustainable Supply Chain / Landscaping/Gardening
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Breeding/insemination, Cheese-making, Conversation & habitat restoration, Culinary herbs, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.)
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Samuel is a terrific and farm-experienced Steward alum who is ready for advanced U.S. training beginning in November, 2018 or early 2019.
Kenya/Nairobi
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Vegetables / Cattle/beef production
Additional Interests: Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Community & farm education, Cover crops, Machinery, Marketing/Distribution, Organic Distribution
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Tanzania
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Poultry/egg production / Dairy : cows
Additional Interests: Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Aquaculture, Beekeeping, Community & farm education, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Sammy has been interviewed by MESA staff and has very good references. MESA feels that Sammy will be a great participant for a diversified vegetable Host.
Peru/Arequipa
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Farm education – Community / Nursery/Green house / Pest management, Crop health
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Aquaponics, Beekeeping, Conversation & habitat restoration, Medicinal plants, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Alumni of 2008, 2016
Bangladesh/Dhaka
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Coffee and Cacao / Tree Fruits / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Biological Pest Control, Conversation & habitat restoration, Forestry
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Peru/Lima
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: value-added products & sales, farmer markets / Farm education – Community / Vineyard/Winery
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Community & farm education, Conversation & habitat restoration, Irrigation, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions
Nigeria/Akure
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Cattle/beef production / Vegetables / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Aquaculture, Biodynamic farming, Breeding/insemination, Greenhouses
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Sesan is personable, is currently employed in farming, has livestock experience, a strong commitment to integrated farming systms and is a solid candidate for a sustainable diversified farm or cow dairy.
Nigeria
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Poultry/egg production / Dairy : goats / Orchard (e.g. apples, peaches, citrus) (describe below)
Additional Interests: (Select), Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Export Markets, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Irrigation, Machinery, Pipeline milking, Seed Farm management, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
MESA staff Skype-interviewed Seyi and find him to be an excellent candidate for a multi-species livestock and/or diversified farm assignment. Available anytime. Seeks one year placement.
Peru/Lima
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Seed production / Nursery/Green house / agroecological research
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Conversation & habitat restoration, Forestry, Irrigation, Medicinal plants
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available October, 2023
Kenya/Nairobi
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Farm education – Community / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Community & farm education, Export Markets, Organic Distribution, Youth & farm education
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Kenya/Nairobi
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Livestock: other / Farm education – Youth
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Community & farm education, Export Markets, Greenhouses, Value-added products
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Peru/piura
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Livestock: other / Flowers
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Cheese-making, Compost, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Medicinal plants
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Goal: education farm for women and children
Peru
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Nursery/Green house / Vegetables / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Export Markets, Organic certification, Organic Distribution, Urban agriculture, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
This candidate has been carefully interviewed and nominated by MESA’s trusted staff in Peru.
Vietnam
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Cut flowers / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Beekeeping, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Cheese-making, Cover crops, Culinary herbs, Greenhouses, Medicinal plants, Organic certification, Pipeline milking, Postharvest Processing
Vietnam
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Vegetables / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Greenhouses, Marketing/Distribution, Organic certification, Organic Distribution, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops
Kenya/Kitale
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Dairy : cows / Landscaping/Gardening
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Export Markets, Machinery, Marketing/Distribution, Pipeline milking
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Kenya/Nairobi
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Dairy : goats / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Community & farm education, Culinary herbs, Marketing/Distribution
India
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Poultry/egg production / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Biodynamic farming, Cheese-making, Soil fertility, Youth & farm education
Mexico/Ignacio Zaragoza, Jesús MarÃÂ
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Aquaculture, Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Cheese-making
Vietnam
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Tree Fruits / Vegetables / Cut flowers
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Forestry, Medicinal plants, Soil fertility, Value-added products
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
He w/d his app. after long wait, no good leads for paying HI permaculure or BD Hosts. Solid candidate, seeking BD Host/ Hawaii placement. View Truong’s video interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgFvuRRadSs&feature=em-upload_owner
Vietnam
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Research
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Breeding/insemination, Compost, Cover crops, Culinary herbs, Export Markets, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Forestry, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Greenhouses, Hydroponics, Irrigation, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions, Machinery, Marketing/Distribution, Medicinal plants, Organic certification, Organic Distribution, Permaculture, Pipeline milking, Postharvest Processing, Retail Marketing, Seed Farm management, Soil fertility, Urban agriculture, Value-added products, Wholesale Marketing, Community & farm education, Conversation & habitat restoration, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops, Youth & farm education, Other
Kenya/Voi/Voi/Voi
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Nursery/Green house / Landscaping/Gardening / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Community & farm education
Sri Lanka/Kandy
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Field Crops / Coffee and Cacao
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Beekeeping, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Community & farm education, Export Markets
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Spring, 2023
Peru
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Livestock: other / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Beekeeping, Biological Pest Control, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions, Marketing/Distribution
Peru
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Coffee and Cacao / Tree Fruits
Additional Interests: Medicinal plants, Seed Farm management, Soil fertility, Wholesale Marketing, Youth & farm education
Peru/PIURA
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Seed production / Coffee and Cacao
Additional Interests: Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Compost, Hydroponics, Irrigation
Colombia/BogotÃ
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Tree Fruits / Vineyard/Winery
Additional Interests: Aquaponics, Biodiversity, Biological Pest Control, Compost, Greenhouses, Hydroponics
Colombia/Bogota
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Agricultural Reasearch / Field Crops / Vineyard/Winery
Additional Interests: Aquaponics, Biodiversity, Compost, Greenhouses, Medicinal plants
Colombia
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Poultry/egg production / Dairy : cows / Cattle/beef production
Additional Interests: Conversation & habitat restoration
Mexico
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Cut flowers / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Biological Pest Control, Compost, Cover crops, Culinary herbs, Forestry, Greenhouses, Irrigation, Low-input/low-impact farming solutions, Machinery, Marketing/Distribution, Medicinal plants, Organic certification, Permaculture, Postharvest Processing, Seed Farm management, Soil fertility, Community & farm education, Conversation & habitat restoration, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Youth & farm education
Germany/Stuttgart
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Coffee and Cacao / Farm education – Community
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Biodiversity, Community & farm education, Conversation & habitat restoration, Permaculture
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
Available Fall (Oct.), 2023
Malaysia
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Beekeeping, Biodiversity, Biological Pest Control
Availability and/or MESA Notes:
12/21: invoiced CAAPX. Highly motivated, friendly candidate who seeks a Biodynamic placement with his wife, Mei Lee. Both Mei Lei and spouse intend to start a BD farm in Malaysia upon program completion. This couple has some hands-on market garden experience with more extensive experience in organic product sales.
/Ambato
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Research / Sustainable Supply Chain
Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Export Markets, Hydroponics, Organic certification, Permaculture
Tanzania
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Dairy : cows / Field Crops / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: (Select), Greenhouses, Marketing/Distribution, Value-added products, Youth & farm education