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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.
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
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/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
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
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
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
South Korea/Gangneung
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Vegetables / Research Institute
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Hydroponics, Organic certification, Urban agriculture
Kenya/Busia
Age: 35 years
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Farm education – Community / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Export Markets, Marketing/Distribution, Postharvest Processing, Value-added products
Kenya/Thika
Age: 32 years
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Community & farm education, Export Markets, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Marketing/Distribution, Urban agriculture
Kenya/Iten
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Poultry/egg production / Field Crops
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Biological Pest Control, Cover crops, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Marketing/Distribution
Kenya/Eldoret
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Farm education – Youth / Nursery/Green house
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Forestry, Irrigation, Machinery, Marketing/Distribution
Kenya/Athi-River
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Compost, Cover crops, Irrigation, Wholesale Marketing
Kenya/Nakuru
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Livestock: other / Diversified Farm Production models
Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Marketing/Distribution, Postharvest Processing, Seed Production/Marketing, Soil fertility
Kenya/Gilgil
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Tree Fruits / Vineyard/Winery
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Export Markets, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Forestry, Greenhouses
Kenya/Eldoret
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Vegetables / Livestock: other
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Community & farm education, Greenhouses, Marketing/Distribution, Seed Production/Marketing
Kenya/Eldoret
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Field Crops / Vegetables / Poultry/egg production
Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Community & farm education, Soil fertility, Youth & farm education
Kenya/Nairobi/Kajiado
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Farm education – Community / Livestock: other / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Beekeeping, Cheese-making, Grass-fed, pasture systems, Value-added products, Youth & farm education
Zimbabwe/Rusape
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Farm education – Community / Vegetables / Landscaping/Gardening
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Community & farm education, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops, Urban agriculture, Value-added products
Peru/Lima
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Nursery/Greenhouse / Coffee and Cacao / Farm education – Community
Additional Interests: Compost, Postharvest Processing, Urban agriculture, Value-added products, Wholesale Marketing
United States/Atlanta
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Tree Fruits / Vineyard/Winery
Additional Interests:
Peru/Cusco
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Livestock: other / Coffee and Cacao
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Community & farm education, Greenhouses, Marketing/Distribution, Postharvest Processing
Kenya/Thika
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Farm education – Community
Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Community & farm education, Farm Bookkeeping & recordkeeping, Greenhouses, Organic certification
Kenya/Miharati
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Preferred Placement: Cattle/beef production / Poultry/egg production / Diversified Farm Production models
Additional Interests: Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Export Markets, Marketing/Distribution, Urban agriculture
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Vineyard/Winery / Tree Fruits / Landscaping/Gardening
Additional Interests: Cheese-making, Export Markets, Greenhouses, Irrigation, Machinery, Postharvest Processing
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
Senegal
Age: 63 YEARS
Gender: Male
Preferred Placement: Sustainable Supply Chain / Research (e.g. organic vs. conventional) / Vegetables
Additional Interests: Beekeeping
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
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.
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.
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.
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: 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
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
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