MESA STEWARD CANDIDATES

Here’s our current Steward candidate roster, which includes off-season candidates. This roster is updated frequently, especially between the months of September-December for candidates seeking to join the next program year. We invite you to check back again if you don’t find a candidate match. To view full Steward applications, please login.


Kenya

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Poultry/egg production

Additional Interests: Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Biodynamic farming, Machinery, Transitional (conventional>organic) crops, Urban agriculture

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Kenya

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Farm education – Community / Vegetables

Additional Interests: Biological Pest Control, Breeding/insemination, Hydroponics, Medicinal plants, Organic certification, Seed Farm management

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Kenya

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

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Kenya

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

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Kenya

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Preferred Placement: Nursery/Greenhouse / Diversified Farm Production models / Vegetables

Additional Interests: Aquaculture, Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Export Markets, Greenhouses, Youth & farm education

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Peru

Age: 37

Gender: Female

Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Tree Fruits / Vegetables

Additional Interests: Beekeeping, Biodynamic farming, Community & farm education, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Permaculture

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Kenya

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

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Sri Lanka

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Vegetables / Dairy : cows

Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Greenhouses, Organic Distribution, Seed Production/Marketing, Youth & farm education

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Kenya

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Tree Fruits / Vegetables

Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Greenhouses, Irrigation, Organic certification, Urban agriculture

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Kenya

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

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Kenya

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Poultry/egg production / Farm education – Youth

Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Beekeeping, Irrigation

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Kenya

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

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date: April 1, 2024

Malaysia

Age: 36

Gender: Male

Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Seed production / Farm education – Community

Additional Interests: Biodiversity, Biodynamic farming, Compost, Seed Production/Marketing, Soil fertility

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Seeks Biodynamic Farm training.
Expected program start date: April 1, 2024

Sri Lanka

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Preferred Placement: Dairy : cows / Poultry/egg production / Nursery/Green house

Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Aquaculture, Breeding/insemination, Farm therapy (for disabled, at-risk teenagers, rehabilitation, etc.), Greenhouses

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date: April 1, 2024

Kenya

Age: 26years

Gender: Male

Preferred Placement: Diversified Farm Production models / Poultry/egg production / Dairy : cows

Additional Interests: Animal power(ploughing, weed control, etc.), Aquaculture, Beekeeping, Biological Pest Control, Breeding/insemination, Youth & farm education

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Kenya

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Preferred Placement: Vegetables / Field Crops / Poultry/egg production

Additional Interests: Bio-intensive (mini) farming, Compost, Cover crops, Irrigation, Wholesale Marketing

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Sri Lanka

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Preferred Placement: Berries / Vegetables / Dairy : cows

Additional Interests: Agri-tourism, Beekeeping, Cheese-making, Marketing/Distribution, Youth & farm education

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date: April 1, 2024

Ghana

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

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Kenya

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

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date April 1, 2024

Peru

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

 

Availability and/or MESA Notes:

Expected program start date: April 1, 2024

Sri Lanka

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:

Eranda is currently studying in Germany for a master’s degree in Agriculture. For his practical internship, he seeks a 4-month training opportunity in sustainable coffee production. Availability: August 1 – November 30, 2024.