Internship
November 3, 2023 2023-11-04 14:46Internship
SOLITUDE FARM PERMACULTURE INTERNSHIP
Solitude Farm, Auroville, is offering a 3 month long immersive internship starting from
1st week of January 2024 till end of 30th March 2024
1st July to 28th September 2024
1st Oct to 30th December 2024.
A reclamation of a cultural identity through understanding where our food comes from. Participants will explore a road back to nature through valuing local foods. We will learn about the principles of permaculture and natural farming and how to grow, harvest, and cook our own food. The field modules will also explore soil, nursery, seeds, edible weeds, etc., and there will be weekly field trips to other inspiring projects. Integral to this internship is the Solitude – farm-to-plate cafe, cooking, food processing, preserving, making ayurvedic powders, and even learning how to make vegan ice cream!
As well as recurring modules in the fields, cafe, nursery and seed bank participants will be encouraged to document their journey, and in the second month to take up an individual project such as traditional millet recipes, nutrition in schools or art and farming. Participants will also be engaged in our educational programs: learning and teaching how to make soap, bio-enzymes and recycling water or identifying and harvesting edible weed and teaching how to make delicious salads.
A reclamation of a cultural identity through understanding where our food comes from. Participants will explore a road back to nature through valuing local foods. We will learn about the principles of permaculture and natural farming and how to grow, harvest, and cook our own food. The field modules will also explore soil, nursery, seeds, edible weeds, etc., and there will be weekly field trips to other inspiring projects. Integral to this internship is the Solitude – farm-to-plate cafe, cooking, food processing, preserving, making ayurvedic powders, and even learning how to make vegan ice cream!
As well as recurring modules in the fields, cafe, nursery, and seed bank, participants will be encouraged to document their journey and, in the second month, to take up an individual project such as traditional millet recipes, nutrition in schools, or art and farming. Participants will also be engaged in our educational programs: learning and teaching how to make soap, bio-enzymes, and recycling water, identifying and harvesting edible weed, and teaching how to make delicious salads.
Participants will live at Solitude Farm and will be very much part of the community, helping with our events such as concert nights and music festivals.
If this speaks to you and you see yourself growing, harvesting, cooking, and eating your own food, then click the below, and I would love to hear from you.
Dinner/Day offs/ Weekends
Interns will be supplied with the ingredients and groceries to cook their evening meals. On a rotational basis, interns will take sufficient time mid-afternoon to prepare their evening meals. Wednesday, Saturday afternoons, and all-day Sundays are free. Interns can choose to cook together or eat out as they wish.
Solitude Farm will arrange to rent bicycles or scooters for the interns.
Accommodation:
The farm has two dormitories, a tree house, a coconut thatch hut, and a loft space. Some accommodation could be shared by two people and others by up to 6.
There are a maximum of 10 places on this internship.
Price: INR 58,000 for 90 days of intensive internship. Financial assistance is possible.
Includes all food and refreshments, accommodation, travel expenses for field trips, and Auroville contribution.
If your application is successful, we will send you a contract and an invoice, which should be signed and paid within ten days.
At the end of the internship program, the interns will be awarded a certificate. The deserving interns will be offered the opportunity to stay on a Volunteer Faculty for the next 3 months programmers or get involved with Solitude Farm in another capacity, such as education, outreach, farm, cafe, or helping to develop a new project.
We look forward to seeing you there!