Educational Farm & Nature Preserve
3083 Liberty Road Delaware, Ohio 43015
740-363-2548
We are open to the public:
Monday - Friday,
9-5
Saturday,
9-1
Closed:
Sunday and holidays
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on internships, contact:
April Hoy
secearthshare@aol.com
740-363-2548
"Fostering an Appreciation for the Land"
Now Accepting Applications for:
Environmental Education Internship
Fall 2013
Contact April: secearthshare@aol.com
Messages from the Earth
Fall 2013
Contact Katryn: info@stratfordecologicalcenter.org
Front Desk Reception (through AARP Work Search. Must be 55 years or older - additional eligibiliy requirements.
For details call :
614-258-7295
Stratford is currently NOT accepting applications for Ag Interns.
Messages from the Earth Intern
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Hours: 40 per week
Rate of pay: $8.00 per hour
Minimum Age: 18 Position dates:
Spring: February – May (1 position)
Fall: September – November (1 position)-
Summary: Work outdoors with a dynamic team to teach life science concepts to small groups of fifth graders and lead small groups of younger children on tours of the farm and nature preserve.
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Training provided.
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Low-cost housing is available for $190/month.
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Experience and joy in working outdoors, working with children, and strong interpersonal skills will be helpful.
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For more information, or to apply contact:
Katryn Renard,
info@stratfordecologicalcenter.org
740-363-2548
This intern will also assist in Stratford’s Farm and Field Trip program, whereby the intern will escort groups around the farm, stopping to show them how the farm works and to admire the wonders of nature.
The intern will gain valuable experience in a variety of other activities as well, as he or she conducts in-school pre-visit presentations, tends the children’s garden and participates in chores around the farm.
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Environmental Education Intern
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Hours: 40 per week
Rate of pay: $8.00 per hour
Minimum Age: 18 -
Position dates:
Spring: February – May (2 positions) Summer: June – August (3 positions)
Fall: September – November (1 position)
(There is the option of working both the spring and summer seasons consecutively.) -
Interns serve as teaching staff in collaboration with a group of volunteer guides for the 3,000 children (pre-K to 6th grades) visiting our education farm and state nature preserve each year. Interns will teach children about gardening, composting, animal husbandry and ecology while accompanying youngsters on a diversity of farm and nature experiences and activities.
The summer interns will serve as Farm Camp Counselors for 9 weeks of Farm Camp for pre-K children -12 year old children.
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Interns also conduct in-school pre-visit presentations, tend the children's garden, and participate in chores around the farm.
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Training provided.
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Low-cost housing is available for $190/month
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Experience and joy in working outdoors, working with children, and strong interpersonal skills will be helpful.
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For more information or to apply contact:
April Hoy,
secearthshare@aol.com
740-363-2548
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Sustainable Agriculture Intern
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Hours: 40 per week
Rate of pay: $8.00 per hour
Minimum Age: 18 -
Position dates: Flexible start and end dates from mid-April to late September.
2 positions available for a total of 32 weeks (or 16 weeks for each position). -
Summary: Assist the Farm Manager in all aspects of production on a 65 acre organically managed farm, including livestock, field crops, horticultural crops and a budding agroforestry program.
The intern will have the opportunity to work with children of various ages, visiting families and volunteers. They will be an integral part of Farm Camp, working with camp counselors and the Education Coordinator.
Specific farm components include fruits and vegetables, and a menagerie of livestock including sheep, goats, cattle (beef and dairy), hogs, chickens and llamas. Haying is a component of an eight-year crop rotation that includes corn, spelt, oats, sunflowers, buckwheat, barley and two kinds of hay.
Additionally, the interns will become involved with fence building and repairs, light carpentry, basis mechanics, equipment operation (small and large), preserve management, and small research projects.
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Low-cost housing is available for $190/month
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For more information, or to apply contact:
Jeff Dickinson,
Executive Director/Farm Manager
farmscaper@msn.com
740-363-2548
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More Information
Stratford’s Mission Statement: Stratford Ecological Center is dedicated to the education of children and adults in understanding the relationship between living things and their environment, thereby fostering and appreciation for the land and all life that depends on it.
Stratford Ecological Center is a non-profit educational organic farm and nature preserve in Delaware County, Ohio.
Housing is available for $190 a month through a partnership with the Methodist Theological School of Central Ohio, just a few minutes from Stratford. Housing includes internet, cable, phone and laundry.
Interns also receive free produce and eggs from the farm and discounts on Stratford’s meats
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