Summer Education Staff Members

Employment type: Seasonal
Job Location: Ortonville, MI
Application Due Date: April 30, 2025

The Farber Farm Summer Specialists are the education/program/farmhand team during the summer camp weeks (June-August 2025) at Tamarack Camps (MI).  The specialists are responsible for completing field work and implementing summer camp programs centered around a written farm curriculum as well as their own experience of farm related activities. These specialists will work and report directly to the Farm Educator and Farm Manager to ensure that farm activities are running smoothly and at appropriate times (example: when and how to harvest certain crops, what and where to weed, correct program management etc.). Applicants do not need to have experience but should have an interest in food, farming, homesteading skills, sustainability, and experiential education.   Start date flexibility, but no later than June 9th.

 

Specialist Job Responsibilities Include

-Implementation of farm programming

-Collective care of farm/field program tools and supplies 

- Farm and garden labor 

-Assistance with Sensory Garden maintenance and programming (planting, weeding, keeping area clean, propagation/purchase of Sensory Garden plants, water management, trail upkeep, etc.)

-Maintaining clean and comfortable common spaces

-Maintaining clean and organized culinary and arts/crafts program supplies and materials

-Running of the farm Mud Oven (includes stocking firewood, keeping area clean, running the Mud Oven and training other staff members to assist in Mud Oven programming, management of all dough making)

- Collaboration with camp wide art/cooking programming

- Participating in and initiating camp sustainability initiatives

-Work with the Farm Manager to coordinate garden work specific activities such as harvesting, weeding, planting etc.

-Present for Family Camp programs        

 Desired Qualifications:

- Interest in participating on an organic farm of any scale in any capacity farming/educating

- Passion for outdoor education involving youth

-Enthusiastic about food – cooking, eating, preserving

-Excellent communication skills

-Ability to follow direction

-Ability to lift 30+lbs, squat, crawl, bend, and be on your feet all day in varied weather conditions

-Ability to start early-mid June 2025

 

Compensation:

Pay TBD based on experience.  Shared housing is provided as well as all meals, snacks and farm produce.  Access to 1000 acres of retreat center land and activities including lakefronts, trails, sporting areas, etc.

 

Please send all resumes to 

AROSENBERG@TAMARACKCAMPS.COM

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