Farm managers needed

The Kendall Permaculture Farm is in dire need of managers / care takers.

YOU:

Are a couple, family or a couple of friends keen to live off grid and self sufficiently. Are happy to live simply and be part of a farm which supplies most of our needs with daily jobs. Are keen to settle and to commit to a place to be for at least a few years if not longer. Have experience in permaculture, regenerative and sustainable practices. Are happy to be surrounded by people, animals and nature and are easy going and have a positive outlook on life. Love to learn new things and are motivated to make things happen. Would like a simple, quiet place to live and are happy to take on whatever farm jobs need doing (eg. fencing, shovelling, cutting grass, animal care, emptying compost toilets, pruning, weeding, growing food etc). You are happy to run and manage a permaculture farm and its volunteers, don’t mind hard work and long hours, and are happy to look after some administrative sides of the farm in the future as required. You are allowed to stay and work in Australia. You do not believe in drama, are down to earth and comfortable with animals being killed and consumed on the farm. And you are handy, able to take anything on and a quick learner. You believe in and thrive on manual labour and providing your own needs.

US:

We are an 18 year old permaculture farm with a biogas bio-digester, food forests, syntropic market garden, regenerative animal practices, dairy production (non-commercial, just for farm use), large kitchen garden, composting and other fertility systems and multiple other systems. Current owners of the farm would like to focus on property improvements and need help running the farm. We have a small farm house for your use (furnished but can be empty if preferred) and the Syntropic market garden is there for you to manage, which gives you the opportunity to make an income. We run events and courses on the farm which you can be involved with and use any of your skills that can contribute.

This is an unpaid position, however you will live rent free in a furnished home with no utility bills, and will be able to get most of your food from the farm. You can run a business by using and expanding on the current Syntropic Market Gardens.

If you are interested and you would like to meet with us, please fill in the form below and we will contact you to make a time and day. If you have any further questions, please ask them in the form below. We look forward to seeing your application!

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Course feedback

“I would recommend Tom Kendall’s PDC to anyone looking to learn or become part of the Permaculture Community. I really enjoyed the course. It was also an excellent opportunity to learn from someone who has always worked with the land and who has spent a long time developing that relationship into what it is now. I learned a great deal about the agricultural systems from a practical and solutions based perspective. And yes, they are lovely people too.
It means a lot to me that they offered the course as pay-as-you-can and as self catered. I am in the position where I can only find sporadic work and rather than waste my time feeling stuck I was able to learn and find new opportunities with this course. The sense of community it gives was also really important to me and I am great full to them for being generous with their time. It is something that will give more value as time goes on and I hope to return this fully when I’m able. ”
Marni, PDC 02/2020

“ Unlike all the other students I had no previous knowledge in permaculture and it far exceeded my expectations. I was happy to see the ethics related to this topic were one of your criteria. I would highly recommend this course and have done so already multiple times and will continue to refer people to you in all my travels
To be able to do the course by donation has meant to me that I’ve been able to upskill myself for an affordable amount in a time of current unemployment.
It also meant I could please my curiosity on this topic and dip my toes in the water with the little knowledge I had in this field where as a full price course would have not lead me down this path. I thank you both so kindly for your contribution in getting this knowledge out there in our current global situation.”
Todd Dent, PDC 02/2020

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