Permaculture Internship 
Maui, Hawaii

Haiku Farm, Haiku, Maui
Organic Certified Farm
3 month internship - starts November 2020 - limited spaces

Location

10m from Haiku town, 10m from a surf/wind surf & kite surf state park beach & Hawaiian Green Sea turtle habitat, 15m from Paia town & 15m from waterfulls & water pools.

Accepting Applications & Interns Now in Maui, Hawaii

We have a functional farm & we are ready for interns to start.

Program Description

12hrs a week of permaculture hands-on experiential learning where we will cover & do:

  - Compost piles & compost teas
  - Warm composting
  - Propagation of vegetables, flowers & tropical trees in the greenhouse
  - Mulching
  - Prunning
  - Companion Planting
  - Soil Building techniques
  - None dig garden techniques
  - Tree guilds ( companion planting for trees & shrubs )
  - Animal management ( chickens, ducks, fish, birds, turtouses.. )
  - Fruit harvesting techniques
  - Farm management & maintainance
  - Carbon farming
  - Sustainability & Zero waste management
  - Organic practices
  - Regenerative Agriculture techniques
  - Natural pest control techniques
  - Weed management
  - Food Forest Techniques ( edible perennial systems )
  - Zones & Sectors
  - Water Management
  - Market skills

8hrs a week of permaculture classes & design work

Lodging

Due to covid restrictions, students & interns have to find their own accomodation in the island..

But you can check in with us to see if site accomodation is available at the time you would like to come..

You have access to beautiful outdoor hot showers.
Use of communal kitchen.
Flush & composting toilets
Internet access

Board

 - Bananas & other tropical fruits
 - Vegetables from the garden
 - Herbs & spices from the gardens
 - Great drinking water

What are you getting

Permaculture class lessons
Work on a real permaculture business family farm design hands-on while learning of all of the stages of farming 7 business
Use of the communal kitchen area
Hot showers
Internet
Toilets

Daily Expections

You are asked to work 4hrs a day Monday through Saturday 9AM-1PM.

Afternoons & Sundays are free for you to explore the island.

 - Daily tasks:  Feeding the animals
                            Watering the greenhouse Y other food forest areas

 - Twice a week tasks: harvesting papayas, bananas and whatever fruit there is in season & watering the main garden areas.

 - Monday to Wednesday: Permaculture hands-on learning activities ( work as you learn ).

 - Thursday & Friday 9am to 1pm ) you will practice farm management & maintainance, using weed wackers, mowing machines, harvesting machines etc..

What to bring

 - Natural bathing products & towel
 - Water bottle & globes
 - Work Clothes: long pants, long sleeve shirts, closed toe work shoes. And leisure clothing: sandals, shorts, bathing suits...
 - Note books & pens
 - USB & Computer (optional)
 - Flash light
 - Camera

Airport pick up

We can pick you up from the airport Monday, Tuesday Or Thursday after 8pm otherwise you can take a bus, a taxi or an ubber.

How to get around

There is buses that run daily from the main towns of Haiku, Paia etc that will drop you...
Also Maui is an easy place to catch a ride from any of the locals, as this is a common practice..
Car rentals are available all over the island & its also easy to buy a second hand vehicle for your time here.. cheaper if you get a second hand car from a local, check companies like: Manaloha rentals & Kimos rentals. Both local companies.

How to Apply

Internship Application & Payment

In a brief paragraph, please tell us about your interest in permaculture farming, any knowledge you currently have regarding permaculture, and any experinces you have had in gardening or farming. If you have had prior training in permacutlture or farming work, please provide refernces. Share with us your work ethic and how you vision your role in this permaculture community. We are interested in persons who are dedicated to learning and are committed to working the farm.

We ask for a 3 month commitment
Payment for these 3 month internship has to be done upfront

Space is limited

This internship is available for this Nov, Dec, Jan & Feb months - 2020
Those are the next internship dates

Space is limited -
We can only have 4 interns, so grub your own internship asap. Deadline date is Oct 1st 2020.

Payment

$600 / month
You can Paypal us ( [email protected] ) or use Venmo ( Rosa Maicas ).
For more information: 8314615945 / [email protected]

This price includes the permaculture practical learning activities & design work & classes
Food from the land
The use of the kitchen, toilets, hot showers
Internet

Further Education - Permaculture Design Certification

If you would like to become a certified Permaculture Consultant & designer, we have a Certification program online at the moment covering requirements of large people classrooms

Registration & details for the Online Permaculture Design Training: https://www.perma-fun-k.com/permaculture-desig-certification---now.html

Our Interns would be group leaders in this program and would have priority for this Training.

Learn about this Permaculture Design Certification here.

Further Internships with longer positions would be available after your 3 month commitment with us.