GEORGIA ORGANICS’ APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM — The Dirt

LOOKING AHEAD TO 2024 Apprenticeship PROGRAMMING 

With feedback via exit interviews from Farm Hosts and Apprentices as well as reflections from the Farmer Services team, troubleshooting and amending sore spots for the 2024 cohort has already begun. One significant change is the timing of the program.  For 2024, farm work will begin on April 1 to give apprentices working on produce farms a chance to seed, transplant, and acclimate to their new work environment before the season gets underway. 

Another change to the program includes creating a weekly learning structure that Farm Hosts and Farm Apprentices agree upon to facilitate moving the Apprentices toward their learning goals. Thanks to the feedback from the program’s first-year participants, other major and minor changes to the program will also occur in 2024.

On Nov. 27, 2023, applications open for the program. Georgia Organics is seeking nine Farm Apprentices and Farm Hosts in Georgia to form the 2024 cohort. This year, the program will begin on April 1 and end on or around June 7, and we encourage agricultural students, farm laborers, farm managers, and individuals interested in expanding their farm knowledge to apply!

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