{"id":5853,"date":"2016-03-01T11:41:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/?p=5853"},"modified":"2016-03-02T10:27:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T17:27:33","slug":"soil-apprenticeship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/2016\/03\/01\/soil-apprenticeship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"SOIL Apprenticeship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOIL is an accessible framework for getting folks that think they may be interested in farming to try it out for a season through hands-on learning. It\u2019s also a great format for experienced farms to share their knowledge and bring new people into the industry.<\/p>\n<p>What it SOIL?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A non profit program, that links farmers with young folks wanting to learn and work on an\u00a0organic farm using sustainable practices. We aim to create apprenticeships which transfer\u00a0lasting knowledge to both the farmer and the apprentice.<\/li>\n<li>The host farms that list with SOIL, are farms which emphasis organic techniques with little\u00a0or no dependence on pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides. Beyond that they represent a\u00a0wide variety of focus and practices; from market garden businesses, biodynamic farms,\u00a0animal husbandry operations of all sizes, orchards, seed companies to name a few.\u00a0Whatever your operation there is someone out there who wants to learn from you!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How SOIL works<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apprenticeships are available to anyone over 18 years old who is healthy, self motivated\u00a0and eager to learn. A time commitment of eight weeks is usually required, but a full-season\u00a0commitment is usually preferred. Typically, apprenticeships take place between May and\u00a0September, although many farms need help all year round.<\/li>\n<li>SOIL provides the listing service for host farm opportunities and acts as an initial liaison\u00a0between the farmer and prospective apprentices. SOIL endeavors to match the apprentice\u00a0with the farm according to the information given by both parties.<\/li>\n<li>Farms must make a commitment to provide a teaching component to the apprenticeship.\u00a0They are encouraged to provide a monthly stipend and\/or wage to the apprentice. It is the\u00a0responsibility of both parties to come to a working agreement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information on our site\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soilapprenticeships.com\/\">www.soilapprenticeships.com<\/a>\u00a0and please don\u2019t hesitate to contact\u00a0Keeley Nixon\u00a0or SOIL Coordinator Jordan Marr at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:soilapprenticeships@gmail.com\"><em>soilapprenticeships@gmail.com<\/em><\/a>\u00a0with any questions you may have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOIL is an accessible framework for getting folks that think they may be interested in farming to try it out for a season through hands-on learning. It\u2019s also a great format for experienced farms to share their knowledge and bring &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/2016\/03\/01\/soil-apprenticeship-program\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96255,1108267],"tags":[7304,648126],"class_list":["post-5853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-resources","category-other-news","tag-apprenticeship","tag-farming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5853"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5856,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853\/revisions\/5856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}