Want to be part of the local food and small farm movement, get closer to nature and your food source, all while taking part in community? Or maybe you just want to learn how to grow your own food or want to live a more regenerative lifestyle. This is your opportunity,
The concept has been around for a long time and is working really well in places like Vancouver BC, where Abundance Farm has been leading the way in connecting urban and suburban folk with access to land, equipment, and skilled farmers to help them grow food for themselves and their families.
Three Goats Farm Community is committed to going beyond sustainability, aiming to practice regenerative farming using permaculture principles that steward the land for generations to come. We are also committed to spreading the gospel about the role food plays in overall health, happiness, and bringing folks together in community. Approximately 15% of the food we grow is donated to food banks and or given directly to people in need.
What the program offers:
- Working side by side with experienced farmers
- Weekly produce take home (every week that you contribute hours)
- Weekly instruction on topics related to farming and permaculture
- Lunch on the days you work
- A calendar of community events including:
- Annual friends and family weekend campout
- Harvest Dinner Party
- River Day (Rafting the Clackamas culminating with a beach bbq upon landing at our private beach)
- Bon-fires
- Jam Sessions and other impromptu celebrations our community creates
- Hands on participation in cooking and preserving (krauts, pickles, sauces, jams, dried foods, etc.)
Your Participation:
- We ask for an average of 10-15 hours per month of time at the farm (or remotely where helpful). Hours can be worked in increments that work for you; however, we like you to sign up at least the week before and try to stick with your commitments. Shifts are 3-4 hours. Come as often as two times a week (Saturday and Tuesday, with some flexibility); every time you come, you bring home a portion of the bounty. To hold your spot in the program, you must do two shifts per month.
- You pay $400 to help us purchase tools, seeds, manure, irrigation, animal feed, etc. (we ask half when you sign up and half at orientation). Scholarships are available where needed.
- You bring your enthusiasm, knowledge, skills, and curiosity
- Tell your friends and help us grow
No land? No problem! You can still be a farmer and permaculturist. Join a community that is having fun, learning, growing, and making a difference.
Examples of topics we might cover:
- Compost making and applying
- Starting a worm bin and maintaining it
- Soil preparation
- Seed starting, planting, and transplanting
- Irrigation maintenance
- Harvesting crops
- Pollinator hedgerow implementation
- Animal husbandry for those interested
- Orchard, berry, and vine management
- Preserving food (jams, sauerkraut, kimchi, pickling, canning)