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Start sowing seeds for your future in sustainable and regenerative agriculture!
Applications are now OPEN for ROGUE FARM CORPS’ Apprenticeship Program in Oregon for the 2025 farm season.
Positions at participating Host Farms are filled on a rolling basis, please apply ASAP!
Are you interested in a paid, sustainable farm Apprenticeship in Oregon, paired with a series of on-line and in-person classes and tours? Check out Rogue Farm Corps’ Apprenticeship Program!
Apprentices train and work as waged employees at one of RFC’s partner Host Farms and are protected by state and federal labor laws. Hands-on field training with Host Farm mentors is complemented by a series of classes, farm tours, discussions, and networking events organized by Rogue Farm Corps. Some Host Farms offer housing and/or a compensation package that also includes food. Start and end dates vary based on the Host Farm, but are generally spring through fall. Full-time and part-time positions are available. Host Farm and position information can be found on our website, including a map of farm locations.
Rogue Farm Corps seeks to train an inclusive next generation of farmers and encourages applicants of all backgrounds and identities to apply. Scholarships and travel stipends are available.
No experience is required to apply, however we recommend that applicants have some prior exposure to agricultural or physical/outdoor work and have enjoyed this type of activity.
See our Farmer Training Programs page for more information about all our programs, and join us for a virtual info session on January 30th at 6:00pm!
APPLICATIONS
Apprenticeship applications are accepted on the Rogue Farm Corps website until positions are filled, no later than late March, and early applications are considered first. Host Farms decide which applicants to interview and offer placements to. Applicants must be 18 years or older and have authorization to work in the U.S.
EDUCATIONAL EVENTS
Apprentices join other beginning farmers for an Educational Event Series facilitated by Rogue Farm Corps.
The full event series includes:
RFC strives to make all educational events inclusive and welcoming to people from all backgrounds and identities. Classes, tours, and discussions are led by Rogue Farm Corps staff, agricultural professionals, and expert farmworkers/farmers. Some classes in person, many will be held online.
For more information on these events, please visit our event series page and sample schedule.
FEES / SCHOLARSHIPS
Program fees are $700 for Apprentices in the Portland, Rogue Valley, and Willamette Valley chapters and $485 for Apprentices at one of our Satellite Host Farms in other regions of Oregon. RFC has scholarships available with priority given to participants who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQIA2s+, veterans, those who have been impacted by the carceral system, and low-income participants.
TYPES OF AGRICULTURE
Rogue Farm Corps trains beginning farmers in sustainable, regenerative, ecological, and organic farming. Our partner Host Farms practice these production methods. Host Farm enterprises vary by farm and include plant-based production (vegetables, herbs, fruit, seeds, etc) and animal-based production (meat, dairy, eggs, etc). Host Farms are commercial, small-to-mid scale operations marketing to their local and regional community via a range of sales channels including farmers market, CSA, wholesale, and more. RFC participants are exposed to various farm production and marketing systems via RFC’s farm tour events.
COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND INCLUSION
Rogue Farm Corps is committed to an ongoing learning process around privilege, power, inequality, and systems of oppression. RFC has a goal of making our programs welcoming to, inclusive of, and accessible to communities who are under-represented as farm operators in Oregon, including women, Black, Indigenous, Latina/o/e/x, and other people of color (BIPOC), LGBTQIA2s+ individuals, low-income individuals and immigrants. Our desire to create a more equitable food system is reflected in RFC’s programs and collaborations.