Kiss the Cow Farm is an organic, grass-based dairy selling raw milk and ice cream from their small herd of Jersey cows. They also raise and sell pastured eggs, chickens, ducks and turkeys. Kiss the Cow Farm is owned and run by Randy and Lisa Robar. For the past eight years they have have been growing a dynamic, small, diversified farm operation focused on feeding their friends and neighbors delicious food.

Volunteer and work exchange prgram details

Get a taste of farm life at Kiss the Cow Farm. The days are filled with chores, projects, customers and laughter! This is a 500 acre, historic farm with other ag enterprises (veggies, beef cows, hard cider). Crews from all the farms share a weekly lunch together. Lots of farming activity and other younger and older, like-minded people to interact with. Near Silver Lake State Park and lots of hiking trails. Kiss the Cow Farm co-hosts weekly farmers’ market with local vendors, awesome bands, tacos, hard cider, kombucha & ice cream for a few hundred people. It’s a very cool time. This is a typical, rural Vermont experience. Life’s great there. Come experience it yourself!

Volunteers of all ages and backgrounds are welcome! Whether a specific task, general offer to help out when needed or committing to do a weekly chore there is always plenty to do! Do you like cows? Want to support your local farmers? Want to give back to your community? Then let us know! Please note that there are very few unskilled tasks on the farm. However, we’ll be glad to train you up!

Internship program

Job Description: This program focuses on three areas, dairy herd management, pastured poultry management and ice cream making.  You will, however, be involved in ALL aspects of managing a small, grass-based farm, including: milking, feeding, moving animals to new pastures, the installation and maintenance of fence and water systems, calf care, herd health and nutrition, safety, dairy protocols and processes.  You’ll be raising poultry from day-old chicks, feeding, watering, moving field pens, tracking batches, processing, packaging, and delivering to customers.   You will participate at farmers markets and enterprise brainstorming, assist with marketing, cleaning, repairs, maintenance, and construction projects.   You will also have independent responsibilities!

Qualifications: You need to have a positive-can-do attitude, be self-motivated, hard-working, inquisitive, and a good communicator.  If you have the courage to try things and you smile at bad jokes in spite of yourself, then you’ll probably fit in.  This is a learning experience:  you need to want to learn.  You will need to be reasonably fit and able to lift 50lbs regularly.  You should also be able to work outside in all weather conditions from rain to mid-summer heat.  Please no smoking, drug use, excessive alcohol consumption, or pets.  A valid driver’s license is required.

Having some experience farming and working with animals is also a must.  You must take direction and feedback, be able to work on your own and with minimal direction once you’ve been taught how to do a task.  You are expected  to be willing to learn and to work honestly and conscientiously.

Compensation: Basically you become a member of the farmily! There are bedrooms upstairs in the farm house. Or you could choose to live in your tent anywhere on the surrounding several hundred acres of woodland and eat what you can forage, but, hey, it’s your choice!  Laundry, shower, and kitchen (with basic ingredients, veggies & dairy) are available at the main house.  Meals may be with us, but there is an outside kitchen, dining area, and shower.  Interns receive a weekly stipend based on experience and performance.  And of course, you’ll leave with tons of experience and the confidence to follow your own farm dreams.

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