Regenerative Farming Intern

Feedback is offering a 16-week paid internship for a Regenerative Farming Intern at Cranley Barn Farm near Buckingham, UK. The role involves hands-on experience in regenerative agriculture practices, including soil management and livestock management. Interns will also receive additional training in environmental issues and employability skills. This position is aimed at young people from minority or disadvantaged backgrounds and requires a passion for outdoor work and sustainability.
Expected May start, exact date yet to be confirmed. Please follow the below link to apply and press the 'Apply Here' button.

https://feedbackglobal.org/job/green-futures-internship-regenerative-farming-intern-buckingham

Purpose of the position

A 16-week paid placement in the amazing team at Cranley Barn Farm, just outside of Buckingham in Buckinghamshire.

Cranley Barn Farms is dedicated to sustainable agriculture and environmental stewardship. We focus on regenerative farming practices that restore soil health, enhance biodiversity, and improve ecosystem resilience. Join our team and contribute to a greener future!

We are seeking a passionate and motivated Regenerative Farming Intern to support our farming operations. This internship offers hands-on experience in regenerative agriculture, including soil management, crop rotation, composting, and holistic livestock management.

Scope of job

Cranley Barn Farms is dedicated to sustainable agriculture and environmental stewardship. We focus on regenerative farming practices that restore soil health, enhance biodiversity, and improve ecosystem resilience. Join our team and contribute to a greener future!

We are seeking a passionate and motivated Regenerative Farming Intern to support our farming operations. This internship offers hands-on experience in regenerative agriculture, including soil management, crop rotation, composting, and holistic livestock management.

Are you:

Please visit our site for intern age requirements

Someone who enjoys a challenge and loves being outdoors?

Somebody who enjoys being active and being around animals?

Feeling like you want to explore more work place opportunities to help you decide where to progress next?

Feedback are collaborating with Cranley Barn Farm to provide a paid work placement as a Regenerative Farming Intern over 16 weeks, 21 hours a week.

Feedback has been funded by the Rothschild Foundation to support organisations to better connect local young people to the green economy. We aim to do this by creating new local career pathways into the Green Economy for young people from minority groups, challenging or disadvantaged backgrounds.

Cranley Barn Farms is dedicated to sustainable agriculture and environmental stewardship. We focus on regenerative farming practices that restore soil health, enhance biodiversity, and improve ecosystem resilience. Join our team and contribute to a greener future!

Time with Feedback

In addition to working with your host organisation, you will spend a proportion of your time working with other young people, receiving additional training and development with Feedback and external facilitators. This time will be spent learning more about the environmental and ecological crisis and how it relates to the food system; it will also include elements of activism training, employability skills workshops, leadership & project management training and bespoke support based on your professional and personal development. You will also access 1:1 additional support and mentoring to guide you through the process.

Who we are looking for:
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Functional Numeracy skills.
• Confident, creative, enthusiastic, and self-motivated with a great work ethic.
• Excellent customer service skills, demonstrating a confidence with members of the public.
• Team player with a demonstrable positive, ‘can do’ attitude and ability to work in a team.
• Passionate about environmental sustainability.
• Interest in food growing and horticulture.
• Ability to work with animals
• Able to work in a loud busy environment.
• Be enthusiastic, hardworking and keen to learn!

Eligibility:

In order for your application to be considered, you need to fulfil the following eligibility criteria:
• You must be legally entitled to work in the UK
• You must not currently be enrolled on a higher education degree (undergraduate or postgraduate).

PLEASE READ WEBSITE TO CHECK THAT YOU MATCH ALL CRITERIA- https://feedbackglobal.org/job/green-futures-internship-regenerative-farming-intern-buckingham

PLEASE NOTE: Green Futures placements are designed to assist those who have experienced barriers to entry in to the environmental and community food sectors. As such, we will prioritise candidates who do not have undergraduate or postgraduate qualifications. We still encourage you to apply If you have an undergraduate or postgraduate degree.

TRAVEL TO WORK: We recognise that travelling to your placement via public transport may present challenges. We are committed to ensuring that travelling to placements will not be a barrier for people, and are happy to discuss ways to make this work. You may be able to access a bursary scheme to support the purchase of a bicycle or other low carbon methods of travel to work. This placement is able to be accessed by bus to Buckingham, where the host is willing to collect you

Inclusivity

These placements are open to everyone, regardless of experience or background. We acknowledge that the environmental sector is less open to young people from under-represented backgrounds and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We especially want to hear from you if you feel that opportunities like this are less available to you, or if you feel overlooked by mainstream institutions.

No previous experience in the environmental sector is necessary. We encourage applications from:
• People who are passionate about affecting positive change and want to take action to tackle climate change but have not had relevant work or education experience, such as studying a relevant subject at college or university.
• People who want to try their hand at something new, but don’t know where to start, or haven’t had the opportunity to do so
• People who have studied a relevant subject at university but have not been able to secure paid employment in that sector within a year of graduating.
• People who are interested in training in practical food delivery (cooking, growing or distribution) with a sustainable, community or ecological focus but have little or no previous professional experience.

Position in organisation

The role is directly responsible to the Farm Owners who will provide day to day management of the Placement and oversee your training programme. https://cranleybarnfarms.co.uk/

Please read through all of the information on the Feedback website and apply through the 'apply here' button from this link: .

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract, Internship
Contract length: 16 weeks

Pay: £12.50 per hour

Expected hours: 21 per week

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 16/04/2025
Reference ID: Regenerative Farming Intern
Expected start date: 08/05/2025