Tryon Life Community Farm

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Become a work-trader! Live on the land and work with other volunteers using both mind and body. Become a temporary participant in the life of the land and the communities that live, work, and play here. If you can commit to being here at least one month and devote much of your time to working and learning on the land, please consider applying. Often, work projects are self-directed as we are all volunteers here!

Being a work-trader at TLC farm means contributing 25 hours of work a week. The hours consists mainly of garden work, but also may include fundraising, advertising, event set-up, event clean-up, and many other odd jobs that go into running a non-profit. Work-traders live on the land usually in a tent or a tarp structure. Work-traders also can either provide their own food or contribute $5 a day for full use of community food, which includes a full community dinner every night!

To apply please download the form below. Inside the form is a bit more explanation about what you can expect from us and what we will expect from you. Once you have read and filled out the form please send it back to us at worktrade [at] tryonfarm.org. Feel free to include any extra questions and comments about yourself when sending in the application. From there we will schedule a phone conversation and figure out if it will work for you and the community.

2012 Work-trade season : May 1st – October 1st

Download the form below and send your application to worktrade [at] tryonfarm.org