Student Employment
What better way to learn how a small farm operates than with hands on experience while getting paid?
- Jobs average 15-24 hours per week
- Student must be enrolled in 6 units in the Fall and Spring, and 3 units in the Summer
- Must have a valid driver's license.
- For more information or to apply, please e-mail shonefarm@santarosa.edu.
Garden Assistant
Job duties may include:
- Learning the ins & outs of growing produce at Shone Farm
- Helping with planting, irrigation, weeding, harvesting, etc.
- Picking & packing produce with quality control in mind
- Learning the different varieties, and what grows best in our climate
- Developing awareness and skills for farming during a drought
Farm Sales Assistant
Click here for full job details. Job duties may include:
- Creating marketing materials: taking photos, crafting content for e-mails and social media
- Assisting at Pick and Sip events at Shone Farm one Saturday each month
- Organizing and delivering produce, olive oil, and possibly wine
- Coordinating and distributing food to students through the SRJC Student Equity program
Wine Sales Assistant
Job duties may include:
- Creating marketing materials: taking photos, crafting content for e-mails and social media
- Assisting at Pick and Sip events at Shone Farm one Saturday each month
- Running and tracking wine promotions
- Helping with the wine club
Livestock Tech
Job duties may include:
- Working with a small herd of beef cattle, goats, and sheep
- Assisting the supervisor in day-to-day activities to maintain the livestock facilities
- Assisting with rotating livestock in pasture, moving, feeding, and handling livestock as needed
- This position is about 12 hours/ week
Resident Program
- Shone Farm offers students the ability to reside in Resident Housing located on the farm
- In lieu of rent, student residents are able to do a work exchange of approximately 12 hours per week
- Applications are accepted year round
- Move-in dates correspond with each semester
- Resident Housing Application
Wildfire Resilience Program
- Student interns participate in a semester-long wildfire training with professionals from Fire Forward and Laguna Foundation
- Provides hands-on training in the 120-acre SRJC Shone Farm forest
- Students work on reducing wildfire fuel and reintroducing “good fire” (fire in controlled situations) into the landscape
- This training gets students ready for this very important and growing workforce
- Click here for more information
Volunteer
Please review the Volunteer Agreement prior to your discussion with the Farm Manager.
WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING VOLUNTEERS AT THIS TIME