Maui Regenerative Farm Internship & Certification
Living Earth Systems has now opened its internship program for a few capable, motivated individuals wanting to live on site and/or learn about regenerative agriculture.
This is your opportunity to learn hands-on and grow with the farm projects with one of the leading regenerative farm designer on Maui. Working on state-of-the-art and cutting edge environmentally sustainable projects.
We build biological self-sufficient systems. Including alternative energy, vermiculture, aquaculture/aquaponics, sustainable agriculture and edible landscapes.
We are in the process of designing, building, and maintaining several new regenerative farms on Maui. This allows a unique opportunity to immerse yourself, hands-on, on working farms and gain the knowledge to expand your horizons in regenerative careers.
This is a 3-, 6-, or 12-month internship.
At the end of 12-month internship program we offer certificates of completion.
You will be required to spend 9 hours a week working with & learning our systems and practices.
Please note: There is a monthly cost for this internship program, like you would pay for any university or higher education program.
For the live-in program, it is far less than renting a studio in Lahaina (if there were even one available). For those who will not live onsite, the internship fee is less than $20/day.
For our kama’aina, people of this land, there is no fee (but still requires the 9 hour/week work/training commitment) - this is a way for us to give back to our community.
What you’ll learn:
Aquaculture
Earth worms, several species
Regenerative farming & composting techniques
No-till
How to farm with zero pesticides, using only fertilizers made on site
How to grow all your own food
Off-grid solar systems setup
Homesteading basics
A whole lot more…
If you are on our 6-12 month long program, after 3 months and you have learned our methods, then we will offer you a lease for longterm stewardship and production, if that is what you are interested in.
To check out our philosophy and example projects, check out our website, www.livingearthsystems.com and our instagram, www.instagram.com/livingearthsystems
Please note that this is physically demanding work.
This internship requires you to spend quite a bit of time outside in the elements, dealing with earthworms and compost, pulling weeds and building your relationship with the natural world.
This includes insects and pollen, so if you have allergies or are super sensitive to this environment then it may not be a good fit for you.
We fill requests upon availability. If this ad is up then there is availability, but if you’re serious you need to jump on it because this program fills up quick.
We will receive many inquiries about this, so please be patient for us to review and respond.
Fill out the questionnaire below & we will call you back if we feel like it’s a good fit to talk about more of the details.
This internship program is perfect for. . .
Hardworking, focused individuals that want to learn a trade.
Someone who wants to be a part of the permaculture, regenerative movement.
Responsible, punctual individual with transportation.
We’re allergic to tobacco so please no tobacco smokers.
Your internship includes:
Fruits and vegetables from the farms
Wifi
Housing or camping on the farm**
Education
In the 6-12 month program, a farm lease agreement for your own microfarm production
For those who complete our 12 month program, you will receive a certification from Living Earth Systems
The opportunity to sell your goods and produce at our established farm stand
A harvesting crop share (example: if you pick 100 lbs of papaya from our trees & sell them at our farm stand, you get 50% of the cash of what you harvested)
**This is well over a $2000/month value for the housing & food alone. This is our way of setting people up for success.