The Association acts as a clearinghouse for individuals seeking to make contact with farms offering apprenticeship or groups offering more formalized training.

Training programs are frequently conducted in conjunction with adult education or research centers. Apprentice programs offer practical "hands-on" training. The following is a list of on-going programs. We recommend you contact regional biodynamic groups for updated activities or write programs of interest for details. Please email info@biodynamics.com to add your program to this page.

For specific opportunities, visit the forums.

TRAINING PROGRAMS:
(Also contact regional groups.)

• Biodynamic Education Centre, an international college offering a range of educational programs for biodynamic farming and gardening. The courses offered by the Centre have been written and developed over many years of practical experience in the biodynamic method for both large-scale agricultural and smaller-scale gardening systems. Also offers a two-year correspondence course "Certificate Program." For more information, visit www.biodynamiceducation.com.
• Cure Organic Farm offers courses, internship programs, and apprenticeships in sustainable agriculture. See their website at www.cureorganic.farm for more details or contact Anne P. Cure, Cure Organic Farm, P.O. Box 19913, Boulder, Colorado 80308. Call (303) 666-6397, or email cureorganicfarm@yahoo.com.
• Emerson College offers a three-year vocational training program in biodynamics and is the only program that offers English language biodynamic training to a Level 4, state-certified diploma. Contact Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX, England. Call +44 1342 822238, fax +44 1342 826055, e-mail info@emerson.org.uk, or visit our website at www.emerson.org.uk/biodynamic.htm.
• Hawthorne Valley Farm, 327 Route 21C, Ghent, NY 12075. Visit www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org, or email apprenticeships@hawthornevalleyfarm.org.
• Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, W2493 County Road ES, East Troy, WI 53120. For information, visit www.michaelfieldsaginst.org.
• New Farms, HC69 Box 62, Rociada, NM 87742.
• North American Biodynamic Apprenticeship Program offers a new certification program, consisting of an on-farm component & where trainees learn while working & and an accompanying educational component, which takes place in more classroom-like settings. Trainees are assisted in finding suitable farms and in arranging the study component by Regional Coordinators, with whom they review their progress on a regular basis. For more information, visit www.bdtraining.org or call Program Administrator Sherry Wildfeuer at (610) 935-0302.
• The Pfeiffer Center offers a one-year part-time introduction to biodynamics, consisting of eight weekend sessions and a final week-long intensive workshop taught by experienced biodynamic practitioners. For complete information, contact the Pfeiffer Center, 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977. Call (845) 352-5020, ext 20, email info@pfeiffercenter.org, or visit www.pfeiffercenter.org.
• Rudolf Steiner College, A Center for Biodynamic Education, 3937 Bannister Road, Fair Oaks, CA 95628. Call (916) 965-0389, fax (916) 961-2662. For information, visit steinercollege.yellowpipe.com/?q=node/23.
• Taruna College is the only government-approved anthroposophical adult training center in New Zealand. For the last twelve years we have offered a one-year training in biodynamics. For information, go to www.taruna.ac.nz.

APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
These are on-going opportunities, including a few seasonal openings and newly created opportunities.

East Coast:

• Brookfield Farm, 4 Hulst Road, Amherst, MA 01002, www.brookfieldfarm.org/apprentice.html. Brookfield Farm is a living learning center and becoming an apprentice provides a comprehensive experience of our farm, from the inside out. Apprentices work in all aspects of the farm’s production, from soil preparation to harvest, from tractors to hand hoes, from administration to marketing farm products.
• Hawthorne Valley Farm, a diversified, Demeter certified Biodynamic farm, is looking for farm apprentices. Please see our website, www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org, for more detailed information. Our apprentices work with and learn about the interrelationships between our milking herd of 60 grass-fed cows, our rotational grazing system, the twelve-acres of mixed vegetable fields, and get an overview of the administration of our 265-member Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Our apprentices are expected to work well with others, to have some patience and a drive to get things done. A sense of humor is always useful!
• Horse and Buggy Produce, Inc., PO Box 416, Charlottesville, VA, 22902. www.horseandbuggyproduce.com. Email april@horseandbuggyproduce.com. We are a food cooperative/CSA delivering local, spray-free produce, eggs, dairy, and meats to over 1000 families in Charlottesville and Lynchburg. Over 100 small, local family farms, most of which are members of an Old Order Mennonite community, supply us with their harvest each week. 6 1/2 month internships/apprenticeships available.
• Kimberton CSA, P.O. Box 192, Kimberton, PA 19442, www.kimbertoncsa.org. Kimberton CSA is a community of people that was formed to create and support a Biodynamic garden. The community's ways of working together continue to evolve according to the wishes, interests, understanding and energy of the members.
• Quail Hill Farm, P.O. Box 2088, Southampton, NY 11968.
• Richview Farm, RD 1, Aurora, NY 13026.
• Roxbury Farm, PO Box 338, Kinderhook, NY 12106. Call (518) 758-8558, email info@roxburyfarm.com, or visit www.roxburyfarm.com for more information. Roxbury is a community supported farm, one of the largest in the country, and the first to have a community in New York City.
• Pfeiffer Center, 260 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977. Call 845-352-5020 x20, email info@pfeiffercenter.org or visit www.pfeiffercenter.org for more information. The Pfeiffer Center internship, a twelve-month residential program, is a unique opportunity to learn the nuts and bolts of Biodynamics in a setting that blends intensive garden work with unique academic opportunities.
• Sankanac CSA at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, PA, offers a 2-year apprenticeship (as well as 1-3 month and 1-year internships) in biodynamic agriculture. For more information, call (610) 495-7295, email sankanaccsa@hotmail.com, or visit www.camphillkimberton.org.
• Temple-Wilton Community Farm, 19 Potter Road, Wilton, NH 03086, www.templewiltoncommunityfarm.com. Each year Temple Wilton Community Farm takes in two to three apprentices to help us run the farm and also to provide these individuals with an education in Biodynamic Agriculture. One apprentice is needed May through August in the dairy and two other apprentices are needed during the growing season (May - October) in our vegetable gardens.
• Turtle Tree Seed, Camphill Village, Copake, NY 12516. We offer an opportunity to work with a biodynamic seedsman as a volunteer co-worker in Camphill Village, a social therapeutic community. Contact Nathan or Beth Corymb.
• Woodbridge Farm, 30 Woodbridge Road, Salem, CT 06420. We offer a one-year apprenticeship program on our diversified biodynamic farm. Apprentices will have the opportunity to learn about all aspects of farm life by participating in the daily chores. For more information, call (860) 889-5797, email woodbridgefarm@sbcglobal.net, or visit www.woodbridgefarmonline.com/apprentices.html.

Central:

• Krusenbaum Farm, W3194 County Rd. D, Elkhorn, WI 53121.
• Lake-Geauga CSA, 8345 Brakeman Rd., Leroy Township, OH 44077.
• Midheaven Farm. Contact Dewane Morgan, 11059 County, Park Rapids, MN 56470. Email sgmorg@wcta.net. A diversified 400-acre biodynamic farm located eight miles southwest of Park Rapids, Minnesota, raising vegetables, raspberries, eggs, and meat for a 100-member CSA (with a waiting list).
• Philadelphia Community Farm, Box 668, Osceola, WI 54020. Email pcomfarm@centurytel.net or visit www.philadelphiacommunityfarm.org/.
• Spikenard Farm offers positions for apprentices and, in the future, for more coworkers. R.R. 3, Box 167, Carrollton, IL, 62016. Email: info@spikenardfarm.org. Tel.: (217) 942-3732. www.spikenardfarm.org. Apprenticeships on the 610-acre Spikenard Farm in transition to diversified biodynamic methods; also training in sustainable beekeeping methods.
• Mark Trela, 638 East North, New Harmony, IN 47631.
• Zinniker Farm, N7479 Bowers Rd., Elkhorn, WI 53121.

South:

• Hill and Hollow Farm, Edmonton, KY. Call (270) 432-0567, email hhcsa@scrtc.com, or visit www.hillandhollowfarm.com.
• Union Agricultural Institute, Rt. 4 Box 4635, Blairsville, GA 30512.

West:

• Beneficial Farm CSA, 286 Arroyo Salado, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Call (505) 422-2238, email stevew@plateautel.net, or visit www.beneficialfarm.com. The farm practices the sustainable techniques of biodynamic farming (developed in the 1920s by Dr. Rudolph Steiner) to enrich the soil while producing an abundance of wholesome food.
• Earth One, Roseburg, OR 97470. Diversified: cheese-making, fruit trees, draft horse, 6 hours theoretical/week. Year round. Call (541) 784-9024, or email earth1@wildblue.net.
• Flowers by the Sea LLC, a highly diverse, Demeter-certified organic/Biodynamic production farm and nursery, is offering a unique Graduate Apprenticeship Program in 2009. We're looking for a very few to help us launch this new learning program. Complete information is available from our web site at Graduate Apprenticeship Program. Contact us by email at Learning at Flowers by the Sea,
  or by telephone at 707 877-1722. Visit www.fbts.com for more information.
• Frog Belly Farm, Boulder County, CO, offers a yearly training program and educational opportunities in Biodynamic Farming and Gardening. We offer 3-4 apprentice/student positions every year in most every aspect of mixed farming and market gardening and creating a local food resource, and we also employ the biodynamic methods and make the preparations on the farm. For more information, visit frogbellyfarm.com.
• Live Power Community Farm, 25451 East Lane, Covelo, CA 95428. Phone/fax (707) 983-8196, email livepower@igc.org, or visit www.livepower.org/Apprentice/. Our apprenticeship program provides the opportunity to try small-scale sustainable farming without capital investment, risk, or living expenses on a producing farm in a work-study environment.
• Muslin Creek Farm, 79296 Repsleger Rd., Cottage Grove, OR 97424. Focus on three acres of vegetables, seed production, fruit orchard, bees, flowers, caring for dairy goats and dairy sheep. Interns will have hands-on experience in all aspects of growing food: watering, sowing, transplanting, harvesting, weeding, and deliveries.
• Rudolf Steiner College, A Center for Biodynamic Education, Raphael Garden, 3937 Bannister Road, Fair Oaks, CA 95628. Call (916) 965-0389, fax (916) 961-2662, or visit steinercollege.yellowpipe.com/?q=node/23.
• S&S Center for Sustainable Agriculture, 2143 Lopez Sound Road, Lopez Island, WA 98261. Besides learning about sustainable food production, interns follow individualized curricula, carry out guided research, write reports and participate in farm seminars. Call (360) 468-3335, email sshomestead@rockisland.com, or visit www.sshomestead.org.
• Tierra Miguel Farm, PO Box 1065, Pauma Valley, CA 92061. Phone/fax (760) 742-1151, email csa@tierramiguel.org, or visit www.tierramiguelfarm.org.

Canada:

• Alderlea Farm on Vancouver Island in Duncan, BC is a Demeter certified mixed farm with a 100+ member CSA. On-going apprenticeship opportunities. Contact johnkaty@shaw.ca or visit www.alderleafarm.com.