ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDEN
Get real-world experience in organic farming at Odiyan
Learn practical skills from our master gardener in our 2.5 acre community gardens, orchards, and greenhouses. You will engage the entire process from seed to plate, including learning to cook your own produce as you help prepare meals for the Odiyan community.
Odiyan farm and gardens are part of our sustainability plan.
We are seeking hardy strong people who are used to physcial labor and have some experence with hand tools.
Minimum commitment: 2 months.
Hands-on training
- seeds: choosing vegetables and varieties
- greenhouse germination vegetables and flowers
- bed preparation, direct seeding, and transplanting
- drip and sprinklers irrigation use and maintenance
- companion plants, medicinal plants, insect and bee friendly plants
- establishing raised beds and hoop house
- using rototillers and other equipment
- composting and mulching
- harvesting: including cleaning, storing, and preserving (pickling, freezing, fermenting, canning)
- weeding, lots of weeding
The Work-Study Program includes:
- Comfortable accommodation and nutritious vegetarian meals
- Buddhist classes, practice and study sessions
- A monthly stipend of $200
You must be physically strong, able to lift 40 lbs., good at working with your hands. Experience with hand tools and physical labor is preferred.
Interested in volunteering?
Odiyan Work-Study Program – Check out our FAQ
