Farm Info

Farmer Name(s): Mark Cain & Michael Crane

Location: Huntsville, AR

Housing available: Yes

Qualifications:

Able to lift 50lbs,
Work outside most of the day
Flexibility with farm life
Work well with others and independently

Farm Tasks:

Greenhouse Management
Planting / Weeding
Harvest / Post-Harvest
Crop Planning / Record Keeping
Organic Methods
Market Sales / Delivery / Development
Pest, Nutrient or Heat Management

Farm Description:

For over 35 years, Mark Cain and Michael Crane at Dripping Springs Garden have been producing organic vegetables, culinary herbs, blueberries, and specialty cut flowers for the Fayetteville Farmers Market, about 50 miles away. Current production includes 30 types of vegetables, 60 species of cut flowers, shiitake mushrooms, and blueberries.
Mark and Michael are adept at working with and training people that are enthusiastic about an environmentally sustainable approach to food and farming and community. Each summer sees a new crop of interns and apprentices, at Dripping Springs. Since 1994, we have been hosting interns through the MESA program (Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture (www.mesaprogram.org) program and those who find us through other routes. By working alongside these bright young people day after day, we come to share each other’s dreams of a healthy green planet that produces in abundance.
Dripping Springs Garden is 5 acres of intensive organic production of vegetables and flowers. The terraced garden is a lively workshop of production and learning for the owners and students who come to work with us. We are especially renowned for our flower bouquets. We have a deep love of flowers for their inspirational beauty, fragrance, and color. We produce field-grown specialty cut flowers, not the typical blooms of the mass floral trade. From April through mid-November we bring an ever-changing palette of color and fragrance to the Market.

Only environmentally-sound growing techniques are used at Dripping Springs. We use no chemical fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides, and the products we do use are all approved for organic production. We are currently certified USDA Organic by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture.

Website: https://www.drippingspringsgarden.com

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