Agriculture Steward
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Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
Agriculture Stewardship
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) is a nonprofit environmental science education organization. Since 1968 ACES has inspired a lifelong commitment to the earth by providing innovative and immersive programming for all ages. We have three locations: Hallam Lake Rock Bottom Ranch and Catto Center at Toklat. Our programs focus on ecological literacy regenerative agriculture forest and ecosystem health land restoration and environmental leadership. Through this ACES meets our mission of educating for environmental responsibility.
Rock Bottom Ranch
Located midvalley in Basalt CO Rock Bottom Ranch is a 113acre site that dedicates approximately 70 acres to natural wildlands and about 35 acres to pasturebased rotationally grazed multispecies livestock systems and intensive lowtill vegetable production. Rock Bottom Ranch also serves as an outdoor classroom for summer camps school groups and community education programming engaging visitors and staff alike with questions about how humanity interacts with and impacts our ecosystems through a lens of naturebased scientific exploration and food production.
The Agriculture Program aims to spark a community of foodeducated citizens by demonstrating forwardthinking environmentally socially and climateaware agriculture and land stewardship practices. We seek to educate farmers on profitable scalable and replicable agriculture systems. Our livestock production raises sheep laying hens cattle broiler chickens and rabbits. Our vegetable production grows 50 crops on our acre of intensively spaced outdoor production and in our fourseason extension structures. Rock Bottom Ranchs livestock and vegetable products are featured at our summer dining events weekly farmers markets vegetable CSA and onfarm sales.
Our production farm and educational site is open to the public five days a week during the summer and offers farm tours youth and adult programs and dining events. Agricultural staff are primarily involved in the diverse array of production agriculture operations but have the opportunity to become involved in customer service events and educational experiences.
Position Summary
ACES is offering 10week Agriculture Stewardship opportunities to our community members. High school students college students and other community members are encouraged to apply. These Ag Steward positions will become involved in our regenerative agriculture program for the 2025 season working with both our intensive vegetable production and our rotational livestock systems. Stewards will spend 5 weeks in each production area.
The Agriculture Stewardship position is part of Rock Bottom Ranchs Farmer Training Program. This position provides handson learning geared towards those curious about regenerative agriculture and a desire to learn more. As an Ag Steward youre exposed to numerous aspects of vegetable and livestock production. The Agriculture Stewards play an essential role on the Agriculture Crew as they join for peak season. Time will be taken to explain the whys and hows but those who are observant ask questions and eager to learn will succeed the most.
Possible Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
1 Vegetable Production:
Assist with vegetable production including: soil preparation seed propagation irrigating transplanting and cultivation.
Assist with harvesting washing packaging and selling final vegetable products.
Assist with maintenance of vegetable production area by mowing and weedwhacking
2 Livestock Production:
Assist with the daily care of cattle sheep goats laying hens broilers and rabbits.
Daily care includes: providing feed and fresh water creating electric fencing paddocks and moving animals through a multispecies rotational grazing system mucking out stalls and houses collecting and washing eggs.
Participate in humane onproperty slaughter of chickens and turkeys.
3 Site Maintenance:
Site maintenance includes mowing weedwhacking fence repair trail repair event preparation cleaning or other site duties.
4 Customer Service
Provide a welcoming and educational environment to all guests.
Lead farm tours.
Assist with sales of produce and meat at local farmers markets and at the Ranch.
Participation in onfarm events including but not limited to dining events educational programs and farm tours.
Qualifications:
Candidates must have the following:
Strong willingness and desire to learn.
Strong work ethic and understanding that farm work is rewarding yet physically demanding.
Enjoy working outdoors in varying weather conditions.
Able to lift heavy items.
Friendly inviting personality and positive attitude!
Respect for farm products the public fellow crew members and all ACES staff.
Location: This position is located at ACES Rock Bottom Ranch site in Basalt Colorado. Work schedule: TuesdayFriday 7:30am4pm
Position Dates: Tuesday June 3rd 2025 through Friday August 8th 2025.
Compensation:This position is compensated at $17/hr. Housing is not provided and we are seeking candidates who already have housing in the Roaring Fork Valley.
This position is designed to fit various needs and interests. Please email with any questions.
ACES employees work with school children therefore ACES conducts background checks for criminal history and motor vehicle records.
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all federal laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex gender identity national origin or protected veteran or disabled status and will not be discriminated against.
Employment Type
Temp
