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Saturn’s Return is our small, diversified farm, inn, and home on 42 acres on San Juan Island, WA. This will be our third season in business and the inaugural year of our farm internship program.
We grow vegetables and flowers in our no-till market garden, rotate laying hens and visiting sheep from Oak Knoll Farm across 20 acres of pasture, and await the fruits and nuts of our young trial orchard. (See our planting map.) Soil health and biodiversity are the foundation of our stewardship here, and while we’re not certified, we always follow organic practices. We sell our produce through our on-farm store, local food hub, grocery co-op, and to island restaurants. We also collaborate with local organizations on riparian, wetland, and forest restoration projects adjacent to our farmland.
The inn is the financial backbone of our business that made our land purchase feasible and allows us to share the abundance, beauty, and nourishment of the life we’re building here with island visitors.
We’re hiring two farm interns at a time from April - October for 4-, 8-, or 12-week internships. If you want to build foundational skills in small-scale market gardening, pasture management, livestock care, and farm hospitality — while living on our beautiful island — this could be a great fit for you!
While both interns will receive a holistic view into our farm operations, each will have their own focus:
Each intern will work 4 days per week. One intern will work Mon - Thurs, and the other Weds - Sat — with a team-wide day off on Sunday. Our daily farm schedule is 8am - 4pm with a 45-min lunch break: