Food Forest Maintenance Intern

The Opportunity --------------- **Part-Time Internship** $20/hour, 20 hours/week **Location:** Boston, MA, In-person **Internship dates:** 9/9/26 through 12/5/26 Boston Food Forest Coalition is seeking part-time, in-person support from a dedicated and passionate Food Forest Maintenance Intern to join our team in Boston, MA. The Intern will play a hands-on role in the care and maintenance of our food forests. This role offers the opportunity to facilitate volunteer workdays and contribute to the codification of food forest care practices, directly supporting our mission to build healthy, productive urban ecosystems. The ideal candidate is passionate about ecological agriculture and has a foundational understanding of permaculture techniques, as demonstrated by at least 1 year of relevant experience. Our ideal intern is action-oriented, an excellent organizer, and a creative problem-solver with strong attention to detail and the capacity to manage their time effectively. A dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion, along with an ability to engage and facilitate volunteer workdays, is essential to directly support our mission to build healthy, productive urban ecosystems. The intern will be a crucial part of building and maintaining a community that is building climate resilience in Boston. This position provides a pathway to professional growth in community engagement, environmental stewardship, and administrative support within a dynamic, mission-driven organization. Responsibilities ---------------- **Food Forest Care** * Facilitate landscaping and maintenance-based food forest workdays with volunteers * Generate steward learning resources by codifying food forest care practices into written and video formats * Regularly conduct permaculture/agriculture techniques on food forests, including: * Weeding management of trees & plants (ecological methods) * Dividing and transplanting perennial plants * Fall site clean ups * On-site composting systems * Conduct maintenance and repair of: * Path maintenance & edging * Irrigation and water catchment systems shut offs for the season **Diagnose, Measure, and Plan** * Support the annual update of plant map assessments and plant tags * Support the development of the plant database Required Qualifications ----------------------- * At least 1 year of experience (paid or volunteer) with demonstrated success in the field of permaculture, ecological agriculture, agroecology, and/or food forest maintenance. * Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. * Action-oriented with strong creativity and problem-solving skills * Excellent organizational skills and capacity to prioritize and manage time well, with strong attention to detail. * Familiar with using web browsers and Google Suite tools (Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets), or similar, with a willingness to learn Google Suite. **Preferred Qualifications** * Horticulture teaching experience * Experience using Airtable * Experience using Canva * Spanish language skills Location & Schedule ------------------- * This is a Boston, Massachusetts-based position that requires daily travel between Boston neighborhoods. * The position requires mostly in-person work, with significant time spent meeting with community members and managing on-site food forest maintenance, including **evenings and weekends.** * We ask all staff to abide by the COVID-19 guidance set by the City of Boston. * Hours: **Wednesdays and Thursdays:** 12pm–5 pm, **Fridays and Saturdays:** 9 am–2 pm * Note: If your availability **does not** align with these weeknight hours, please share an explanation of your proposed availability in your application. There is flexibility in the Wednesday and Thursday schedule. The Friday and Saturday schedule is firm. _Boston Food Forest Coalition is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively seek a diverse pool of candidates for this position._ About Boston Food Forest Coalition ---------------------------------- At the intersection of racial equity and climate resilience, the Boston Food Forest Coalition is a community of neighbors transforming vacant lots into public edible parks placed into permanent community control and ownership. Together, we are building resilience in Boston through more equitable access to healthy green space and greater connection to each other and the natural world. More information about BFFC is available on our website: [https://bostonfoodforest.org/](https://bostonfoodforest.org/). The post [Food Forest Maintenance Intern](https://greenjobs.greenjobsearch.org/jobs/food-forest-maintenance-intern/) appeared first on [Green Jobs Board - greenjobsearch.org](https://greenjobs.greenjobsearch.org).