Cultivate your Knowledge Internship Program 

Would you like to gain understating and deepen your relationship with Chinese herbs through their cultivation? Perhaps you are concerned about loosing access to herbs and thus are interested in being a part of the development of Chinese herbs as a domestic emerging market? How about access to better quality herbs than is commonly found in the marketplace. Or maybe you are a grower seeking to diversify your production? Besides offering transplants, seed and field grown herbs the Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm operates as an experimental farm to explore these possibilities as well as aid herb conservation. Our internship program allows interested folks hands on knowledge and experience in all aspects of growing and harvesting Chinese herbs with the guidance of Peg Schafer; educator and nationally recognized Asian herb grower.

This program will follow the seasonal progression of growing herbs from seed sowing and pot culture in the nursery to field production covering soil management, irrigation, planting, cultivation, harvesting and drying of leaf, flower, seed and root herb crops. 

Sean Fannin, an accomplished practitioner from the Center for Traditional Health Arts will start each session with Medical Qigong. This introduction and ongoing practice will develop Quiet and Moving Qigong practices while gaining practical understanding of the theories. 

The program runs from March 17 through November 3, the first and third Saturdays a month with one Saturday a month minimum obligation. Hours are from 9-3. Interns should be in good physical shape and be prepared and committed to work to the best of their ability. The program is $325, with a few spaces reserved for second year interns at $100, space is limited. If you are interested please email Peg at  HYPERLINK "mailto:pschafer@sonic.net" pschafer@sonic.net, or phone (707) 765-9611. 

We will hold two open houses to get acquainted; Saturday February 10^th at 10 am and Saturday February 17 at 2 pm. A visit to the farm is mandatory for intern consideration. Please email a short blurb describing what you are looking for and why you are interested, and any agricultural experience you may have, as well as any health considerations. I will confirm with directions. Thank you for your interest and I look forward to connecting with each of you! 

Take care, Peg

Peggy Schafer

Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm

296 Wetmore Lane

Petaluma, CA 94952

(707) 765-9611