Goats Unlimited
Type: Farm
Website: Goats Unlimited
Owner: Dr. An Peischel
Location: Ashland City, TN
Intern Request Timeframe: March – July
About: Goats Unlimited is a Kiko meat goat operation that focuses on breeding stock, meat production, land enhancement and artificial insemination. Dr. An Peischel has over 40 years experience in the goat industry. Training opportunities with this farm include production management, livestock guardian utilization, artificial insemination, nutrition planning and buck management.
Jordan Farms
Type: Farm
Website: Jordan Frams
Instagram: @jordanfarmstn
Owner: Charley Jordan
Location: Indian Mound, TN
Intern Request Timeframe: March – September
About: Jordan Farms is a Veteran owned floriculture operation that focuses on numerous varieties of cut flowers. Charley Jordan has over 20 years of experience. Training opportunities with this farm include horticulture and floriculture production, how to run an agribusiness, equipment operations and market prep.
Firefly Farm
Type: Farm
Website: Firefly Farm
Owner: William Peacher
Location: Indian Mound, TN
Intern Request Timeframe: April – August
About: Firefly Farm is a market garden style operation that focuses on diversified fruits and vegetables. Their main market style is through community supported agriculture and farmers markets. They have been in operation for over 10 years. Training opportunities with this farm include vegetable planting and seeding, irrigation system installation, trellis installation and maintenance, vegetable picking, washing and packing.
Louise Bluffs Farm
Type: Farm
Facebook: @LouiseBluffsFarm
Owner: Jed White
Location: Southside, TN
Intern Request Timeframe: March – September
About: Louise Bluffs Farm is a Veteran owned cow/calf and hay operation. Jed White has over 10 years of farming experience. Training opportunities with this farm include commercial cow/calf production, freezer beef operations, forage production, hay production and sales and farm machinery maintenance and repair.
By Faith Farm
Type: Farm
Website: By Faith Farm
Instagram: @Byfaithfarm
Facebook: @ByFaithFarmNashville
Owner: Lori Birkhead
Location: Joelton, TN
Intern Request Timeframe: April – October
About: By Faith Farms has been in operation for over 14 years. They focus on cultivating fresh, nutrient-dense food through natural and sustainable methods. Their farm is volunteer run and led with food grown exclusively for donation and distributed by Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. Training opportunities with this farm include horticulture production, animal husbandry, cow/calf management, freezer beef production, equipment operation, fencing, pasture management, you-pick flower gardening, business planning, social media marketing and more!
Sweeter Days Farm
Type: Farm
Website: Sweeter Days Farm
Owner: Todd Bentley
Location: Ashland City, TN
Intern Request Timeframe: April – October
About: Sweeter Days Farm is a diversified vegetable, cut flower and culinary herb farm. The Bentley’s have been in operation for over 9 years. They sell primarily through community supported agriculture, farmers markets and wholesale to restaurants. They manage roughly 2 full acres of market garden style production utilizing organic growing practices. Training opportunities with this farm include small scale, intensive rotation and succession vegetable and cut flower production from seeding to selling!
Montgomery County Extension Office
Type: Government Entity
Website: Montgomery County Extension Office
Agent: Karla Kean
Location: Clarksville, TN
Intern Request Timeframe: May – October
About: UT-TSU Extension Montgomery County houses educational programing for agriculture, family and consumer sciences and 4-H youth development through Tennessee State University and the University of Tennessee. This internship will focus on the agricultural services they provide. Karla Kean has over 26 years of experience leading as the Extension Agent in the area of horticulture and small farms. Training opportunities with this entity include horticulture therapy, arboriculture, home and garden care, commercial horticulture production and small farm development and production.
NRCS Tennessee Offices
Type: Government Entity
Website: NRCS Tennessee Offices
Agent: Kevin Hart
Location: Clarksville, TN
Intern Request Timeframe: January – December
About: The USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service is a federal government entity that partners with conservation groups and others to ensure private lands are conserved, restored, and more resilient to environmental challenges. Working side-by-side with farmers and ranchers, the NRCS identifies natural resource concerns such as soil erosion and water quality issues and develops unique conservation plans for restoring and protecting resources.
Farm on the Hill LLC
Type: Industry
Website: Farm on the Hill LLC
Owner: Richard George
Location: Church Hill, TN
Intern Request Timeframe: January – December
About: Farm on the Hill LLC develops large commercial scale Food-Energy-Waste projects that combine vertical farming, greenhouses, food processing, megawatt scale renewable energy and circular economy conversion of wastes into fuel and fertilizers. They have a 45 acre research farm in Church Hill, TN where they run their designing and engineering work. Training opportunities with this business include being a part in the design, engineering, and project management process. This will include some involvement in the construction of the infrastructure.