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The intern will support an assessment of progress toward the goals of the National Organic Action Plan and help inform NOC’s work to strengthen organic transition and retention. The intern will conduct research, outreach, and analysis to understand what has worked, where gaps remain, and what lessons can be drawn from organic action planning efforts in the U.S. and internationally.

The intern will focus primarily on researching, documenting, and supporting the organic certification process for an urban farm operating in the Lower East Side of Detroit. Through this work, the intern will help create a replicable, access-centered template that demystifies organic certification for small-scale, beginner and resource-constrained urban farms.

This internship offers an excellent opportunity for individuals interested in gaining hands-on experience in nonprofit or agriculture communications and becoming a key teammate in a farmer storytelling campaign working with organization partners and marketing consultants. OFA is seeking graduate students with majors in Communications, Marketing, Advertising, Media Studies, or related fields.

This internship supports activities for OTA’s Small Business Access Program (SBA), which seeks to remove the financial and technical barriers that keep under-resourced producers and brands from entering the organic marketplace. The intern provides support on activities related to research for participant opportunities, data collection and reporting on organic transition opportunities in different regions. A complete set of deliverables will be defined based upon the interest for the intern and needs of the SBA Program at the start of the internship.

Pasa is seeking an intern to support the next round of data collection and analysis for a farm-based research project. The intern will be an active member of Pasa’s research team for the duration of the internship program, and will have the opportunity to attend Pasa events and workshops of interest. The goal of the internship is to collect, organize, and analyze new and existing data from our Financial Benchmark Study which will support future farmer benchmark reports and public reports.

The 2026 Organic Farm Intern will join Elderberry Wisdom Farm’s team of Native American and Indigenous staff and interns committed to learning organic farming practices and food systems through classroom education and experiential service learning; support tribal food sovereignty through a combination of technical, cultural, and educational expertise in collaboration with multiple organizations, institutions and agencies; and strengthen awareness of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and how they can help to increase social and economic advancements for Native/Indigenous producers in the rich soils of Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley.