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Applications for the 2025 season are Still open for Select Sites

 

Please read the following before filling out your application.

  1. Applications are open through December 15, 2024 or until all positions are filled. Mentors will respond to candidates to let them know if they will be invited for an interview by January 6, 2025.
  2. Before applying, please make sure you have carefully read about each operation and check out the recording from our October NAP 101 Informational Call. This will help you find sites that are a good fit for for your interests and career goals.
  3. We recommend applying to no more than five operations. There is an option to be considered for other operations if you have not been selected for an interview by your top picks.
  4. Our application is long. We recommend using a word processor to write out your application responses first, and then copy and paste them into this form. Every year we have applicants who type their responses directly into the form and end up accidentally losing their work (if a tab gets closed, or the browser refreshes). Don’t make that mistake!
  5. You will receive a confirmation email with more details after you submit your application. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please email the NAP team at newagrarian@quiviracoalition.org
  6. If you need assistance with filling out this application, please contact us at newagrarian@quiviracoalition.org!

2025 New Agrarian Program Application

    Please be sure to read the description for each operation on our website, as every operation offers different opportunities and has different expectations and requirements of apprentices.
    If you are not selected for an apprenticeship at one of the mentor sites you have selected, would you like to stay in the applicant pool to be considered by other operations?
    The New Agrarian Program is only able to accept applicants who already have legal authorization to work in the United States and can not help with the visa or work authorization process.
  • Please mark all that apply.
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    Your file must be smaller than 50mb.

  • Experience

  • Motivation

  • Feel free to use bullet points to separate your answers for each site you're applying to.

  • Vision

  • Creativity

  • 1. Describe a moment of joy or happiness you’ve experienced in the last year. 2. You are stranded on top of a mesa and can bring one tool with you. What is it and why did you choose it? 3. If you were an animal, what would you be and why? 4. Part of an apprenticeship is the art of helping a young person to completeness. In what ways are you growing and becoming a whole person?
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