Internships
Internships at Turtle Island are a unique outdoor opportunity!
Current Internship Available: Cook Wanted
Learn how to prepare great meals in an outdoor kitchen using wood cook stoves, Dutch ovens and open fire methods in an unparalleled, wild mountain environment and primitive farm. Work within a unique and welcoming community of environmentally conscious people working to create a once-in-a-lifetime experience for young campers, interns and other visitors to the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. We're looking for an enthusiastic, outgoing person interested in a one-year internship. Please call or write us for more information.
Call Eustace Conway at 828-265-2267
Download a flyer about this position:
Click here for the cook internship flyer in Adobe Acrobat format.
Current Internship Available: Animal Husbandry
Learn to act as primary care giver to a small farm of horses, mules, goats, chickens, duck, trout, cats and dogs. No previous experience required, but definitely helpful. This is a workstudy/trade - not a paid position. Housing and food are provided. Total immersion into an alternative lifestyle. Please call or write us for more information.
Call Eustace Conway at 828-265-2267
Download a flyer about this position:
Click here for the animal husbandry internship flyer in Adobe Acrobat format.
Testimonials from Residents and Interns
Our time at Turtle Island continues to be a valuable experience to draw from in all of our projects here on our new farm.
Paul and Terra
Veteran interns of two years
My cooking internship at Turtle Island Preserve exceeded my expectations. It was the ultimate
challenge, showing me what I am capable of doing with the love and support from the T.I. community. Everyone was instantly welcoming, including me in the community, accepting me the way I was and making me feel like an integral part of the whole. The wood cookstoves created the best tasting food I have ever had.
Rachel Zeirzow
Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts
My internship at Turtle Island was absolutely foundational for the strength that I have in my life right now.
Jeremy "Bo" Hewitt