Sustainable Agriculture Internship Application

Grow Your Career in Sustainable Agriculture

Finding the right internship in sustainable agriculture can be challenging—whether you're a student seeking hands-on experience, a career changer passionate about regenerative farming, or someone eager to deepen their knowledge of organic growing systems. This Sustainable Agriculture Internship Application template gives farms, educational programs, and agricultural nonprofits a professional way to evaluate candidates while clearly communicating the physical demands, learning opportunities, and commitment required for successful placement.

Why This Template Works for Agricultural Education Programs

Sustainable farms and agricultural training programs need interns who understand both the rewards and realities of farming work. This template goes beyond basic contact information to assess:

• Practical experience with organic farming, gardening, or land stewardship
• Physical readiness for outdoor manual labor in varying weather conditions
• Learning interests across permaculture, crop production, soil health, and ecological systems
• Availability and commitment to ensure proper training investment
• Values alignment with organic and regenerative principles

By collecting this context upfront, farm managers and program coordinators can identify candidates who are genuinely prepared for the work, reducing mismatched expectations and early dropouts.

Perfect for Farms, CSAs, Educational Centers & Agricultural Nonprofits

This template is ideal for:

• Organic and regenerative farms seeking seasonal interns for crop production, livestock care, or farm operations
• Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs building their seasonal workforce
• Permaculture education centers recruiting students for immersive training programs
• Agricultural nonprofits placing interns in food justice, urban farming, or conservation projects
• University extension programs coordinating practical learning experiences for agriculture students

Whether you're running a small family farm or managing a large educational homestead, this form helps you find interns who share your commitment to sustainable food systems.

What Makes Paperform Perfect for Internship Applications

Paperform is built for organizations that need more than a basic application form. With this template, you can:

• Create a branded experience that reflects your farm's values and personality with custom fonts, colors, nature-inspired backgrounds, and embedded photos of your land
• Use conditional logic to show follow-up questions based on experience level, availability, or specific interest areas—keeping the form relevant for each applicant
• Collect supporting documents like resumes, cover letters, or references directly within the form
• Automate communications with custom confirmation emails that outline next steps, timeline, and what to expect

And because Paperform's doc-style editor works like editing a document, you can add seasonal updates, modify questions based on your program needs, or adjust language to match your farm's voice—no developer required.

Streamline Your Entire Internship Workflow with Stepper

Once applications start flowing in, you'll need a system to review candidates, schedule interviews, send offers, and onboard accepted interns. That's where Stepper comes in.

With Stepper's AI-native workflow automation, each application can automatically trigger:

• Application routing to the right farm manager or program coordinator
• Candidate scoring based on experience, availability, and alignment with your needs
• Interview scheduling that syncs with your calendar and sends confirmation emails
• Reference check reminders and follow-up automation
• Offer letters and onboarding packets sent via Papersign for secure eSignatures on liability waivers, code of conduct agreements, and program commitments

Stepper connects Paperform with your CRM, project management tools, email system, and calendar—keeping everyone in sync from first application to first day on the farm, without juggling spreadsheets or missing follow-ups.

Secure, Compliant, and Ready for Serious Programs

If you're managing internships through a university partnership, nonprofit grant, or formalized training program, you need a platform you can trust. Paperform is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant, with role-based permissions, data residency options, and a dedicated Trust Center—giving you enterprise-grade security with SMB-friendly ease of use.

Whether you're accepting 5 interns or 50, Paperform scales with your seasonal needs and integrates with the tools you already use: Google Sheets for tracking applicants, Slack for team notifications, Airtable for candidate databases, or your preferred CRM for long-term relationship building.

Start Building Your Sustainable Agriculture Team Today

This template is ready to customize with your farm's specific internship details—housing options, stipends or compensation, program dates, skill requirements, and the hands-on projects your interns will tackle. Add photos of your farm, embed videos about your approach, and make the application feel as welcoming and authentic as the experience you're offering.

Trusted by farms, agricultural education programs, and environmental organizations worldwide, Paperform makes it simple to manage internship applications professionally while staying focused on what matters most: growing food, building soil, and nurturing the next generation of sustainable farmers.