New Entry offers a variety of opportunities for summer and academic-year internships, directed-study, research projects, and work-study employment. We appreciate the diverse backgrounds and qualifications of students from various degree programs, colleges, and universities. We provide an on-site learning environment where you can apply classroom knowledge and develop practical skills to create public impact and transform local and regional food systems.
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Open Positions (3)
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project is offering a part-time internship during the 2026-2027 academic year to support its marketing and communications area.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Reporting to New Entry’s marketing and communications lead, this role will support project areas across copy and design development, collateral updating and creation in alignment with New Entry’s refreshed brand work, email creation support, and event planning, promotion, and execution. This role will also assist with data tracking and reporting from multiple systems (Google Analytics, Meta Business Suite, Mailchimp, LinkedIn), and support digital marketing.
Learning Objectives and Outcomes:
- Develop skills in project management and cross-functional collaboration
- Build proficiency in visual media creation and storytelling
- Support event planning, promotion, and execution
- Analyze data and provide suggestions for improving New Entry’s marketing and communications impact
Desired Qualifications:
- Internship/work experience in marketing preferred
- Takes initiative to solve problems and shares ideas and possible solutions.
- Able to manage tasks for multiple projects with differing priorities and deadlines.
- Excellent attention to detail; adheres to instructions and brand style guide Interested in analyzing data and making recommendations from the results.
- Experience with Google Analytics.
- Interest in New Entry’s mission and activities – strengthening local food systems by training and supporting new farmers.
Skills Development:
Project management, event coordination, cross-functional collaboration, creative design, collateral development, and data analysis.
Location, Hours and Compensation:
- This is a remote first position. Local to Beverly, MA and able to come into the office on occasion is optional but not required.
- This internship period will run during the academic year from Tuesday, Sep 8th, 2026 to Friday, Apr 23rd, 2027, for 5-10 hours per week.
- Compensation is $22/hr for undergraduate students and $25/hr for graduate students.
Apply:
If you have questions, contact Associate Director, Eduardo Tovar Lopez at eduardo.tovar_lopez@tufts.edu. Application deadline is Sunday, August 23rd.
Marketing & Communications Intern
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project is offering a part-time internship during the 2026-2027 academic year to support farmer training and resource development for various projects.
Duties and Responsibilities:
In this role, you will support the Farmer Training Team in developing and delivering the NERME 2026 Farm Disaster Preparedness and Response Workshop Series. You will attend and assist with six workshops throughout the year, focusing on creating participant resources, uploading and organizing course content, and supporting reporting requirements. Support for grant writing is a potential opportunity if there is interest. Specific responsibilities will include:
- Attending and assisting with six disaster preparation and response workshops and compiling reporting data (# registered, attendance, survey results, etc.). All workshops are hosted in the evening.
- Creating YouTube thumbnails, descriptions, and uploading workshop recordings.
- Drafting follow-up participant emails with workshop resources and slides.
- Formatting speaker content into templates to be used in the future.
- Maintaining a master spreadsheet with workshop data and survey results.
- Attending and assisting four financial bootcamp workshops (evening delivery).
- Supporting the adaptation of the Clemson University’s Disaster Preparedness Workbook for Northeastern Farmers.
Learning Objectives and Outcomes:
- Gain experience in project coordination and event support through workshop attendance and follow-up.
- Develop skills in digital communications and resource creation using Canva, YouTube, and Microsoft Suite.
- Learn how to organize and analyze workshop reporting data to meet grant requirements.
- Understand how farmer training programs are designed, delivered, and evaluated.
Desired Qualifications:
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to track and summarize data accurately. • Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Familiarity with Canva and YouTube platforms.
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated experience in sustainable agriculture, farmer training, or workforce development.
- Data analysis experience is a bonus.
Skills Development:
Project management, event coordination, data collection and reporting, digital communications, research, and content creation.
Location, Hours and Compensation:
- This is a remote first position. Local to Beverly, MA and able to come into the office on occasion is optional but not required.
- This internship period will run during the academic year from Tuesday, Sep 8th, 2026, to Friday, Apr 23rd, 2027, for 5-10 hours per week.
- You must be able to support work in the evenings, approximately 2x/month.
- Compensation is $22/hr for undergraduate students and $25/hr for graduate students.
Apply:
If you have questions, contact Associate Director, Eduardo Tovar Lopez at eduardo.tovar_lopez@tufts.edu. Application deadline is Sunday, August 23rd.
Farmer Training Intern (NERME)
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project is offering a part-time internship during the 2026-2027 academic year to support farmer training and resource development for various projects.
Duties and Responsibilities:
In this role, you will support the Farmer Training Team in support of grant outcomes that focus on language justice, especially for aspiring and current Spanish speaking farmers, and support for Veterans interested in or currently farming. This work involves supporting an evening, online course in Crop Production (in English and Spanish), a Harvest Heroes workshop series for Veterans, and strengthening support for BIPOC farmers and their access to USDA funding. You will also assist with grant reporting and grant writing by reviewing narratives, compiling workshop data, and contributing background research. Specific responsibilities will include:
- Attending various evening workshops (typically ~1.5 hrs on Tuesday and Wednesdays) and compiling reporting data (# registered, attendance, survey results, etc.).
- Attending occasional in-person farm workshops in eastern Massachusetts.
- Creating YouTube thumbnails, descriptions, and uploading workshop recordings.
- Drafting follow-up participant emails with workshop resources and slides.
- Formatting speaker content into templates to be used in the future.
- Maintaining a master spreadsheet with workshop data and survey results.
- Reviewing grant narratives and providing suggestions, ideas, and research support for future grant proposals.
- Translate materials in Spanish, with potential to interpret short meetings in Spanish for collaboration purposes.
Learning Objectives and Outcomes:
- Gain experience in project coordination and event support through workshop attendance and follow-up.
- Develop skills in digital communications and resource creation using Canva, YouTube, and Microsoft Suite.
- Learn how to organize and analyze workshop reporting data to meet grant requirements.
- Build research and writing skills through grant narrative review and background research.
- Understand how farmer training programs are designed, delivered, and evaluated.
- Enhanced Spanish translation experience, particular around technical material related to farming.
Desired Qualifications:
- Bi- or multi-lingual, with fluency in written Spanish.
- Fluency in oral Spanish communication.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to track and summarize data accurately.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Commitment to regular communication with a supervisor (at least weekly, and regularly via e-mail).
- Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Familiarity with Canva and YouTube platforms.
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated interest in sustainable agriculture, farmer training, or workforce development.
- Data analysis experience is a bonus.
Skills Development:
Project management, event coordination, data collection and reporting, digital communications, translation and interpretation, research and content creation, grant writing support.
Location, Hours and Compensation:
- This is a remote first position. Local to Beverly, MA and able to come to the farm or to other locations in MA (occasional evenings and/or weekends – some transportation reimbursement may be possible for field visits).
- This internship period will run during the academic year from Tuesday, Sep 8th, 2026, to Friday, Apr 23rd, 2027, for 5-10 hours per week.
- You must be able to support work in the evenings, approximately 2-3x/month and one weekend day 1x/month.
- Compensation is $22/hr for undergraduate students and $25/hr for graduate students.
Apply:
If you have questions, contact Associate Director, Eduardo Tovar Lopez at eduardo.tovar_lopez@tufts.edu. Application deadline is Sunday, August 23rd.
Farmer Training Intern (2501 Grant)
Video created by 2025 New Entry intern Jasmine. Check out her website.
Intern Experiences
Kayla
Kayla collaborated on a range of projects, including creating surveys, analyzing data to produce reports, compiling resources, conducting research, and designing website content. She also contributed to creating posters and engaging with the community. In addition to these tasks, Kayla participated in hands-on work, such as weeding and harvesting on the farm, as well as assisting with Food Hub operations, including organizing CSA boxes. These activities helped foster strong connections among interns and staff. A highlight of the summer was collaborating with members of the local Council on Aging. Kayla and the team demonstrated ways to use the produce in CSA boxes, discussed volunteer opportunities with New Entry, and shared recipes and stories, making this experience especially rewarding.
"New Entry is truly a special place. My internship not only enhanced my skills in data analysis, graphic design, and farming but also significantly developed my interpersonal and relationship-building skills in the workplace. The supportive environment created by the staff and fellow interns made me feel welcomed and inspired. Their energy and passion for the work motivated me to dive deeper and produce my best work."
Samuel
Samuel’s internship with New Entry combined analytical tasks with practical farm work. He contributed to survey analysis and report writing, assessing the effectiveness of key programs. He also developed surveys for a new grant focused on undercover growing, designing tools to improve data collection. Samuel set up a Canvas course to support the educational component of this grant and compiled a resource directory along with online tools to provide farmers with key information on undercover growing practices. In the field, he participated in weeding, harvesting, and packaging produce for delivery, directly engaging with essential farm operations.
"Reflecting on my internship, it was not just the work that made it memorable but the entire experience. I met new people who shared my passion for sustainable agriculture, received unwavering support from the entire New Entry Staff, and enjoyed fun moments with fellow interns. The fresh vegetables we had every Monday were a delightful perk (wooooo). Above all, I learned so much about agriculture. This internship has been a truly enriching experience that has left me with lasting knowledge and cherished memories."
Anna
Anna conducted an ethnography of a collection of past and current students of the New Entry farmer training curriculum. She sought to discover both what was most and least effective for new farmers in their learning, as well as what values were being consciously and unconsciously communicated in the classroom. This project also made use of the annual alumni survey that New Entry conducts to all people who have ever taken a New Entry workshop or course. Her findings were also meant to inform future surveys to improve their quality and interpretation of results. Through her qualitative interviewing and subsequent transcript coding, she found there were questions about the challenges of viability in being a farm business owner in the Massachusetts area - with ever shrinking land opportunities, markets that demand niche and sustainably grown food, as well as limited resource availability, often times people have had to pivot their plans in order to make their farm operations work. During her time with the New Entry farmer training team, Anna helped design and assist with curriculum delivery, conducted community outreach upon New Entry's organizational move to the North Shore, redesigned the annual alumni survey, and organized its past results.
“Having the ability to combine my interests in adult technical education and sustainable farming in my internship was invaluable. I saw what it takes to make a small non-profit run, while at the same time having the freedom to design my own project for my undergraduate degree. I got hands-on experience in both the (literal!) field as well as the classroom, and identified my passions for storytelling during my ethnographic interviewing with New Entry’s alumni.”
Ellen
Ellen helped with the Farm Business Planning Course: preparing materials, assisting the course instructor and aiding students in completing their business plans.
"I gained a much more meaningful understanding of business planning for an agricultural operation. I became familiar with the many and diverse businesses being pursued by the Farm Business Planning Course students, which was as much a learning experience for them as it was for me. I was able to offer my knowledge of farm production practices, as well as, marketing, while they inspired me with their unique and creative ideas. Assisting New Entry in their mission to help new farmers realize their dreams was as important for its students as it was for my education of our modern agricultural landscape."
Eva
Eva was the teaching assistant for New Entry’s Farm Business Planning Course for four cycles and had the opportunity to lecture and lead class discussions and activities on topics such as marketing, financial management, crop planning, record keeping, and risk management for small-scale sustainable farms. She also interned on New Entry’s incubator farm, where she did weekly field scouting, led field trainings, and did basic farm maintenance.
“My time as an intern at New Entry provided invaluable experience working on-the-ground with farmers in a service-oriented environment. I was able to hone my non-profit and organizational development skills, which was an excellent complement to the more abstract academic work of completing my degree. Teaching farmers in a classroom setting and in the field was both educational and extremely gratifying and has proved quite useful in my current professional career.”
New Entry Internship Projects
- Conducting research
- Developing educational guides and training curricula
- Assisting in delivering farmer training courses
- Creating marketing materials and executing communications
- Sorting, packing, and delivering produce for the Food Hub, designing new courses
- Developing program monitoring and evaluation plans
- Researching farm labor regulations
and more!
New Entry Staff & Summer Interns, 2025
New Entry envisions diverse and thriving farming communities where people are connected, farms are profitable and resilient, nutritious food is available to all, and land is stewarded for future generations. Our values: Collaboration, Sovereignty, Quality, Interdisciplinarity and Respect, and our vision, are reflected in all our employment-related decisions, including internship recruitment and hiring practices. New Entry values diversity and unique lived experience and does not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identification, genetic information, veteran or disability status or any other factor prohibited by law.
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Questions?
Email us at nesfp@tufts.edu.