2026-27 Year of Volunteer Service
Plowshare Farm is a lifesharing community in Greenfield, New Hampshire where people with a wide range of capabilities and challenges live and work side by side to create a genuinely inclusive and sustainable community, forging opportunities for every member of the community to reach for their full potential.
Our community is currently accepting applications for a yearlong volunteer service opportunity in sharing life with others, including people with developmental disabilities, and sustainable living skills here at Plowshare. We are currently accepting applications to join us in August 2026. Serve for a year and gain insights for a lifetime!
[Plowshare also has limited openings (usually 2) for short-term summer volunteers to come for a two month summer placement from mid-June to early August. The next summer openings will be in June 2027.]
For more information about year of service opportunities, please send an email to service@plowsharefarm.org sharing about your skills/interests and what excites you about experiencing life at Plowshare.
To fill out a volunteer application, download the application form here, fill it out, and send it to service@plowsharefarm.org.
We are seeking people with:
Hearts wide enough to include others in your concepts of “home” and “family”
Hands ready to support others in activities of daily life and to be a part of a sustainability-oriented community
Minds curious to explore a new way of living with each other and the land
As a volunteer you will:
Live in and provide assistance with daily needs in one of our lifesharing homes where people with a wide range of abilities, including people with disabilities, live together in an inclusive community-based setting. This includes sharing general household activities, supporting others in the household in activities of daily living, and sharing in social time together.
Participate in 2-3 areas of volunteer service during the day, depending on the community's current need and personal interest, such as wool and fiber arts, woodworking, baking, and biodynamic gardening.
Learn about the traditional trades of the New England region (woodwork, pottery, metalwork, wax, wool, baking and more).
Be part of a community that is striving toward ecological sustainability (energy production and heating, growing our own vegetables, getting milk and eggs from our own animals, tapping maple trees for syrup, etc).
Get a picture of life in our community by checking out the photo slideshows here and the videos here.
For more information about year of service opportunities, please send an email to service@plowsharefarm.org sharing about your skills/interests and what excites you about experiencing life at Plowshare.
FSJ | freiwilliges soziales jahr | soziales jahr | freiwilliges jahr | fsj im ausland