White Oak Farm offers a variety of opportunities for adults to expand their knowledge and expertise in agriculture, sustainable land use, and sustainable construction techniques. Each year, programs geared toward adult education differ, but our core offerings are Workshops and Farm Internships.
Visit our Programs page for a listing of our upcoming adult education programs.
Workshops
The majority of workshops that take place at White Oak Farm focus on natural building. Occasionally, we offer workshops on 
sustainable land use, eco-forestry, permaculture, or agricultural techniques. Workshops are small, focused, and personalized towards people’s interest and ability. Our style is largely hands-on, so there is ample opportunity to get the feel of the techniques we are teaching. There is also plenty of time for questions, discussion, lectures, slide shows, siestas, and fun.
Natural building workshops workshops emphasize the inherent qualities of building with natural materials: they are non-toxic, quiet, human powered, creative, and communal.
Workshop Accommodation and Meals
Workshop participants have their choice between numerous shady campsites among the trees and ponds on the Farm. There are hot showers, compost toilets, and swimming ponds for cooling off after a long day.
Three organic home-cooked (and often home-grown) meals are provided each day by the White Oak Farm staff. Meals are vegetarian, and other diets can be accommodated with advanced notice.
Travel
White Oak Farm is situated in the foothills of the Siskiyou Mountains in beautiful Williams, Oregon. The farm is 6 hours north of San Francisco, 5 hours south of Portland, and 1 hour West of Ashland and Medford, Oregon. There is air and bus service to Medford from many major cities across the US. We are happy to arrange shuttles to the farm from the airport or bus station. Because of limited parking space and our desire to decrease consumption of fossil fuels we encourage participants to use carpools, public transit, bicycles, and other creative means of travel. Please contact us to help arrange carpools.
Visit our Programs page for a listing of our upcoming workshops.
Farm Internships
White Oak Farm also offers farm internships seasonally. The Internship Program at White Oak Farm is designed to provide experience to people with an interest in developing their knowledge and skills for a life and career in farming, natural building, and children’s environmental education. The program requires hard work, a good attitude, the ability to live and work with others, and self-motivation. Interns receive simple housing in their own tipi, staple foods, farm fruits and vegetables, and access to farm facilities including kitchen, phone, internet, showers, ponds, and a sauna. Responsibilities of the Internship include four days per week on the farm as well as daily chores. Interns are also expected to communicate clearly, self-motivate, and work hard. Internships typically run from April to October, and interns must undergo a selection process.
Visit our Programs page for a listing of our upcoming farm internships.
