Intern and New Farmer Support Organizations

• The Canadian Intern Association – http://www.internassociation.ca/
• CRAFT – http://www.craftontario.ca/
• FarmStart – www.farmstart.ca
• Farms at Work – http://www.farmsatwork.ca/
• Just Food http://justfood.ca
• National Young Farmers Coalition – http://www.youngfarmers.org/
• SOIL – http://www.soilapprenticeships.org/
• World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms – http://www.wwoof.net/
• Young Agrarians – youngagrarians.org

Popular Media

• The Fruits of Unpaid Labour by Natalie Childs (GUTS Canadian Feminist Magazine) – http://gutsmagazine.ca/featured/the-fruits-of-unpaid-labour#foot_text_8982_1 (note: this article references our research)
• The unpaid internship: Doorway to employment or unfair exploitation? (Globe and Mail, March 31 2014) – http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/the-unpaid-internship-doorway-to-employment-or-unfair-exploitation/article17737005/
• Unpaid internships appear to be on the rise as Canada’s laws just a ‘hodgepodge’ (Toronto Star, March 2, 2014) – http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/03/02/unpaid_internships_appear_to_be_on_the_rise_as_canadas_laws_just_a_hodgepodge.html#
• Young, unpaid workers face thin protections under Ontario law (Toronto Star, October 17, 2013) – http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/10/17/young_unpaid_workers_face_thin_protections_under_ontario_law.html
• Unpaid internships exploit ‘vulnerable generation’ (CBC, July 22, 2013) – http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/unpaid-internships-exploit-vulnerable-generation-1.1332839
• Unpaid interns are this generation’s slaves: Mallick (Toronto Star, March 28, 2013) – http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/03/28/unpaid_interns_are_this_generations_slaves_mallick.html
• B.C. case throws organic apprenticeships in doubt (The Western Producer, February 22, 2013) – http://www.producer.com/daily/b-c-case-throws-organic-apprenticeships-in-doubt/
• The Farm Intern Conundrum (Civil Eats, May 11 2010) – http://civileats.com/2010/05/11/the-farm-intern-conundrum/

Selected Books

• Agrarian Dreams by Julie Guthman. Berkeley: University of California Press (2004)
• Farmers and Farm Workers Movements: Social Protest in American Agriculture by Pat Mooney and Theo Majka. Twayne Publishers: New York (1995)
• Fields of Farmers: Interning, Mentoring, Partnering, Germinating by Joel Salatin. White River Junction: Chelsea Green (2013)
• Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy by Ross Perlin. New York: Verso (2012)
• Labor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic by Margaret Gray. Berkeley: University of California Press (2013)

 Legal/Policy

• Agricultural workers employment standards. Ontario Ministry of Labour – http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/pdf/fs_agri.pdf
• Agricultural workers exemption poster. Farm Safety Association – http://www.farmsafety.ca/public/ohsa-tools/exemptionsposter.pdf
• Are unpaid internships legal in Ontario? Ontario Ministry of Labour – http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/pubs/internships.php

Others Links

• Food Secure Canada – http://foodsecurecanada.org/
• Nourish Ontario – http://nourishingontario.ca
• The Ruminant – http://www.theruminant.ca/
• Sustain Ontario: The Alliance for Healthy Food and Farming – http://sustainontario.com/