From Garden to Community
This role helps create the connection between:
Garden → Kitchen → Apothecary → Education → Products → Community
You'll work alongside the founders and the Core Team to maintain practical systems while deepening your experience with tropical herbalism and regenerative living.
This is a stewardship and learning role—not a personal chef position.
What You'll Steward
Kitchen
Coordinate a simple, nourishing and low-waste community food system.
Medicinal Gardens
Care for, harvest and propagate tropical medicinal plants.
Apothecary
Create and organize teas, tinctures, oils, salves and other preparations.
Herbal Education
Support Living Herbalism, intensives, plant walks and community learning.
Your Core Responsabilities
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Coordinate weekly food planning and the local cook
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Keep kitchen, pantry and food systems organized
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Steward medicinal plants and herbal harvests
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Maintain the apothecary and herbal inventory
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Make and document herbal preparations
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Help develop EcoMaste herbal products + First Aid Kit
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Support selected herbal programs and student experiences
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Document systems for future stewards
The goal is to coordinate and improve the systems—not personally do everything.
Living Herbalism in Practice
Depending on the season, you may work alongside Amanda supporting:
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Living Herbalism Apprenticeship
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Elemental Herbal Intensives
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Plant Walks
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Medicine Making
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Materia Medica
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Medicinal Garden Projects
You may assist with materials, practical demonstrations, plant identification, medicine making and student support.
Life as Core Team
Being part of Core Team means contributing beyond your individual role.
Your primary role remains your priority. Shared contribution is how we care for EcoMaste as a whole.
Monday - Friday
4-5 hours/day
Weekly Team Meeting
Coordinate and align
2 Work Parties/Week
Land, building and shared projects
Community Care
MOOP, meals and communal spaces
1 Passion Offering/Week
Share something you love
Retreat &
Event Support
Opportunities to Earn
Grow With EcoMaste
Feria Sales — qualifying commission opportunities
New Wholesale Accounts — 10% of qualifying collected sales while actively managed
Direct Lodging Referrals — 10% of qualifying bookings
Special Programs — Separate compensation may be agreed upon for work beyond the Core Team role
Shared Room
$200/month
$1200 total
Private Room
$300/month
$1800 total
6-Month Commitment
Your Home at EcoMaste
Private options may include a rustic private space or small private lodge room.
+ ₡25,000 CRC/week shared food contribution
50% non-refundable reservation contribution to secure your place.
What You Receive
All the nourishment possible!
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Accommodation
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WiFi + Utilities
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River Access
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Seasonal Produce
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Community Life
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Hands-On Learning
Plus experience in:
Tropical Herbalism • Medicine Making • Food Systems • Herbal Education • Product Development • Regenerative Enterprise
Grow With the Plants
Spend six months living close to the land while helping nourish EcoMaste's people, plants and growing herbal community.