Job Description:

We are looking for an individual who would like to help us in the planting, weeding, watering, harvesting, and packing of our produce and herbs. Since we are a small diversified farm that includes stock and pasture management we expect our crew to be proficient at many tasks. We will provide training, but there is much to learn and someone who likes attention to detail will thrive. We expect our crew member to be committed to improving their speed and quality of work as the season progresses. Crew members should enjoy working with others as well as independently.

There will be exposure to many things on the farm including the draft animals. Unfortunately this is not a paid training position on how to drive the horses or do horse drawn field work. The daily care of stock and pasture are part of the rhythm of the farm, and there will be lots of exposure to our critters and there will be opportunities for involvement, however most of the paid work on the farm will have to do with the production of our cash crops, especially harvest and post harvest handling. 

Full Time Farm Crew (May 1-Oct 10)

• We’re looking for someone who can work 4 day week likely Tuesday to Friday.

  • Part-time: 4 days/week- 30-32 hrs/wk 

  • During the week of garlic harvest (typically early or mid July) expect to work Monday-Friday and longer days as we must get this crop in, as well as the usual tasks around salad and flowers.

• Starting wage $17-19/hr DOE

• $150 gear stipend paid in your first work week

• End of season bonus (5% on your earnings) with full completion of the season

Primary Tasks:

• Harvest- During the main part of our season, the majority of time is taken up by harvesting, and post harvest handling washing and packing produce. There will be weekly salad harvest and delivery, as well as 4x/week harvest of calendula and chamomile flowers. During the 3 primary garlic pushes it is all hands on deck. Scape popping in June, harvest in July (typically takes around 10 days because we need to still fit in regular farm tasks), and lastly around August 10th when we have to prune/clean all of the garlic. We require our team to be efficient and focused especially during this time, but we have a good time with great playlists, snacks and lots of friends that come to volunteer.

• Farm tasks: Cultivation (weeding), transplanting, pruning, trellising, crop removal, and bed tarping are all tasks we do on a regular basis.

• Irrigation: We are in a high, dry environment and watering crops or pasture will be part of daily tasks.

• Fencing: Learning to use temporary electric fence to manage stock and building hardwire fence as needed.

Qualifications:

• Agricultural experience preferred but not required. Experience working manual labor and/or in the service industry is also great.  Farming is hard work and you must be prepared for that!

• Ability to lift 40-50 pounds and work bent over for extended periods of time, in any type of weather.

• Must be able to commit to the full season.

• Ability to work efficiently with teammates and also independently. Maintaining consistent pace is imperative in production work.

• Strong communication skills are necessary to keep our team on the same page.

• Excellent attention to detail and willingness to focus and learn. We will train you on all tasks but expect you meet quality and efficiency standards

• Positive attitude is key, because a negative one can bring the team down when things get hard, hot or cold.

• Proficiency at mental math to tally harvest numbers and basic orders at farm, as well as to log harvest records

• Valid Drivers License