Details: Sunday Bell Farm, a diversified livestock farm in N. Danville, VT, is hiring a seasonal full-time employee for April-November 2025. For more info visit:
https://www.sundaybellfarm.com/employment
To Apply: Send a resume, cover letter, and 1-2 references to
[email protected] using subject line: ‘Employment 2025’.
Background:
Sunday Bell Farm is a grass, soil, and diversified livestock farm located in North Danville, Vermont. Yearly we manage a herd of 15 dairy cows for raw milk production, a herd of 40 feeder beef, 40 feeder pigs, and 1,000 broilers. We manage 350 acres of pasture and hayland and produce all our own hay for feed and bedding. We are a 100% direct-marketed farm. All of our meat and milk is sold to local families within 25 miles. We attend local farmers’ markets, offer year round meat and milk csa subscriptions, maintain an onsite farm store, and operate a weekly home delivery route.
Providing safe, nutrient-dense, and exceptionally delicious meat and milk to our friends and neighbors is a responsibility we take seriously. Additionally, 100% of our farmland is leased. This expands that responsibility to include caring for the soils and watersheds that the entire community calls home. To achieve our goals of high quality food production and land stewardship, we utilize many regenerative practices such as management intensive grazing, interspecies grazing, conservation haying, silvopasture, and general systems stacking. Our farm and dairy is organic in practice although we are not certified.
Description:
This position is for general seasonal farm work. You will be assisting with daily chores and special projects throughout the growing season from April to November. Daily flow will be non milking chores for 2-3 hours upon arrival, general farm maintenance and special projects mid day, then ending the day with 1-2 hours of chores before going home. For the most part you will work independently, with plenty of guidance and direction as needed. We are happy to tailor the experience to fit your learning style.
Weekly scheduling is flexible, weekend shifts are not required. This is a 40 hour per week position with a half hour paid lunch break mid day. You can take two separate weeks of unpaid vacation at any point throughout the season. Season start and end dates are flexible with potential for part-time work through the winter. Pay is starting at $15/hour. Housing is not available. We are willing to train the right person- no experience necessary, but familiarity with grass based systems of agriculture and/or prior experience working with large animals and/or experience operating heavy machinery are all a plus.
Please note, we are a young farm (est. 2020) and young family (we have a 1yo daughter). While we have over 20 years combined experience working in wholistic diversified livestock systems, we do not have long term experience as employers. We are excited to share this work and learning experience with others while gaining new learning experiences of our own.
Expectations:
-Strong interest in small-scale diversified livestock and land management.
-Independent and self-motivated worker. Ability to stay busy between tasks- flexible.
-Maintain efficiency, positive attitude, and fast pace through repetitive tasks.
-Ability to remain calm, gentle, and kind to the livestock no matter the circumstance.
-Detail oriented, observant, pride in a job well done.
-Ability to follow verbal directions, ask clarifying questions, receive feedback, and adapt accordingly.
-Lift and carry 50+lbs repetitively, stand for extended periods of time, walk briskly for up to 5 miles a day, and work outside in all kinds of weather.
-Must have a driver's license and reliable transportation.
Responsibilities:
Livestock chores 2x/day: Make sure all animals have adequate food, water, shelter, bedding, and fence. Move animal groups to fresh pasture according to instruction. Observe, take note of, and report any issues or irregularities. Go above and beyond to provide animals with the utmost care and quality of life.
General farm maintenance could include but is not limited to: animal care, special treatments, weed whacking, clipping pasture, light carpentry, mechanically turning compost piles, hauling round bales, stacking square bales, dump runs, waterline maintenance/plumbing, restocking farm store, deliveries, organizing inventory, cleaning of barn and work areas.
Special projects could include but are not limited to: constructing perimeter fence, building shelters, gardening and landscaping, help with on-farm chicken slaughter, maintenance of our silvopasture orchard, soap making, processing herbal remedies for the herd.
