Root 5 Farm is Hiring Fall Crew Members!

Contact Name
Danielle Allen
Phone Number
(802) 923-6339
Email
[email protected]
Details

Root 5 Farm is a certified organic vegetable farm located on 38 acres in Fairlee, Vermont, along the Connecticut River. The fertile river bottom soils provide a rich environment for growing over 100 different varieties of vegetables.

We're dedicated to growing practices that use a holistic approach to soil fertility, pest control and plant and animal health. We build our soil through crop rotation, cover cropping, and minimal tillage and are committed to a healthy workplace, environment, and community.

All members of our tight-knit harvest crew have their hands in the soil planting, hoeing, weeding, mulching, pruning, trellising, harvesting, washing and packing produce. In the fall, our team also helps out in the farm kitchen making kimchi, kraut, herbed salts, and other value-added products.

 

Open Positions:

 

Vegetable Production Crew, Fall Season

Full time (40 hours/week)
August - late November
Pay starting at $17/hour

- Participate in all aspects of food production including greenhouse seedling production, planting, weeding, mulching, pruning, trellising, harvesting, washing, and packing produce.
- Be an active member of a small team to take on projects, solve problems, and work together.
- Harvest and pack orders for 400+ CSA shares and local wholesale accounts.
- Potentially load and deliver CSA shares to various drop site locations around the Upper Valley.
- Assist in the farm kitchen making sauerkraut and other value-added products in the fall.

 

Morning Harvest Crew, Fall Season

Part time, Monday and Thursday mornings, 7am-noon, minimum 10 hours/week.
Opportunities to work additional days or hours if interested.
August - late October
Pay starting at $17/hour

-This is a part time seasonal position that has a particular focus on harvesting produce (cutting salad greens, bunching herbs and roots, bulk harvesting peppers, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, and more!)
-Must be adaptable to working in various weather conditions, have the ability to lift and carry moderately heavy loads, and have the physical stamina and flexibility to perform repetitive tasks while standing or kneeling.

 

For more details and to apply, head over to root5farm.com!

Pests, Parasites, and Pastures: A Livestock IPM Workshop

This summer workshop will give farmers an insight into ruminant pest and parasite management on their pastures and farms.

Ed Pitcavage and Isabelle Lourie-Wisbaum, land and livestock managers at Philo Ridge Farm, will share their experiences grazing cattle and sheep to achieve optimal pest and parasite control, as well as how they have managed winter lice populations using botanical treatments.

Focus on Farm Biosecurity Workshop

The Tri-State Dairy Extension Team is a collaborative e􀇳fort by University of New Hampshire, University of Maine, and
University of Vermont Extension.


Planning and implementing on-farm biosecurity practices is foundational to preventing the spread of disease, ensuring animal health, and securing food supply safety across farms of all sizes and types. The goal of managing farm biosecurity is to prevent new diseases from entering the farm and to control existing diseases from spreading between livestock or to livestock on other farms.

Farm to School AmeriCorps Member

Contact Name
Vivian Stein
Phone Number
9176840771
Email
[email protected]
Details

Maplehill School and Community Farm is recruiting for a full-time Farm to School AmeriCorps members. The position is a year long commitment, Sept 3rd-Aug 22nd, with a living allowance of $22,100 and an education award upon completion of $6,895. The position offer a wide variety of youth engagement through our farm and garden, culinary programming, various elective and vocational opportunities, and general every day relationship building. You must be 22 to apply with a clean driving record and personal vehicle. Lunch is provided :) 

 

For more information about Maplehill School and Community Farm, please refer to our website at: www.maplehillschoolandfarm.org

 

For more information on the position please go to:

https://www.leapinthenek.com/serve

 

If you have any questions, please contact Vivian Stein at [email protected] 

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Farm to School Member supports:

  • Farm to School activities; including daily animal care and assisting youth in learning about & completing farm chores, general farm maintenance as the seasons shift, and leading Harvest of the Month project.
  • The Maplehill School Healthy Food Program, which provides healthy, locally grown food to our students and staff year-round, including working with the Farm to Table Coordinator to plan and cook meals as well as working with the Farm Educator to tend the farm and garden.
  • Programming around healthy nutrition, culinary life skills, humane animal care and food production basics - including planting, tending, harvesting, preserving crops.
  • General programming at Maplehill School including but not limited to attending field trips, mentoring/tutoring students, participating in elective and vocational training and PE activities.

Hop Harvest Crew Members

Contact Name
Max Licker
Email
[email protected]
Details

Champlain Valley Hops is seeking Harvest Crew Members from mid-August through late September. Come join our team!

 

Hop harvest is kind of like launching a rocket; there is a lot of careful planning, it goes by really fast, and you only have one chance to get it right. Each of the nine hop varieties we grow has a unique harvest window.  When we determine that a variety is ready for harvest, bines are cut down in the field and brought to our own site processing facility where hop cones are picked, sorted, dried, baled, and moved into cold storage.

 

We're seeking hard working individuals to join our harvest crew starting mid-August. The harvest crew will assist in loading our picking and sorting machines and doing quality control on sorted hop cones. Some crew members will load and unload drying bays and will be responsible for baling dried cones. All of this work will take place in our on farm processing facility in Starksboro, VT.

 

Like most agricultural jobs, hop harvest requires long work days and physical, repetitive work. While farming experience is always helpful, it is not required for this position. We will consider any applicant that is hard working, has a positive attitude, and believes they have the physical ability and endurance to do the work.

 

Hours can vary depending on the weather and cone readiness. Work days average 10 hours (starting at 7 am) and we operate 5-6 days/week for our ~40 day harvest period.
 

JOB REQUIREMENTS / DESIRED SKILLS

  • Ability to perform repetitive physical tasks
  • Ability to be on feet for long periods of time
  • Desire to get your hands dirty
  • Detail oriented
  • Dedicated, positive attitude
  • Works well as part of a team
  • Adequate clothing and footwear 
  • Safety mindset: understanding and adherence to safe work practices
     

COMPENSATION: Hourly - $18.00

 

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Please send a resume and explanation as to why you are interested in this position to [email protected].

 

Website: ChamplainValleyHops.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/champlain.valley.hops/

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