Conservation Nursery Crew

Contact Name
Kylie Sigrist
Details

The Intervale Center's Conservation Nursey is hiring a seasonal crew member. The Conservation Nursery Planting Crew will support the Intervale Center’s conservation efforts by assisting in tree harvest, planting, and general nursery tasks, as well as participating in invasive species removal and stewardship projects.

For a full job description and instructions on how to apply, please visit https://www.intervale.org/join-our-team.

Food Hub Operations Coordinator

Contact Name
Kylie Sigrist
Details

The Intervale Food Hub Operations Coordinator works collaboratively with the Intervale Food Hub team to successfully implement operations, increase efficiency and productivity, and run free food distributions year-round in the greater Burlington area. The Operations Coordinator will help maintain the Intervale Food Hub facility, trucks and equipment infrastructure, food safety standards and quality management programs, and wholesale order fulfillment. This position will work closely with the Intervale Food Hub team to enhance systems for increased efficiency, quality, and safety in all aspects of the program. They will participate in weekly gleaning efforts and facilitate volunteer groups on various farms within the Intervale and Chittenden County, working closely with the Food Access Manager. This position will assist in the distribution of produce at various sites throughout the broader Burlington community, creating a convenient, dignified, safe and welcoming experience. This position also provides support as needed to the charitable food production spaces, the People’s Farm and Garden, and supports the development of current and new food access programming.

For a full job description and instructions on how to apply, please visit https://www.intervale.org/join-our-team.

Just Cut Production Assistant- Part time

Details

The Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) in Hardwick Vermont, is looking for a reliable individual to join our Just Cut production team! CAE’s social enterprise, Just Cut, has two primary goals; fair prices for our farm partners, and consistent, high-quality local products for institutions such as schools, hospitals, and colleges. This is a temporary position through May 2024, a part-time and hourly position. This job is working in an industrial kitchen setting where safe food handling practices, working closely with a team, and attention to detail are required. The ability to lift 50 pounds repeatedly and work on your feet all day is a necessity.

JOB DETAILS
Position: Just Cut Production Assistant
Reports to: Just Cut Production Manager
Schedule: 20-30 hours, half days to full days, some flexibility in scheduling
Compensation: $18.50 per hour/part-time, non-exempt, temporary
Benefits: Access to CAE’s Employee Assistance Program

HIRING PROCESS
We are looking to fill this job position immediately and will accept applications until the position is filled. Selected candidates will have an initial phone interview, followed by a tour of Just Cut’s kitchen space. Candidates will be asked to provide references. CAE is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. CAE will make any reasonable accommodations needed for individuals with disabilities during the interview process and for our staff. For accommodation inquiries, please email us.

TO APPLY
Email us with your resume and include “Just Cut Production Assistant” in your email subject line. We’re interested to hear your thoughts on any life or work experience as it relates to this position. Or stop by and fill out an application at our main office. Let us know if you have any questions!

Farmstand & Café Crew, Full-Season and Summer Positions

Contact Name
Sam Ranger
Phone Number
802-785-4737
Details

Farmstand and Café Crew members work primarily in the farmstand and will be trained to work in the Hello Café as needed. In this customer-facing service role, you must be able to work efficiently and skillfully under pressure. The ideal candidate for this position will have a service-minded attitude, a friendly demeanor, and a strong interest in food, cooking, and local, organic agriculture.

Full-Season

Mid-April to December, 20 to 40 hrs/wk

Read the full job description and apply on our website: https://cedarcirclefarm.org/about/job/2024-full-season-farmstand-cafe-c….

Summer

May-August, 20 to 40 hrs/wk

Read the full job description and apply on our website: https://cedarcirclefarm.org/about/job/2024-summer-farmstand-cafe-crew.

UVM Extension Dairy Cost of Production Workshop

This workshop is for dairy producers interested in learning more about how to calculate cost of production on their farms. This workshop will be led by Joanna Lidback, principal financial consultant with Adirondack Management Services. 

In addition to being a financial consultant, Joanna is CFO at Adirondack Farms, LLC. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in helping dairy farmers understand farm financials and improve farm viability. 

Root 5 Farm is Hiring!

Contact Name
Danielle Allen
Phone Number
8029236339
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 crew have their hands in the soil planting, hoeing, weeding, mulching, pruning, trellising, harvesting, washing and packing produce. In the spring our team also works together on infrastructure projects, and fall finds us in the farm kitchen making kimchi, kraut, herbed salts, and other value-added products.

At Root 5 Farm it's important to us that all employees enjoy:

  • A respectful, welcoming, and supportive work environment
  • All you can eat delicious vegetables and krauts
  • 40 hour work weeks so you can rely on work day hours starting and ending on time
  • Time and half paid for any overtime hours in a 2 week pay period 
  • Opportunities to grow and develop new skills
  • Opportunities to collaborate and provide input on the farm
     

JOB DESCRIPTIONS:

Vegetable Production Crew (Full time, seasonal)
Full time (40 hours/week)
Full Season, late April - late November
Pay starting at $17/hour

Responsibilities:
- 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 (Part time, seasonal)
Part-time, mornings 7am-noon, minimum 15 hours/week.
Seasonal, please inquire for more details
Pay starting at $17/hour

Responsibilities:
- Be an active member of a small team to take on projects, solve problems, and work together.
- This position has a particular focus on harvesting produce.

For more information and to apply, click here (or visit www.root5farm.com).

Farm Crew Member

Contact Name
Jesse Kayan
Phone Number
802-579-1261
Details

Farm Crew Member

Wild Carrot Farm

 

Wild Carrot Farm is a diversified, draft horse powered farm raising vegetables, mushrooms, flowers, fruit, hay and pasture for direct markets in Brattleboro Vermont.  We are seeking a full or part time crew member for the upcoming season, beginning the spring of 2024.  Our crew works collaboratively in all aspects of the operation including vegetable and mushroom production (70%), retail marketing (15%), hay making (5%) forestry (5%) and animal chores (5%).  

 

Specific duties may include:

-Seeding & watering in greenhouse

-Transplanting

-Weeding, thinning and pruning

-Mulching

-Harvesting

-Washing and packing produce

-Haymaking (loose with horses and baled with tractor)

-Cutting, splitting and stacking firewood

-Direct seeding in field

-Stocking farm store

-Managing CSA pickup

-Cleaning store, greenhouses, barns, tools, etc

-Maintaining equipment

-Irrigation

-Horse chores

-Preparing seedbeds

-Mushroom production

-Moving fencing

-Constructing/renovating greenhouse and other infrastructure

 

Some of the qualifications we value include:

-Handiness, creativity, and a willingness to work with a wide variety of infrastructure and tools

-Enjoyment of working outdoors under diverse circumstances and conditions

-Ability and willingness to work collectively and individually

-Commitment to building a fair and just workplace

-Working knowledge of vegetable production or gardening

-Ability to commit for at least one full season of work April/May - October

-An interest in taking part in the big picture decision-making inherent in farming

-Good people skills and an interest in being part of our farm community

-An ability to stand, walk, bend or kneel for several hours at a time and lift up to 30 pounds.  We encourage people with disabilities to apply and are eager to discuss necessary accommodations.  

 

Compensation:

Pay starts at $17 per hour with paid time off and sick time and a matching IRA account for both full and part time employees.  Fresh produce.  Schedule is flexible.  Housing is not included but is a possibility.  

 

Please email a resume and introduction to [email protected]  

 

Farm and Wilderness Farm Internship is Open for Applications

Contact Name
Colene Reed
Phone Number
802-490-5712
Details

Position Description: Farm Internship
In Person: Plymouth, Vermont
Full-Time: At will, 2 employment terms available:
• April 3rd - October 25th, 7 months
• May 13th - August 21st, about 3 months
Supervisor: Farm Director
Position Summary:
The Farm Interns assist the farm team in the care of the livestock, barns, and gardens and administer program activities such as fiber arts, food preservation, and farm work within the summer camps. Throughout the internship, the farm apprentices will learn hands on farm-based skills including but not limited to animal husbandry, pasture management, crop identification, direct seeding, and develop an understanding of community living. Much of the learning for this internship is shaped by preparing farm activities for youth because farm-based education is the guiding purpose of the Farm & Wilderness (F&W) farm. Using a beautiful wilderness and farm setting and innovative approaches toward organic farming, and environmental education, apprentices will become strong leaders by developing connections to the land through hard work, community, and in service to the youth programming.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Responsibilities:
• Farm Interns assist the farm team in the care of the barns, gardens, animals, and all other farm concerns
such as greenhouse, pastures, equipment, and farm supply maintenance.
• Lead farm program activities individually as well as co-instruct with farm team, conservation team, and/or camp program teams.
• Lead youth and seasonal staff in farm work individually as well as co-instruct with farm team, conservation team, and/or camp program teams.
• During the summer camp season apprentices will ensure the health of the animals, gardens, and pastures and assist the farm programs at Firefly Song, Timberlake, Tamarack Farm, and Barn Day Camps as needed.
• Ability to be disconnected from daily substance and technology habits
General F&W Responsibilities:
• Participate in opening buildings for season (spring) or final clean up (fall), and at Open House events.
• Share cooperative living chores with fellow team members and camp communities including cleaning,
cooking, trash runs, compost care, barn chores and some group maintenance projects.
• Assist with seasonal and other necessary group maintenance projects as needed: kybo digging (digging out the night soil from the outhouses), recycling, trash runs, town runs, and camp opening day and pick-up day events.
• Know and follow all the rules and guidelines of working at Farm & Wilderness as laid out in the F&W
Standard Operating Manuals (F&W handbook, Crew Handbook, Emergency Action Plan, etc.)
• Assist the Farm Director, Sustainable Resources Director, and Executive Director with tasks as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
• Strong desire to build skills and knowledge related to farming and teaching.
• Interest in place-based education and a desire to work with youth.
• Proactive, both in the tasks of the workday and your own education.• Flexible, able, and willing to perform a variety of tasks in changing situations.
• Ability to act with integrity with both campers and staff in a residential community setting.
• Openness to work with people (both staff and campers) from diverse backgrounds (e.g., ability, economic, racial, religious, political, geographical, gender, sexual orientation, cultural).
• Must pass reference checks and background screenings, which include sex offender registry check.
• 21+ years of age
Desired Qualifications
• Have a valid driver’s license
• Undergraduate degree or working toward one ideally in education and/or farming.
• Experience working on a farm or farm-based setting.
• Professionally mature with conflict resolution skills.

Cooperative Living Accommodations:
Interns share living quarters and kitchen facilities throughout the duration of the position. All community members are expected to be committed to this cooperative living situation and to help with daily cooking, cleaning, and household chores outside of the workday.
Work Conditions
Pre and Post Camp: April-May, and Sept-Oct
• Work shifts consist of 5 days on, 2 days off, weekend days required
• Live in communal bunkhouse, with heat/electricity, kitchen, indoor plumbing, WIFI, and laundry
• Parking available within walking distance
• Ability to navigate and walk on hilly, uneven terrain
• The use of nicotine, alcohol, and controlled substances (including marijuana) is not allowed on camp
property, including the communal bunkhouse
Camp season: June-August:
• Work shifts consist of 6 days on, 1 day off, weekend days required
• Live in a communal three-sided open-air cabin with bunks (RUSTIC and no electricity)
• Toilets are composting outhouses
• Outdoor showers with hot running water
• Meals, coffee, and tea are provided through our camp kitchens
• Ability to navigate and walk on hilly, uneven terrain
• Employees will have access to WIFI in designated spaces, and cannot use cell phones and/or other
technology outside of these designated spaces
• Laundry service once a week is available
• The use of nicotine, alcohol, and controlled substances (including marijuana) is not allowed on camp
property
Salary and Benefits
• paid bi-weekly
o $400 per week Pre and Post Camp Season
o $480 per week during Camp Season
• Housing
• Farm produce and products as available

Organizational Summary:
Farm & Wilderness Foundation (F&W) is a non-profit, educational organization operating eight summer camp programs for children and teens, a family camp, retreat rentals, and a conservation organization. In affiliation with the Ninevah foundation, F&W campus spreads over 4800 acres of land with 3200 of those acres permanently conserved in the Green Mountains of Vermont, F&W programs are rich in adventure, community, and a spirit that fosters individual connections with the natural world. While each camp and initiative provide unique programs addressing age and interests, all F&W activities are shaped by Quaker principles and the common belief that individuals and communities are strengthened by justice, honesty, self-reliance, diversity, and respect for all persons. People of any race, background, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or economic status are encouraged to apply to join our community as campers or staff. To learn more about F&W please visit: http://www.farmandwilderness.org
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Farm & Wilderness is an equal opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment shall be
unlawfully denied an employment opportunity for which the employee or applicant is qualified because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or other protected category. F&W is committed to non-discrimination in its employment.
To Apply:
Send your resume to our Farm Director, Colene Reed, via this application link: https://farmandwilderness.hiringplatform.com/processes/191178-farm-inte…