Employment Oppurtunities
Are you a hardworking, motivated, and want to work in food production? Folks Farm is looking for individuals seeking gainful employment in organic agriculture. Our ideal employee has a positive mental attitude and an appetite to learn and grow in the agriculture space. An entrepreneurial mind is appreciated with an open eye for collaboration, increasing production, streamlining processes, and great customer relations. Most jobs are being offered seasonally but have potential to extend into winter.
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Lead Farmer
Job Tasks
-Involved in all aspects of vegetable cultivation from greenhouse work, planting, weeding, irrigating, cultivating, and harvesting. Helps to identify issues and come up with a plan to remedy. Works with farm owner to map out weekly tasks. Leads the crew to accomplish all farming tasks. Full time during season, part time during winters and early spring.
- Option to staff a weekly Farmers Market
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Requirements
Experience working in commercial food production
Positive mental attitude knowing that farming is demanding work and plans change on a dime
Work well within a team utilizing communication skills
Prompt, showing up to work on time, fulfilling your responsibilities, focused on the task
Work 40 hours/week from Tuesday-Saturday
Great customer service skills
Attention to detail
Willingness to accept criticism and learn
Farming is an outside activity so you can expect to work in all types of weather conditions
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Hourly pay dependent on experience. ($15-$21/hr)
40 hours per week from May-October, 16-20 from November-December and March-April
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If Interested in Applying
Send a cover letter and resume with 3 professional references to info@folksfarmandseed.com
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Crew Member
Farmers Market Lead
Job Description
-Entry Level farming position, no experience needed
-Involved in all aspects of vegetable farming from planting, weeding, cultivating, and harvest.
- Physically demanding
- Requires positive mental attitude with ability to overcome tough tasks
- Eye for streamlining production and willingness to communicate challenges
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Requirements
- Team player
- Willing to learn
- Passionate about local agriculture and ready to learn how to produce crops
- Able to lift 50 pounds, work in tough conditions, maintain a positive attitude, communicate well
- Full Time from April-October with possible winter employment
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Send a cover letter, resume with 3 references to info@folksfarmandseed.com
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Job Tasks
- Responsible for weekly Farmers Market duties including and not limited to loading, setting up the market booth, selling produce, packing up, inventory, and organizing weekly help
- Understand Sales and Customer Service are the number one priority
- Warm and out-going personality
- Present a clean, clear, and friendly face to the business
- Engage with new and existing customers to grow sales
- Offer knowledge of vegetable preparation and eating
- Attention to detail
- Year round
- Part Time
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If Interested in Applying
Send a cover letter and resume with 3 professional references to info@folksfarmandseed.com