Market Garden Crew Members

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Market Garden Crew Members

Organization
Location

Trillium Hill Farm
10643 Rte 116
Hinesburg, VT 05461
United States

Description

General Job Description

Being a 1.75 acre market garden, all team members help with most aspects of the farm.

Weekly Flow:

On Mondays and Thursdays we work together on harvesting, cleaning, and packaging vegetables for CSA, farmstand, and wholesale customers. Tuesdays is transplant day.  Every Wednesday seedlings are started.  In the past, Fridays have been pruning and trellising day.  The weekends are some of our busiest farmstand sales days.  In addition, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays involve all aspects of garden maintenance including cultivating, weeding, bed prep, watering, trellising summer hoophouse crops, etc.

Employee Schedule:

Full-time help is desired. We almost never ask team members to work more than 40 hours per week.  Part-time may be possible. Crew members often work Monday - Friday from 8am – 4 pm.  The farmstand needs a few hours of attention every day, and more on the weekends.  Willingness to work at least a few hours on the weekend is desirable.


Timeframe:

Part time in early/ mid April, progress to Full Time in May, and work Full Time through mid/late  October (maybe longer)..

Possible Areas of Responsibility:‍  ‍

  • Farmstand - Daily stocking, cleaning, and product ordering
  • Packing Room - Expedite and manage packing produce and filling orders
  • Crop Trellising - Hoophouse tomato, cucumber, bean, and pepper management

Possible Additional Needs:
We may be looking for additional help with: deliveries, social media/ email marketing, farmstand, micro greens production, hoop house building and other construction projects.

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation:

Pay depends on experience/ demonstrated ability, but starts at $17/hr.

Benefits:
1. Fresh veggies
2. Farmstand share (credit to use in the farmstand) 
3. Bonus of $.50/ hour worked, if employee works all agreed upon hours through December (full season employees only).
4. Earned paid sick time, based on hours worked for 20 hr/ week and more.

Employment Type
Full-time
Part-time
Seasonal
Date Posted
Deadline
rolling
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