Organic Farm Positions (7287)

Farm work is good, hard work. Do you like to be challenged and physically active? Do you value working outside? Can you commit to a full season because it’s the best thing for the Farm? Come work with a great team on a diversified Organic vegetable farm growing high-quality produce, fresh flowers, berries, herbs, and starter plants for two farmers markets, a large CSA, and a farm stand. Please visit www.aspenmoonfarm.com for full job descriptions and more information about Aspen Moon Farm.

Responsibilities may include some or most of the following:

• Greenhouse work: robust Spring growing 30,000 certified Organic starter plants for local gardeners plus plants for the Farm
• Field work (harvest, transplant, and weed crops)
• Packhouse work (rinse, bunch, pack, and prepare vegetables)
• Pack CSA boxes, CSA distribution from Farm, Boulder, or Denver
• Farmers Markets- Longmont or Boulder on Saturdays
• Prepare, pack, and drive market trucks
• Farm Stand (operating our roadside Farm Stand)
• Flower work (harvesting, designing, making bouquets, drying, etc.)
• Record-keeping, planning, preparing
• Tractor work, irrigation

Positions Available:  March/April - November/December

*Farm/Market Crew: $18-19/hr + staff veggies. Mostly 40hrs/week. Work and learn! Tue-Sat (May be Mon-Fri from Mar-July based on farm needs)
*Crew Leaders, Managers:  $20-$22/hr DOE + staff veggies. Experience required. 40-55hr weeks with OT pay over 40. That’s right- you get time-and-a-half pay for all hours over 40!! Mon-Fri or Tue-Sat.
* Tractor/Equipment Operator: $20-25/hr DOE + staff veggies. 3-5 experience required. 40-55hr weeks with OT pay over 40. That’s right- you get time-and-a-half pay for all hours over 40!! Mon-Fri or Tue-Sat.

Benefits: Bonus pay twice during the season for all full-time, full-season staff in their second year of employment at Aspen Moon! You’ll earn 1 hour bonus pay for every 40 hrs worked. Sick pay for all staff.  Innovative training program for all staff. Collaborative working group with a local facilitator so your voice can always be heard.

We are proud members of the Fair Food Program (FFP), protecting and advocating for good healthy working conditions for agriculture workers across the nation.

See www.aspenmoonfarm.com for application questions and more info. Send resume and answers to info@aspenmoonfarm.com.   ‘Get grounded’ with farm work! Good for the Earth, Community, and You.