Company description Fat Sheep Farm & Cabins offers tourists a unique lodging opportunity to explore central Vermont and New Hampshire, and is ideally situated to explore Woodstock, Quechee, and Hanover, NH.  Fat Sheep Farm is a working farm that sells produce and eggs at the Woodstock Market on the Green and to local restaurants, and will begin making cheese with a small flock of dairy sheep in 2018.  Guests stay in a private cabin fully equipped with kitchen and bath, and enjoy access to our produce and eggs and incredible views of our growing field and the surrounding forested hillsides.  The views, sunsets, sunrises and stars cannot be beat.  Opened in June of 2017, it has been very well received with exclusively five star ratings on Facebook, Tripadvisor and Google.  We offer guests an opportunity to take our sheep and goats to pasture, collect eggs from our chickens, and tour the fields where we grow most of our own food.  We are committed to ensuring each person who stays here can get as acquainted with the farm as they choose and stays in a beautiful, clean, and comfortable space.  We use our firepit regularly throughout the summer to soak in the night sky and give our guests a chance to meet us and each other. Job description Looking for a couple, or individual, to spend at least the 2018 farm season on a farm helping with caring for both livestock and the crops, as well as assist with our rental cabin business on the farm.  Start date would be in May of 2018 and a minimum commitment through October of 2018 is required.  Housing is provided as part of the compensation. 

From week to week, the job would change depending on your interests and the needs of the business.  Although you would not need to do all of these tasks, we could use help with: 

-planting
-weeding
-harvesting
-caring for our sheep, laying hens,and goats
-milking the sheep,
-cheese making
-selling produce at market
-delivery of produce to restaurants
-doing laundry for the cabins
-making beds in the cabins
-occasionally cleaning the cabins when our cleaners are unavailable. 
-digital marketing (if you already know what you're doing)

At a minimum, you must be willing to do basic animal choresweed and harvest on the farm side of the business, and do laundry and make beds on the cabin side of the business (and the occasional cleaning of a cabin).  

We are looking for 40 hours, Monday to Friday.  We would pay $12/hour for a weekly total of $480, but $250 of that would be in the form of a newly renovated in-law suite apartment with private entrance, kitchen and bath, and utilties and wifi, as well as access to the food we produce.  In other words, the weekly pay would be the housing and produce and $230. 

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who wants to live in a beautiful place (with an amazing view from your bedroom window) and is williing to work hard and help out with both the farm tasks and getting the cabins ready for guests. 

On our website, www.fatsheepfarmvermont.com , you can find the many area attractions and things to do which you would have ample opportunity to enjoy. 

The ideal candidate(s) would have some farming experience, be willing to work in all weather conditions, be able to lift 50 pounds, make a bed better than a teenager, and would approach the work with a positive attitude, sense of humor, and a commitment to be efficient, flexible, and helpful.

Recent graduates, people in the midst of a life transition, or those interested in agritourism, are particularly encouraged to apply.  We would like to spend some time getting to know each other to ensure we would be a good fit so we would love to hear from you sooner rather than later.  Let us know if we can answer any questions, and thank you! Compensation this position is : stipend / non-monetary compensation Application instructions Deadlineno deadline