Company description

Certified organic wild blueberry farm in rural coastal Maine. Owned and operated family farm since 1997. Primary markets are in-season fresh-pack berries for local customers, CSA, group orders, other farms, and frozen berries for year-round sales. We have a brand new processing facility that we are moving into this year that we are very excited about! It has a large open room for the winnowing and packing, a CoolBot walk-in and two big walk-in freezers, nice break room/kitchen, bathroom, office, and more....it'll be so nice to work in!

Job description

The harvest season typically runs from the 3rd week in July through late August. We work alongside and train everyone —we usually have 6-8 folks on our crew. Hours are pretty regular, Mon-Fri 9 am to 5 pm, with additional Saturday hours and Sundays off. Rainy weather often means folks usually clock 36-40 hours/week, but we do pay overtime if it goes over 40. Typically, everyone is trained to do all tasks (raking, winnowing, packing, clean-up), although we are moving towards having folks trained and working more focused positions, including having two people who just run the walk-behind harvesters (at a higher rate of pay). Pay for the harvest crew is hourly --depending on experience/maturity, starting wages range from $15 to $18/hr --returning crew we pay $17-$20/hr. Pay for the walk-behind harvesters is weekly, starting at $800/wk. Plus we give an end of season bonus to everyone who stays thru till the end.

We’ve been farming certified organic wild blueberries for 26 years now, currently managing about 50 acres and harvesting and processing 25,000 to 30,000 lbs. per year.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $15-20/hr

Application instructions

Deadline

July 20, 2024