Company description

Nettle Meadow Sanctuary Farm is the home to well over 100 farm sanctuary animals and a cheese company in Thurman, New York just below Crane Mountain in the Adirondacks between Gore Mountain/North Creek and Warrensburg.

Nettle Meadow is committed to the principles of natural ingredients, happy and healthy animals, and carefully hand-crafted artisan cheeses. We make several varieties of soft goat cheeses and are well known for our semi-aged cheeses, including our award winning triple crème, Kunik, made from goat milk and Jersey cow cream, Nettle Peaks and Crane Mountain made from 100% goat milk. Our recent award winners include Amber Kunik, Sappy Ewe, Briar Summit and Slate Ridge. Our sheep milk cheeses include our award winning Three Sisters made from sheep, goat and cow milk, Simply Sheep, made from all sheep’s milk, and Penny’s Pride, a hard mold ripened sheep and cow milk combination. We offer a wide selection of chevres and fromage blancs and have a number of new exciting cheeses, including our new washed rind line and our mixed milk Fromage Frais blended cheeses.

Job description

Come work at Nettle Meadow’s animal sanctuary as a farm hand! We have over 120 animals from goats, sheep, peacocks, to llamas and more!

We are an animal sanctuary, and many of our critters are elderly or differently-abled. We operate a world-class and award-winning cheese creamery nearby.

Job requirements:

• Previous experience in farming, animal care, or related field preferred.
• Must care deeply about animals with their health and wellbeing in mind

• Ability to operate basic farm machinery and equipment safely and efficiently.

• Physically fit and able to lift heavy objects and work in various weather conditions.

• Willingness to work flexible hours and weekends as required.

• Strong work ethic and team player attitude.

Compensation

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

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline