Company description

Common Hands Farm, a biodynamic vegetable farm outside of Philmont NY, is a family owned farm, always working on building our community, through our farm crew, our CSA, our customers at the markets, our volunteer and donation programs. Community and food access are our two driving forces. This is our 14th year of production and we grow over 200 crop varieties and attend local farmers markets, have a CSA, and work with many restaurant and wholesale outlets. We always prefer hiring people with experience and/or passion for learning, but experience is not necessary. By working on our farm, new farmers can learn about vegetable production farming, soil and plant growth, holistic farm management, greenhouse skills, regenerative agriculture basics, and attend farmers markets. We also have a value-added food enterprise in which we make and sell sauces, ferments, dressings, and other tasty things with our crops to preserve our bounty.

Everything we grow is organically grown without chemical fertilizers, pesticides, etc. We make our own compost and are Certified Naturally Grown. We own 24 acres of land with a beautiful stream running through it.

Job description

Common Hands Farm is hiring a Front of Farm Manager for the 2025 season! This position will begin the first week of April and go through the end of November. Starting pay is $20/hour and full-time (roughly 40 hours weekly). We are Certified Naturally Grown (same standards as USDA organic!) and moving into our 14th season of production with a CSA, farmers markets, farm store, and wholesale customers. We grow over 200 crop varieties.

The Front of Farm Manager: works in tandem with harvest management to plan the harvest for wholesale orders, takes inventory of the walk-in cooler and organizes it, washes and processes our 200 different crop varieties (with a helper!), packs and stores orders, stocks our small farm-store daily and helps customers as they have questions (it’s self-service most of the time), and assists CSA members when they come to the farm to grab their CSA share. Basically, the front of our farm encompasses a packing shed, walk-in cooler, and farm store with community space for events. The Front of Farm Manager works with other farm managers & owners to create an efficient, productive and warm & welcoming environment in this space by assisting our diverse produce through the end of their time at our farm and helping transition this healthy, nourishing and fresh food to one of our many outputs!

Tasks: processing and washing veggies, weighing out and packing orders, storing produce in the cooler, keeping inventory of produce, cleaning the pack shed at the end of the shift, stocking the farm store, assisting CSA members with their farm pickups

Requirements: applicants should have at least 1 year of farming or related experience with food, be a clear communicator and enjoy some basic levels of customer service, be detail oriented and efficient at creating systems, and have a passion for local food systems

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $20/hr +

Application instructions

Deadline

March 19, 2025