Company description

Echo Farm is a diversified 170 acre farm nestled in the heart of the Adirondacks. We grow and raise poultry, beef, dairy cows, pigs, hay, vegetables, flowers, and timber. Our team works tirelessly to grow ingredients and create food that is seasonal, adventurous and beautiful but without the pretentiousness that has become farm-to-table. We work alongside Farmstead Catering (our in-house kitchen), to “insource” all the ingredients for both on-farm and off-site events in upstate New York. Unlike nonprofit, hobby and experimental farms, we use creativity and grit to balance the financial needs of our operation with the unmet needs of our community and clients.

Our farm is powered by solar photovoltaics and biodiesel we make from livestock slaughter waste. Otherwise, our management techniques mimic many of the traditions our grandparents practiced - making compost, preserving wild and cultivated foods, keeping animals on pasture, drinking raw milk, butchering our own meat and sharing feasts with our neighbors.

We focus on soil health and regenerative methods to develop our own terroir. Our mission is to create events centered around food that is grown at our farm using sustainable methods. We want food and our farm to ignite conversations around food security, resilience and community. We take pride in our work and we take pleasure in sharing this bounty with others regardless of background. Watch our video to see our work in action.

Job description

We’re looking to hire a passionate individual who loves to feed themselves on what they grow, because that’s us too! We will fill the key roles listed above as year-round part-time positions or in combination with diverse full-time work. Employees are provided training and experience that can build on a career at our operation, or for moooving on! And we have some housing options on-farm and nearby if anybody is relocating to the area for the position.

Milking Roles (6-15 hours per week)

Our milker is responsible for 3-5 milking shifts per week milking (once-a-day), additional shifts if desired & training for the right candidate. Daily routine involves walking our cows into the barn, using a pulsation bucket milker, following safety and sanitary requirements, cleaning the milkhouse and processing/jarring dairy.

Herd Management (15-25 hours per week)

• Livestock pasture and silvopasture fencing for pigs, cows and occasionally poultry
• Alternating chore duty based on other team members time off and vacation
• Coordinate pasturing/haying operations/feed storage/feeding schedule
• Light carpentry, repairs and fabrication as needed
• Tractor work including field operations, clipping, overseeding, cultivating, hauling, skidding, etc.
• Turning/spreading compost in accordance with fertility cycling objectives
• Maintain (with support staff) livestock housing/handling systems in good working order for all livestock

Future Growth Potential

• Retirement IRA with employee matching at 3% after first season
• Promotion for more responsibility, managing other employees and increased wage/salary
• Monthly living-expense allowance
• Management of junior staff members

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $15.50 - $24.00

Application instructions

Deadline

March 01, 2026