Company description
We are a certified organic farm, co-owned and co-operated by Cassie & Mike. We provide the Madison area with healthy, local, and sustainably grown fruits and vegetables. As a mature farm, our mission is not just to grow food organically, but to develop pathways to connect our work with the food justice work of others in our community. About 10% of the food we produce goes to people who don't pay for it.
Crossroads Community Farm, LLC began in 2005. Located in the town of Cross Plains, Wisconsin, we take great pride in growing high quality produce. We directly market our produce through our CSA and to various grocery stores and restaurants in the Madison area, and provide a growing portion of the food we grow to food insecure families through our mobile pantry and multiple relationships with area food pantries.
Please explore our website @ www.crossroadscommunityfarm.com to learn more about us. And thank you for supporting local, organic, family farming!
Job description
Crossroads Community Farm (located in Cross Plains, WI – near Madison) is a certified organic vegetable farm. We are queer-owned, co-owned and operated, and committed to creating a safe and welcoming space for everyone to work. We are a well-established production farm, and as we mature, we continue to expand our food/racial justice work. For the 2026 season we have several open field positions.
Farm work is difficult. Farm work is HARD. Farm work is brutaful – brutal and beautiful all wrapped up in one. This job requires moving your body and lifting crates of food in the elements all day. It can be brutal. It will probably be one of the hardest jobs you’ll ever have. And yet, it will be beautiful too. We grow gorgeous food and no doubt you will work with incredible humans.
A field position at our farm involves hard work with your body, as you help us to transplant, weed, harvest, and wash vegetables. Crew members work 38 hour weeks in the field, in every possible weather condition.
We will begin hiring in early February and will do so on a rolling basis until positions are full, usually end of March
Components of Job:
Daily physical field work, including:
*transplanting, row-covering, weeding, harvesting, washing, and packing
*Working at an efficient pace
*Frequent bending and kneeling to the ground
*Working outside in all weather conditions
*Frequent heavy lifting of 25-45 pounds
*Working with others in a crew
*Receiving and following verbal instruction
*Communicating clearly and often with the farm team
Desired Skills/Experience:
*At least one full season on a vegetable farm or other farm experience
*Ability to appropriately balance speed and quality of work
*Excellent verbal communication skills and ability to follow directions
Able to move body efficiently with sufficient stamina
Compensation:
We believe in paying a living wage. The 2026 starting wage at our farm is $16.84/hour. The season-end bonus brings typically brings that up to $17.84/hour starting.
Benefits:
*Access to surplus organic produce
*$115 rain gear reimbursement
*Commitment-end bonus, typically $1/hour worked
*Optional retirement IRA with farm match
Positions & Timing:
All shifts run from 7:30-5:30 pm with a half hour lunch break. We typically have a crew of about 10-12 people working each weekday. There is no weekend work.
Full-time Field Crew. Working 38 hour weeks, 4 days/week.
Part-Time Field Crew. Working 2-3 days per week. 9.5 hours/day. (typically only hire folks with experience)
All full-time positions span from early June through mid/late October. A smaller number of these positions have full-time hours going through November.
Part-time positions typically run from June through October.
Equal Opportunity Policy:
We value diversity in our workforce just as we value diversity on the land, for many of the same reasons. A range of cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds gives us the variety of experiences and perspectives that make us stronger, more resilient, and better able to cope with the many challenges that come with doing our work. Women, people of color, and individuals with
diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Compensation
this position is: hourly, $15-20/hr
Application instructions
This job expired on April 05, 2026
Deadline
no deadline