Company description

Maple Wind Farm is a pasture-based livestock farm founded in 1999. We produce pasture-raised, non-GMO chicken, eggs, pork, and turkey in Richmond and Bolton, VT and operate a USDA-inspected processing facility that serves 30+ small producers in 6 Northeast states. In the field, our mission and work focuses on daily moves on pasture for our livestock while regenerating the farm’s soil and water resources. Operating our own small-scale, efficient processing unit allows us to not only strengthen our regional food system, but also maintain the high quality of our own product sold directly to customers at our farm.

Job description

Join our farm and processing team!

About The Role
Our seasonal staff take part in the entire field-to-plate journey, from working in the pastures with diverse livestock to hands-on experience in the processing facility, building valuable skills in agriculture and professional poultry processing. Ideal crew members will possess a positive attitude and sense of humor, can remain flexible and innovative on the job, and exhibit a strong interest in regenerative agriculture.

Our Farm’s Culture + Location
Prior seasonal employees describe the team as “dedicated”, “hard-working”, and “goofy”. Our foundational principles are integrity and mutual respect. Working with livestock, we are in close contact with the cycle of life and death on the farm, to which we like to think we bring a balanced approach of sensitivity and, when appropriate, humor.

The farm is 20 just minutes from Burlington, VT (the state’s largest city) with easy access to outdoor pursuits such as hiking, fishing, mountain biking and hunting.

Position Logistics

• Role is seasonal, from early May through late November (typically Thanksgiving week +/-)
• We are hiring full- and part-time staff

Benefits

• 4-day workweek for full-time staff (10 hour days, 7 AM - 5 PM)
• Hourly Wage of $17-18/hour, depending on experience
• Access to free farm meat and eggs when available
• Staff discount at our on-farm and online store
• Store credit for staff who meet benchmarks for timeliness + attendance
• Workers Compensation Insurance paid by employer, covering injuries at work
  

Qualifications

• Ability to lift and carry 30-50 pounds regularly (e.g. two 5-gallon buckets of animal feed)
• Ability and willingness to work outside in all weather conditions
• Interest in regenerative agriculture
• Travel between work sites on a daily basis (valid driver’s license required)
• Prior experience working with livestock or farm equipment (e.g. tractor, brush mower) are preferred but not required! If what we’ve described above sounds interesting, we encourage you to apply.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $17.00 - $18.00

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Deadline

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