Company description

We grow 40+ vegetables on an acre and a half and bake sourdough breads and pastries in our woodfired oven. We sell mostly at farmers markets, March-December. We are proud of our work producing fresh food that is sold locally. We aim to improve soil health, leaving it better than we found it. We see ourselves as part of a community of food producers all doing their small part to fix a food system that doesn’t account for humanity’s impact on the environment, and we are looking for a worker who wants to help us and learn from us. You will be an essential part of our business and gain hand-on experience using organic methods to bring vegetables to market. 2026 will be our thirteenth season growing vegetables full time. We are a husband and wife with three kids, and our staff includes 1 full-time employee, and 2-3 part-time employees.

We are a small professional market farm that wants to train future farmers and business owners. Our goal is that you will learn both the vegetable grower skills and the business skills you need to start your own ecological vegetable farm business. We are very open about our business and we are happy to share our sales, expenses, and budget numbers with our employees as well as discuss business plans. In the field, we want you to walk side by side with us, not behind us. During the season, we will offer the opportunity to tour other ecological farms in our area.

We believe that economic success is an important, and often overlooked, piece of "sustainability." However, while we focus on the bottom line, we also value family, relationships, and well-being, and we work hard to make space and time for it all. Our passion for using regional grain in our bakery motivated us to help found the Common Grain Alliance, a non-profit that seeks to revitalize the grain economy in the Mid-Atlantic. As part of Little Hat Creek Farm, you will be connected to a growing network of like-minded farmers, millers, and bakers who are working towards a thriving regional foodshed.

Job description

You will work closely with us to learn all aspects of growing ecological vegetables, including seeding, planting, harvesting, sorting, weeding, mulching, and selling at market. You will learn skills such as greenhouse management, efficient harvest techniques, cover cropping, and how to run a profitable business focused on farmers’ markets. We like to tell stories and joke around as we work, as long as you can keep your hands moving and your mind on your work.

Previous farming experience is preferred, but mostly we'd like you to have an interest in sustainable agriculture and a strong work ethic. You learn quickly, and can execute tasks efficiently while maintaining sufficient attention to detail. You can perform physically-demanding tasks outside in all kinds of weather, and maintain a sense of humor. You are thoughtful, inquisitive, and find satisfaction in hard work, good food, and good company. A driver's license is required and you must be comfortable driving a large van on mountain roads. You should be able to lift 50 pounds, and be in good physical condition. You will need a smartphone to operate a Square reader for credit card sales at farmers’ markets and to keep records in Google Sheets.

This position is part time: 3-4 days per week, including 1-2 farmers’ markets per week. We are keen to have the most help on our harvest days (Tuesday/Friday) and our market days (Wednesday/Saturday). Harvest days typically last 8 hours, including a half hour paid lunch. Market days can be closer to 10 hours, including 2 hours of driving time. If you are looking for a maximum/minimum number of weekly hours, we may be able to work something out. Contact us for details about the weekly schedule.

Start and end dates are flexible, but we are looking for someone approximately mid-March 2026 through Thanksgiving 2026.

Housing is available in a small house we built for our worker housing about 13 minutes drive from our farm. The house is new (2022 build), comfortable, and located on one acre; rent is below-market.

Starting pay is $16-17/hr (depending on experience). Other compensation includes surplus vegetables, bread, and croissants, and the right to trade our produce with other farmers' market vendors.

Compensation

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

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Deadline

February 27, 2026