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Description
Big City Farms brings you delicious veggies, organically grown in local communities. We're building citywide networks of urban farms on underused land in cities across the U.S.
Position Overview:
You will be involved in most aspects of running an organic farm. Work consists of planting, transplanting, weeding/cultivating, irrigating and fertilizing. You will be harvesting, ensuring proper post-harvest care, sorting, loading and selling at market.
This is a full time position requiring a minimum of 40 hours per week. You must work weekends and will have Mondays off and another half day at least.
Qualifications:
This position requires that you have farming or extensive gardening experience. Knowledge of organic farming practices, irrigation systems and experience selling at market are ideal.
You will get hands-on experience in every detail of market farming. You will learn the day-to-day aspects of how to operate a farm and how to work as part of a team.
Compensation: Salary for this position is $9 - $10 an hour depending on your relevant experience.
We are looking for workers with proven records of holding down a job that can be quite difficult at times with sometimes harsh weather, repetition and the need to pay attention to detail.