Field Crew Workers

Hiring Organization: Bluestem Farm
Employment type: Full-Time
Job Location: East Jordan, MI
Application Due Date: May 15, 2023

Bluestem Farm is a year-round diversified organic farm located in the tip of the Michigan state mitten. Ready to take your organic farming skills to the next level? Come join our crew and live your best life encircled by turquoise lakes, wild rivers, deep forests. Decent wages, farm housing available, good people, free farmer tans! If it seems like this could be a good fit for you, visit bluestemfarm.net/jobs and let us hear from you via the orange button at the bottom.

ABOUT THE WORK

As a new farmer starting out, you’d need to know things like what you need to spend money on, and what you can get by without. How do you build soil fertility in a hurry? How do you go about finding a market niche for your new farm business, and go after it with everything you've got? We're first generation farmers with very recent experience starting from nothing and building a farm business we're proud of, and we’d like to share our knowledge with you. Here’s what the main duties look like.

You’d be hand-harvesting vegetables in the morning hours
Sowing, transplanting, and weeding organic vegetables
Washing and packaging vegetables for sale
Doing field-related tasks like moving irrigation and garden clean-up
Working inside hoophouses, or passive solar greenhouses

ABOUT BLUESTEM FARM

We have 12 acres in certified organic vegetable production, but the farm is 80 acres in all. The remaining acres are in permanent pasture and woods. We also have four hoophouses that produce both summer and winter vegetables. The core of our business is our farm subscription program, or CSA. Our members bring home what they want from our certified organic vegetables and pasture-raised eggs, pork, and chicken. We also have wholesale accounts. Our small, experienced, dedicated team consists of about 10 people. We don't have

year-round work for everyone who's part of our summer crew, but our farm is located just a few miles away from a premier Midwestern winter sports resort. Finding winter work to complement the growing season is usually no problem.

QUALIFICATIONS

A few different experiences + traits show up again and again in people who fit well here.

Have you had a year or more of experience being happy on another farm?
Are you willing to be quick and hardworking and efficient with time?
Do you feel proud of this type of work?
Are you excited to absorb all the lessons this sort of life teaches?
Are you up for communicating with coworkers about the little or big issues that come up, so they can be dealt with in ways that respect everyone?
Do you work to maintain the type of attitude that looks at challenges positively? Do you love working outdoors in all types of weather?
Do you enjoy the physical demands of working with your hands?

HOURS + COMPENSATION

Pay is based on experience, but you can expect a range of $14-17 per More if you have significant experience.
Full time work is available from mid-May or mid-June through October or November
We are open to part time hours, for the right
Organic vegetables to take home, pasture-raised protein is
On farm housing is negotiable for the right