We are accepting applications for the 2022 season!

POSITION

FULL-TIME POSITION

• mid-April - mid-November

• Monday-Friday

• Spring and Fall - 8 or 9am start until 4pm (33-38hrs/wk)

• Summer - 7am start until 4pm (about 44hrs/wk)

• July-October - Farmers Market in Boston every Thursday (~10hrs/day)

• September-October - additional weekend hours are possible

• $15/hr +

• No housing is available - must be able to commute by car

• A full season commitment is required

• $500 year end bonus for completing the season

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PART-TIME POSITION

• mid-May - end of October

• Monday-Wednesday

• Spring and Fall - 8 or 9am start until 4pm (20-23hrs/wk)

• Summer - 7am start until 4pm (about 26hrs/wk)

• September-October - additional weekend hours are possible

• $15/hr +

• No housing is available - must be able to commute by car

• A full season commitment is required

• $300 year end bonus for completing the season

REQUIREMENTS

• Farming experience a plus but not required

• Attention to detail

• Hardworking

• Can work in any weather (hot, cold, rain to a reasonable extent)

• Can work alone efficiently

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Primary farm tasks include sowing, transplanting, harvesting, bed prep, trellising

• Making compost is a big part of our fertility. We make compost every week and monitor temperatures closely

• Making compost teas & extracts and applying them in the field

• You will learn all facets of no-till farming including bed prep, cover cropping and preparing for winter

• In 2022 we will be planting many perennial plants in our newly prepared hedgerow. Planting will mostly be in Spring with maintenance throughout the season

• Removing all of our remaining landscape fabric into either living pathways or woodchips

• Establishing our u-pick flower and herb area

APPLICATION

• Up-to-date resume including all work experience, both paid and volunteer

• Application

• Send resume and application to assawagafarm@gmail.com

• Interview - 2 hours of working together in the field (for $15/hr)