Work on an organic farm

Farm Work

If working long hours and feeling your muscles ache while in the hot sun, rain, sleet and mud sounds fun, all the while laughing with friends, and getting a lot of physical work done, then farming with us could be your dream come true.

We hire a great group of folks each season to help us complete our goal of growing delicious food for the community. It's not easy, but it can be a wonderful lifestyle that makes you strong, feeds you well and builds lifelong friendships.

Internship

We have filled our positions for 2019. We are now looking for interns for the 2020 season. This is a residential internship and you must be willing to live and work on the farm in Leaburg.

We offer housing and lots of great farm food, classes and a stipend. If you are interested please let us know. You can also go to our educational partners website at http://www.roguefarmcorps.org/

Open Positions:

If you have significant experience working on small scale organic farms or have other skills you feel could lend themselves to our farm please feel free to send us your resume. See current openings below.

Open positions for 2019:

Repairs and Maintenance/Mower Operator. Part Time

Part time seasonal position

Our 12 acre mixed crop farm in Leaburg is looking to fill some positions in 2019.

Our farm is managed organically therefore we manage most of our vegetation with mowers and trimmers.

We have 5 tractors, a riding mower and numerous small engines. We also have 5 farm vehicles. We have a nice shop with tools onsite and we perform basic maintenance and simple repairs on farm.

This position will involve the maintaining and basic repair for our trucks and equipment.

Mowing and equipment operations for maintaining the grounds on much of our acreage. Working with our other equipment operator(s) to coordinate and ensure work in the orchards and fields gets completed. You will also work with operators to learn any issues people are having with the equipment. Coordinating with operators to ensure the equipment is pulled out of service when repairs or maintenance is needed.

We are looking for an individual with experience with:

Large and small engines, diesel and gas.
Basic electrical knowledge,
Electric motors
Hydraulics
Welding and Fabrication.
Some equipment operations experience.

Additional experience desired:

Experience working on a nursery, orchard, berry or mixed crop farm.
Experience with pumps and irrigation systems
Experience with tractors, trailers and other farm equipment.

Applicants for this position should have 2+ years of experience working with small or large engines. Applicants should also have a great ability to work independently, self motivate and prioritize. We are a small team of highly dedicated staff and therefore when we look for new additions to our team we look for the same kind of high integrity, calabrotive minded, positive attitude kind of individuals that we consider ourselves to be.

Work Breakdown (estimate)

In early Spring, 25% field work 75% shop work

In Summer 60% field work 40% shop work

In Fall 40% field work 60% shop

This position is seasonal March-November 24-40 hours per week.

Hours vary throughout the season. In March-April and Oct-November weather restricts field work and reduces the amount of field work we can perform. We expect this position to be flexible as to be available when the weather allows us to get into the field. Some weeks maybe closer to 40 hours per week (while the sun shines) and other weeks only 8 hours in the shop. This position should be an average of 24 hours per week throughout the year.

Compensation

$13 and up, Depending on experience.