About us:
Long Lane Farm is a family-owned, certified organic vegetable farm in Warren, RI. Our mission is to farm in a way that benefits the health of our soil, our surrounding community, our family, and our employees. We have a successful 100+ person CSA program, a high trafficked self-serve farm stand, and sell to a handful of local restaurants. In addition, we donate a lot of food to our local food pantry and host an organic plant sale every May.
The role:
We grow a lot of food on a small amount of land and we need a fun, reliable, hard working, and kind crew to help us plant, harvest, and tend to the crops.
If you love being outside, don’t mind getting dirty, and want to be part of an awesome team, consider applying to work for our small family farm that is constantly growing and evolving.
For all of our positions, we are looking for people who like to work hard AND have fun at the same time. A great attitude and enthusiasm to help the team succeed are more important than prior farming experience.
- Positions begin in April and end Oct 1st or the week of Thanksgiving
- Hours are Monday - Friday 7AM - 12 PM, with earlier start times on very hot days
- Work at least 3 shifts and up to 5 shifts/week
- Reliability and availability are a must! Please do not apply if you travel frequently during the season.
- $17/ hour plus vegetables and flowers from the farm
Requirements:
- Positive attitude and desire to help the farm succeed
- Prepared to work in any type of weather: hot, cold, rain, wind
- Ability to be inside a hot greenhouse for extended periods of time
- Physically able to carry heavy bins, work on knees, be exposed to the sun
- Punctuality and reliability. We are looking for people who intend to show up for all of their shifts. If you are someone who likes to go away frequently in the summer, this job is not for you. We do understand that our employees have a life outside the farm and with proper communication and planning, we work with you to schedule time off.
- Dedication to maintaining high quality standards. We seek to sell the best vegetables around and one of your most important duties is quality control.
Job duties:
- Harvesting a wide array of vegetables on a daily basis
- Washing and packing vegetables
- Preparing beds for planting which can include weeding, spreading compost and fertilizer, moving tarps
- Transplanting crops in the fields and the greenhouse
- Weeding
Other duties may include:
- Seeding in the nursery
- Trellising tomatoes and other crops
- Plant pruning and maintenance
- Stocking the farm stand
- Helping out with CSA set-up
- Helping us produce homemade compost
- Selling and helping customers at our spring plant sale
- Landscaping
How to apply:
If interested, please fill out this short pre-employment questionnaire: Open Form If we feel that you could be a good fit for the farm, here are the next steps in the hiring process.
- Phone Interviews Begin on Feb 1st. We will receive out by email to schedule.
- If we still feel you are a good fit after the phone interview, we will schedule a 1 hour in-person interview shortly thereafter
Got questions? Please email [email protected] for further details!