Stone fruit Orchard Farmhand

The Cloverleaf Farm is looking to hire bright, enthusiastic and reliable people to join our team for the Summer harvest season.

New team members will help with the following:

• Weekly harvest and fruit sorting for our 125+ member CSA, Farmer’s market, and wholesale accounts.
• 1-2 kitchen days (Tuesdays) per month to help produce fruit leather and jam
• 1-2 Sundays per month to sell at the Sacramento Farmer’s market (6:30 am- 3pm approximately. Paid $80 per market)
• Participate in U-Pick days (2 or 3 Saturdays over the summer season)
• Other responsibilities may include:
  • Deliveries to wholesale customers and CSA pickup sites.
  • trellising, mowing, weed control, pest management, irrigation and plant care.

Our farm operates with a very lean, efficient crew so a successful applicant will:

• Be organized, reliable, honest and conscientious.
• Be safety minded especially for lifting, ladders and other farm equipment. Look out for yourself and your team mates.
• Have a keen awareness of efficiency in their work, i.e. know how to hustle & be good at working under time pressure.
• Have a positive attitude, even when the going gets tough. Maintain a good outlook under occasionally uncomfortable working conditions and long hours, and enjoy working outside in heat, cold, rain, mud, and dust. A sense of humor helps!
• Show creative problem solving skills
• Have a history of doing physical work/manual labor, ideally with experience on a farm. Be in strong physical condition and able to repeatedly squat, bend, lift and carry 40-50 pounds.
• Openly receive constructive criticism and feedback on the job and make changes to work habits accordingly.
• Avoid drama in the workplace and resolve conflict using effective, nonviolent communication in a mature manner.

Hours: Average 30-40 hours/week, 4-6 days/week, depending on seasonal work flow.

Must have a clean driver’s license.

Compensation: Hourly starting at $15/ Hr

Please email Resume to thecloverleaffarm@gmail.com Attn: Tree Kilpatrick.