Employment and Service Opportunities

Status: Full-Time, Seasonal: April-November
Reports To: Farm Manager

About the Role

Join our team for 2025! Just Roots, in Greenfield, MA is hiring full-time, seasonal assistant growers for the upcoming season. Positions begin in April and end in November. While this position is a full-time, farm labor position, we strive to incorporate aspects of community engagement, education, and leadership development into the assistant grower role. Ideal candidates have at least one year of prior farm experience on a production farm, or, have experience in manual labor, food service or other fast-paced, team-based, work environments. 

Compensation begins at $17/hour (with overtime), a full summer CSA share, paid time off, and employee retirement contributions. 

To apply, please send a resume to fran@justroots.org and a short email describing who you are, why you want to work on a farm right now, and why Just Roots might be a good fit. 

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Job Details

Tasks and Responsibilities

Work closely in a small team of farmers in the following areas: 
 Bulk of our work! 

• Crop production: participate in all aspects of field production under the leadership of the farm manager, including but not limited to: weed management, crop care, transplanting, and greenhouse work. 
• Harvest: participate in all harvest activities, paying close attention to quality, efficiency, and beauty. 
• Post-harvest: ensure that all produce is washed and/or cooled with care and efficiency, paying close attention to quality control. Maintain a clean and organized wash station and walk-in coolers. 
• Distribution and community engagement: staff and manage our farmer’s market and/or CSA distributions. Welcome customers, visitors, and volunteers to the farm with warmth and clear communication. 

Additionally!

• Land care and stewardship of the Just Roots property: care and support of the community garden, forested areas, field edges and infrastructure. We pay close attention to creating an organized farm—you must be respectful of using shared tools and space. This means keeping clean common spaces, including all vehicles, and gathering spaces. 
• Tractor work: We have a small fleet of tractors, and you may be working with and around tractors consistently. Tractor work for assistant growers is limited, and any grower that will be on tractors will be provided with comprehensive tractor training centered on safety. 
• Communication: Actively participate in all meetings and feedback sessions: all staff, weekly farm team meetings, one-on-ones with the farm manager, and team check-ins. 

About our team

The Just Roots farm team is invested in creating a team culture of care and improvement that participates in consistent and adaptive feedback and communication in times of joy and challenge. We create and respect space that values, uplifts, and celebrates team members of all identities and experiences. We value finding joy in farmwork, and invite ourselves to be in community as staff members. The team values consistency alongside flexibility, and we are committed to the land, the work, and the people within our community. 

You will thrive as a member on our team if you:

• Show up on time every day. 
• Are engaged (and hopefully excited!) about working for a farm that finds success in routine and structure. 
• Have reliable transportation for commuting to farm and valid driver’s license to be able to drive farm vehicles. (or, be working towards having a valid license if you do not currently have one). 
• Communication
  •  Have the ability to follow written and verbal instructions and can be flexible when daily tasks change. 
  • Have (or be willing to develop) direct and kind communication skills, including willingness to give and receive feedback. 
• Community:
  • Have desire to participate in the Just Roots community while at work. 
  • Work well independently as well as harmoniously with team members. 
  • Find enjoyment and ease in working side by side with other people. 
  • Are willing to participate and communicate across departments and in conflict resolution if needed.
• Physical needs:
  • Can lift up to 40-50 pounds regularly. 
  • Have the ability to work in uncomfortable physical positions for short or long periods of time – often for several consecutive days or weeks. 
  • Are self-motivated and able to work outside in ALL weather conditions including snow, rain, heat and cold. 
  • Possess strong manual dexterity skills.

Schedule

Assistant growers are required to work Tuesday-Saturday. At the height of the season (June-October), we work from 7:30am-4:30pm, with 1 hour paid lunch. In the early Spring and late fall, we shorten our days as needed. 

You will be required to work at least one of our CSA distributions and/or a farmer’s market shift each week. This means that one of your days will be a longer shift as our CSA distributions extend later in the evening than our regular work day and our farmer’s market shift starts earlier than our regular work day.