Employment Opportunities

Each season we hire apprentices and local folks to help run the farm.  Our apprentices spend considerable time on jobs such as planting, transplanting, pest and weed control, harvesting, packing and selling our produce at farmers markets in Washington, D.C. However, we consider our apprentices only secondarily as part of our labor force. Their primary role is assisting in management of crops, equipment and marketing. We assume the duty of training them for this management, and specific responsibilities are divided amongst all of us so that we can function smoothly as a team. Our goal is to help create a larger community of trained, professional, organic growers who can in turn help our sector of agriculture thrive.

We require a full-season stay (April or May to November or December) and strongly encourage a year-round stay or a 2-3 month winter break and return for additional season. We encourage long-term commitment with increasing responsibilities and compensation. Apprentices live rent- and utilities-free in private, one-person cabins with shared cooking facilities, or in one of two nearby houses we own. We offer all-inclusive free board, along with $800/mo. minimum salary (experienced people start higher) plus incentives. Besides on-the-job training, we take time for orderly discussions and seminars on topics of interest to apprentices. Our crew normally makes several visits to other nearby farms for learning purposes.

We believe sustainability requires economic success in today’s market, and we have the systems, equipment and experience to make that happen. We are proud that we attract excellent apprentices, many of whom have gone on to farm on their own. In addition to direct retailing of our produce, we also have founded and actively participate in a successful wholesale marketing cooperative (Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative), which represents a community of about 20 farms. Our apprentices sometimes work with the cooperative, which is headquartered at our farm.

In addition to our apprenticeships we have openings for crew leader and/or field manager. These are professional positions requiring experience and offering competitive compensation and benefits. For more information about apprenticeships call us at 814-448-3904.  Or email at Jim@newmorningfarm.net.

Considering a farm apprenticeship?

You have lots of choices.  Why choose OUR organic vegetable farm?

At New Morning Farm, in rural central Pennsylvania, you'll have:

• more responsibilities (you’ll make decisions)
• more learning (we have excellent systems and equipment)
• more money (generous salary plus bonuses & incentives)
• private, comfortable housing and great food included
• more fun – less stress – more free time!

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Join our friendly team and become a farmer faster. Many of our alumni have started their own operations and are still farming today.  OR: stay with us to see your responsibilities and income grow over multiple seasons.

E-mail jim@newmorningfarm.net or call 814-448-3904. We have positions to fill beginning March, April, or May.

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Our 30-year-old certified organic family vegetable farm in Pennsylvania needs a FIELD MANAGER and a CREW LEADER.  Work with a great team, the best equipment, excellent soils, and incredible markets. Watch your own decisions and efforts result in high-quality, profitable, organic crops. $35-40K to start, plus profit share.  Long-term situation with bright future, including possibility of work-to-own.  We farm with less stress and more satisfaction. 

VEGETABLE FARM OPPORTUNITY

We are seeking a younger grower or couple to help operate and, in time, to assume ownership of our established, certified-organic family farm.  This is a year-round, full-time operation which is profitable and provides a solid return on investment.  While working with our proven production and marketing systems, you’ll earn a decent living from the start, plus enough to purchase the farm (over time) out of cash-flow.  No capital necessary; hard work and a positive attitude will suffice. Transition time to ownership will depend on your present level of skills. E-mail jim@newmorningfarm.net or call 814-448-3904.

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