Farm Assistant Position Available In Durham, North Carolina

Farm Assistant Abundance Farm Northampton, MA 01060 Abundance Farm is seeking to hire two part-time farm assistants for the remainder of the 2025 growing season (July-October) to work alongside our farm manager, volunteers, and teen interns to assist with all aspects of farm production, support our Pick Your Own program, and provide occasional staffing for farm public events. The schedule for this position is Monday through Friday from 8:30 am – noon, with some room for flexibility starting in September. This position pays $18/hour.

About Abundance Farm and CBI:

Abundance Farm is a Jewish food justice farm, outdoor classroom, and community building space located in Northampton, Massachusetts. The Farm is a unique collaboration at CBI Northampton, a vibrant and growing progressive Jewish community, together with the Northampton Survival Center and Lander-Grinspoon Academy, to support local food security and to create a unique outdoor learning environment. Abundance Farm is a beautiful urban oasis where people of all ages, faiths, and backgrounds are drawn for nourishment, community, and learning. Abundance Farm works to build a more generous, just, and sustainable world. We do this by offering earth-based, community building experiences that integrate Jewish tradition, regenerative agriculture, and food justice. The Farm is managed using no-till practices. Our land management practices prioritize soil health, biological diversity, pollinators, climate resilience and carbon sequestration. We use permanent no-till beds, cover cropping, fallow cycles, heavy mulching and occultation as elements of our holistic approach. B Abundance Farm is a national leader in the field of Jewish Community Farming. The Farm serves more than 5000 people annually through a variety of educational, justice, and community oriented programs. The Farm serves as an outdoor classroom for our campus’ three schools (Gan Keshet, ALMA and Lander-Grinspoon Academy, our neighboring K-6 Jewish day school).

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Execute all aspects of farm production on our hand-powered, low-tillage farm, including bed prep, planting, seeding, weeding, mulching, pruning, building new beds, making compost, and crop trellising.
• Assist in maintaining and running drip irrigation system
• Support in keeping Pick Your Own signage updated according to Farm Manager’s instructions
• Support farm infrastructure through sign painting and construction
• Maintain a friendly demeanor toward all visitors to our public-access farm
• Provide occasional support for public farm events, depending on need

Skills and Qualifications:

• At least 1 year of farming, gardening, or landscaping experience, preferably on a no-till, non-mechanized farm
• Commitment to Abundance Farm’s mission, vision and goals, including food justice principles and regenerative farming practices
• Experience working successfully with people of diverse ages and cultural backgrounds
• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to lift 50+ pounds regularly
• Ability to perform physical labor up to 4 hours daily outdoors
• Ability to work both independently and as a team

Demands/Environment:

Work in an outdoor setting on Farm. Physical labor to include heavy lifting, bending, and work in all weather conditions.

Contacts and Supervision:

The Farm Assistants are accountable to the Farm Manager.

Work Schedule:

This is a part-time, seasonal position (28 weeks, April – October). Normal work hours will be 8:30am to noon Monday-Friday in the summer, with some room for flexibility for the right candidate. Occasional weekend or evening work may be required to support farm events.

Salary and Benefits:

This position pays $18/hour. The farm assistants are not eligible for company-sponsored benefits, unless otherwise required by law.

Application Process:

Applications will be reviewed as they are received. To apply please send your resume along with a letter of interest to nat@abundancefarm.org. Please title the email “Farm Assistant application.” Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Upon review, applicants will hear back with next steps, including scheduling a 90-minute working interview. The position is currently open and the ideal candidates are available to start July 1, 2025. CBI/Abundance Farm is an equal opportunity employer and supports workplace diversity. We carefully consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Candidates who identify as LGBTQI, BIPOC, Sephardic, and/or Mizrahi are strongly encouraged to apply.

Job Type:

Part-time Pay:

$18.00 per hour Expected hours: 18 per week

Schedule:

Morning shift

Work Location:

In person