Organic Farm Work Opportunities
for the 2025 season
Farm Crew positions (typically all work is shared by most farm workers, but specific positions for the right applicant as below are also options and dependent on returning workers’ schedules; part-time and full-time available):
-farm crew (M-F)
-market manager (W, Sun)
-delivery driver (T, W, R)
-post harvest handler (M-F)
Looking for people who show up consistently, work hard, learn quickly. New year, new growth, new crew.
Wild Coyote Farm is seeking individuals to participate and assist in many aspects of our farming operation. For vested individuals, it is a great opportunity to get hands on experience learning how to run a profitable farm business while working alongside the founders as part of our small but mighty team of 6-8. We are a Certified Organic, soil grown and pasture based farm that grows fresh produce for our 300 custom produce box members, on-farm store, two farmers markets, and some direct to retail accounts. We grow a wide variety of produce: vegetables, herbs, berries, cut flowers, sheep (for fiber and meat), chickens (eggs and meat), geese, honey, maple syrup, microgreens, and nursery plants. We grow crops on approximately 12 acres each year, manage additional organic pasture/cover crop land, and 10,000sqft of greenhouses. This is our eighth season farming full-time.
Who we are looking for
The ideal farm crew member has a high level of interest in organic farming and enjoys the work. Farming is often enjoyable work, but it needs to be done efficiently in any and all weather. Therefore, the ideal candidate will be strong, eager and quick to learn a wide variety of tasks, willing to engage in difficult responsibilities, remain on task, work independently, and keep busy. At our farm we place a high level of importance on quality, therefore, the ideal candidate must be able to discern when product is not of adequate quality, and do so efficiently. An ability to work at a fast pace, while still paying attention to quality is vital to the success of the farm. Experience working at a farm is not required, but strong work ethic and references are.
Farm crew applicants must be able to lift a minimum of 50lb easily (repetitively, up high, and while walking on uneven terrain), work with good body mechanics, work on their feet in various positions for full days, have a pleasant and positive attitude, and be friendly and kind. Most of the work is manual labor on foot. Workers must come appropriately dressed for work and have their own sharp harvest knife and scissors, belt, smart phone for delivery driving, Fanny pack or deep pockets, water bottle, and shoes (both tennis shoes or work boots and muck boots are recommended). Smoking, personal electronics use during work, profanity, drugs, and alcohol are strictly prohibited on the premises. We operate as a fun work environment, promoting Christian ethics as a standard of practices. Us farm owners are passionate about our work, enjoy it, and seek to have others appreciate nature’s bounty alongside us!
What we offer
As a contract worker, you will be paid by the hour weekly after electronic receipt of your invoice for your work. Pay is dependent on experience and specific duties and schedule. We take unpaid lunch break from 12-12:30pm. Free produce and eggs as available, discount on farm store our purchases.
Tasks and hours
Qualifications
Courteous & professional in all interactions with customers
Pleasant can-do attitude
Attention to detail and asks clarifying questions
Responsible and reliable
Able to work alone with good team communication
Efficient, quick with both hands
Quick learner
Driving: care for fueling vehicles and reporting any issues or concerns to owners, smart phone to use route app during deliveries, comfortable driving a medium to large size cooler van in the city or rural neighborhoods, skilled and safe driver.
Appreciation for local organic quality food is preferred
High school level math, reading and writing skills
Apply by submitting a resume and cover letter and references to [email protected]. Check us out at www.wildcoyotefarm.com and call (269) 277-3621 with questions.
-farm crew (M-F)
-market manager (W, Sun)
-delivery driver (T, W, R)
-post harvest handler (M-F)
Looking for people who show up consistently, work hard, learn quickly. New year, new growth, new crew.
Wild Coyote Farm is seeking individuals to participate and assist in many aspects of our farming operation. For vested individuals, it is a great opportunity to get hands on experience learning how to run a profitable farm business while working alongside the founders as part of our small but mighty team of 6-8. We are a Certified Organic, soil grown and pasture based farm that grows fresh produce for our 300 custom produce box members, on-farm store, two farmers markets, and some direct to retail accounts. We grow a wide variety of produce: vegetables, herbs, berries, cut flowers, sheep (for fiber and meat), chickens (eggs and meat), geese, honey, maple syrup, microgreens, and nursery plants. We grow crops on approximately 12 acres each year, manage additional organic pasture/cover crop land, and 10,000sqft of greenhouses. This is our eighth season farming full-time.
Who we are looking for
The ideal farm crew member has a high level of interest in organic farming and enjoys the work. Farming is often enjoyable work, but it needs to be done efficiently in any and all weather. Therefore, the ideal candidate will be strong, eager and quick to learn a wide variety of tasks, willing to engage in difficult responsibilities, remain on task, work independently, and keep busy. At our farm we place a high level of importance on quality, therefore, the ideal candidate must be able to discern when product is not of adequate quality, and do so efficiently. An ability to work at a fast pace, while still paying attention to quality is vital to the success of the farm. Experience working at a farm is not required, but strong work ethic and references are.
Farm crew applicants must be able to lift a minimum of 50lb easily (repetitively, up high, and while walking on uneven terrain), work with good body mechanics, work on their feet in various positions for full days, have a pleasant and positive attitude, and be friendly and kind. Most of the work is manual labor on foot. Workers must come appropriately dressed for work and have their own sharp harvest knife and scissors, belt, smart phone for delivery driving, Fanny pack or deep pockets, water bottle, and shoes (both tennis shoes or work boots and muck boots are recommended). Smoking, personal electronics use during work, profanity, drugs, and alcohol are strictly prohibited on the premises. We operate as a fun work environment, promoting Christian ethics as a standard of practices. Us farm owners are passionate about our work, enjoy it, and seek to have others appreciate nature’s bounty alongside us!
What we offer
As a contract worker, you will be paid by the hour weekly after electronic receipt of your invoice for your work. Pay is dependent on experience and specific duties and schedule. We take unpaid lunch break from 12-12:30pm. Free produce and eggs as available, discount on farm store our purchases.
Tasks and hours
- We generally work as a crew from 7/8am-5pm Monday-Friday. All team members may do varied tasks including:
- Field work (typically most in May/June and then about 1-2 days per week): seed starting, transplanting (typically behind a tractor as a team of three), weeding, trellising, end of season clean up, spraying, mowing.
- Spraying: we would like to schedule one person for 1-2 evenings per week to do backpack field spraying of crops (with non-toxic organic products mainly biologicals and minerals and micronutrients).
- Harvesting: typically Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays.
- Packing custom boxes: Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
- Animal care (depending on interest and skill in this side of the business; most work is typically done by owners outside of team work hours).
- Experience and interest in specialty areas on the farm such as flower bouquet making; tractor operating skills; are also helpful but not necessary.
- For someone interested in working on the farm but not able to perform the physical labor to the extent as needed for all tasks, we could have a position that includes lower impact activities (but still on your feet) mostly in an open building including: washing and sorting product, packing boxes and orders, labeling eggs, processing (canning/freezing) bounty for the owners, bouquet making, cleaning.
- Delivery driving work is on Tuesdays about 5am-11am (Chicago wholesale drop), Wednesdays about noon-11pm (Chicago home deliveries), and Thursdays (two routes at the same time) about 12:30-8:30pm (Michiana home deliveries). We like most workers to drive one delivery route per week unless we find a delivery driver specifically.
- Farmers market work is Wednesdays noon-11pm, Sundays 5am-5pm. Alternating schedule will be considered.
- Positions run roughly from May-October, with some flexibility in start and end dates.
Qualifications
Courteous & professional in all interactions with customers
Pleasant can-do attitude
Attention to detail and asks clarifying questions
Responsible and reliable
Able to work alone with good team communication
Efficient, quick with both hands
Quick learner
Driving: care for fueling vehicles and reporting any issues or concerns to owners, smart phone to use route app during deliveries, comfortable driving a medium to large size cooler van in the city or rural neighborhoods, skilled and safe driver.
Appreciation for local organic quality food is preferred
High school level math, reading and writing skills
Apply by submitting a resume and cover letter and references to [email protected]. Check us out at www.wildcoyotefarm.com and call (269) 277-3621 with questions.
