Field Hand Job at Blue Moon Acres, Pennington, NJ

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  • Blue Moon Acres
  • Pennington, NJ

Job Description

Blue Moon Acres is a 35-year-old Certified Organic farm looking to hire a highly motivated, intellectually curious and physically fit individual for help primarily around the production of this season’s rice crop. Duties include operation of equipment (training can be provided) soil prepping, planting, fertilizing, irrigation, weed control, harvesting, bagging, milling, etc. Other duties will likely include composting, soil health analysis, truck driving, simple equipment repairs and whatever else might pop up. It’s a challenging job but you will, in a single season, come away with a good understanding of what it takes to build a healthy soil that can grow crops that are both nutritionally superior and disease and insect resistant. Wage commensurate with level of experience.

Who we are:

Blue Moon Acres is a 30+ year old Certified Organic farm specializing in microgreens, salad greens, and specialty produce. We place high importance in our composting and soil health which we believe leads to nutritionally superior crops which are disease and insect resistant. 

Who you are:

A highly motivated and intellectually curious person who enjoys manual labor in all weather conditions. Special consideration to those who know how to operate farm equipment and box trucks, but training can be provided. 

About the position:

We’re looking for a person to help with this season’s rice crop. It’s a challenging job but you will, in a single season, come away with a good understanding of what it takes to build a healthy soil that can grow any crop. 

This position would include all aspects of rice growing including:

  • Soil prep.
  • Planting.
  • Fertilization.
  • Weed control.
  • Irrigation.
  • Harvesting.
  • Bagging.
  • Milling.

Other farming aspects:

  • Composting.
  • Soil health analysis.
  • Truck driving.
  • Simple equipment repairs.
  • Other projects as assigned by the owner.

More on benefits and considerations:

This is a full-time position on our Pennington, NJ farm. Hours will be discussed in the interview, but vary depending on the season.

All full-time employees are eligible for vacation, sick, and holiday pay that will be discussed in the interview. Health insurance is also available. 

Hourly pay starts at $18. If you already have farming and equipment knowledge, the starting pay will reflect your experience. This can be further discussed at the interview.

About Blue Moon Acres:

Blue Moon Acres is a 30 year old family-run farm located in the heart of beautiful Bucks County, PA and in Pennington, NJ. Throughout the years, owners Jim and Kathy Lyons have remained dedicated to growing the highest quality produce with the least amount of environmental impact.

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Holiday work, Full time,

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