top of page

Open Positions

​​

Wild Fern Farm Field Assistant Position 

We are looking for energetic folks to join our farm team for the 2025 season! ​

​

Wild Fern Farm is a small, hand scale vegetable farm located in Kingston, NH that offers certified organic vegetables to the local Seacoast region.​ Started in 2021, Wild Fern Farm is located on leased land at the historic Bakie Farm in Kingston and is owned and operated by Liz Willey.  Wild Fern Farm consists of about 3/4 of an acre of cultivated land as well as an additional 2,500 square feet of high tunnel space. We are continually learning how to work on the land to increase and preserve soil health, encourage a biodiverse field ecosystem within and surrounding the garden as well as how to grow the most productive, nutritious vegetables we can for our community. We grow mainly April-December with some winter greens production. 

The farm is designed to stay small, efficient and at a hand scale. Which means the farm needs smart, energetic, hard working people to operate it!

​

Field Assistant Position:

Field work- doing a little bit of everything that relates to growing and selling vegetables; greenhouse seeding, transplanting seedlings, applying compost to beds, cultivating weeds from beds with hoes, hand weeding, trellising plants, harvesting. About half of the work we do. 

​

Harvesting, washing and packing: harvesting, washing and packing vegetables. About the other half of the work we do. 

Farm marketing- If you are interested, there are opportunities to manage CSA (vegetable subscriptions) pickup and/or the Saturday farmer’s market booth. 

​

Preferred schedule* 

April 7 - November 21 (start and end times flexible)

20-30 hours per week in April and November

7:00am - 3:30pm M-F, 40 hour per week May-October

Or 7:00am- 3:30pm Tuesday-Saturday, 40 hours per week

*We are small and somewhat flexible here, so we might be able to adjust scheduling to your needs. Please include time/schedule restrictions in your letter of interest. ​

Compensation: 

  • Compensation depending on experience, $17-19/hour

  • Weekly CSA vegetable share

  • $200 gear stipend

  • Full time employment perk (40 hours/week): 40 hours paid time off 

  • Limited time off available during June- September, more flexible time off in April, May, October and November.

​​​

​Some qualities/experience we are looking for you to have: 

  • You have a positive, energetic attitude, excited to learn new things and ready to receive feedback. 

  • You are able to receive and follow instructions on how to carry out tasks. 

  • You have experience working efficiently and quickly, perhaps in the service industry, landscaping or even farming!

  • You are contentious of time. 

  • You are able to work with your body and enjoy working with your body to complete tasks. 

  • You are able to remain in the same position for extended periods of time, such as standing in one place, squatting, or repeatedly bending over, etc. 

  • You are able to lift 30lbs. 

  • You enjoy working in all types of weather; sunny and perfect as well as cold and rainy, hot and muggy, buggy or windy. 

  • You have a strong appreciation for nature. 

  • You enjoy working in a team with others as well as working on projects by yourself (amongst the millions of other creatures surrounding you in the soil and fields!)

  • You have a strong attention to detail and consistency in your work. 

  • You have a strong work ethic and get satisfaction with a job well done. 

  • You love to interact with people (if you're interested in working the farmer's market or CSA pickup).

​

​If you are interested, please send a letter of interest and resume to Liz at wildfernfarmnh@gmail.com by February 24th. 

bottom of page