Farm Crew Member

Grade A Gardens is hiring for the Farm Crew Member position in Earlham, IA. This hands-on role supports the operation's day-to-day production and care work. Reliable execution and early communication matter because the work directly affects plants, animals, equipment, coworkers, customers, or the surrounding property. What you will do • Seed, transplant, cultivate, irrigate, harvest, wash, pack, and store crops according to the farm's plan and food-safety procedures. • Use and care for assigned hand tools, wash-pack equipment, carts, and field equipment within training. • Monitor crops and communicate pest, disease, water, weather, quality, or harvest-timing concerns promptly. • Work across farm maintenance, seeding, planting, weeding, crop care, harvest, washing, packing, and other day-to-day production needs. • Pack CSA shares accurately and assist with delivery, farmers markets, and on-farm events as included in the employer's role description. • Use farm tools and equipment only within training and support soil-building, crop-quality, sanitation, and regenerative-production priorities. How the work fits together Farm priorities follow crop condition, weather, harvest commitments, and customer orders. The crew checks urgent irrigation and harvest needs first, then moves through field production, post-harvest handling, accurate packing, storage, and cleanup. Each employee's work affects both crop life and the quality customers receive. At Grade A Gardens, the employer also makes these role-specific priorities clear: Work across farm maintenance, seeding, planting, weeding, crop care, harvest, washing, packing, and other day-to-day production needs. Pack CSA shares accurately and assist with delivery, farmers markets, and on-farm events as included in the employer's role description. Use farm tools and equipment only within training and support soil-building, crop-quality, sanitation, and regenerative-production priorities. What the employer is looking for • Positive, engaged, self-motivated teamwork, strong problem-solving, and a real interest in local food, the environment, and agriculture. • Previous farming or equipment experience is desired but not required; the employer is willing to train a candidate who is ready to learn. • Dependable attendance, direct communication, and willingness to follow the employer's safety, quality, and customer- or production-care procedures. • Ability to complete the role's active, in-person work and to ask for instruction before using unfamiliar tools, equipment, products, or animal-handling methods. Schedule, conditions, and compensation The season runs approximately mid-March through October, with 40–50 hours per week in all weather and hours or days that can vary. The employer offers an experience-based competitive hourly wage, free organic produce, eggs and chicken, and access to land for individual farm projects, but states no numeric range. The employer does not publish a numeric wage range on this page, so no compensation has been estimated. Applicants should confirm the final hours, overtime treatment, starting assignment, travel or reporting point, supplied equipment, and benefit eligibility directly with the employer before accepting an offer. This is an in-person agricultural production position with a small operation. Daily priorities can change with weather, plant or animal condition, equipment availability, customer schedules, and the season. The successful person should arrive ready to work, communicate early when a task or condition is unclear, follow the employer's safety and quality procedures, and leave tools, vehicles, production areas, and job sites secure and ready for the next shift. Applicants should expect active work that may include long periods of standing or walking, bending, lifting, repetitive hand tasks, noise, dust, mud, pollen, heat, cold, rain, or work around moving equipment. The exact physical demands differ by assignment. Candidates should discuss any accommodation needs with the employer and confirm the final schedule, overtime treatment, training period, travel expectations, and benefit eligibility before accepting an offer. Only compensation and benefits expressly published by the employer are included here; unpublished terms have not been estimated. How to apply Use the Apply Now link on Grade A Gardens' 2026 job page or contact gradeagardens@gmail.com about the Farm Crew Member opening.