2026 Seasonal Farm Assistant

Red Wiggler Care Farm is hiring for the 2026 Seasonal Farm Assistant position in Germantown, MD. 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. • Support seasonal crop work such as seeding, transplanting, cultivation, irrigation, harvesting, washing, packing, and cleanup according to the farm team's daily plan and food-handling practices. • Work respectfully alongside staff, volunteers, and Grower Program participants, using clear instructions, patient teamwork, and appropriate boundaries in an inclusive care-farming environment. • Help prepare fresh food for the farm's CSA and community food-access programs, protecting produce quality and communicating crop, tool, weather, or workflow concerns to the supervising farmer. 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 Red Wiggler Care Farm, the employer also makes these role-specific priorities clear: Support seasonal crop work such as seeding, transplanting, cultivation, irrigation, harvesting, washing, packing, and cleanup according to the farm team's daily plan and food-handling practices. Work respectfully alongside staff, volunteers, and Grower Program participants, using clear instructions, patient teamwork, and appropriate boundaries in an inclusive care-farming environment. Help prepare fresh food for the farm's CSA and community food-access programs, protecting produce quality and communicating crop, tool, weather, or workflow concerns to the supervising farmer. What the employer is looking for • Genuine interest in farming, education, food access, or inclusive employment and willingness to contribute to a workplace grounded in respect, collaboration, sustainability, and hands-on learning. • Reliability for seasonal in-person work, comfort with active outdoor tasks, ability to receive direction and adjust pace or communication to the team, and care with crops, tools, and shared work areas. • 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 This is a seasonal 2026 position based at Red Wiggler Care Farm in Ovid Hazen Wells Park, 23400 Ridge Road in Germantown. The current opening does not state a numeric wage, weekly hour commitment, exact workdays, start and end dates, housing, paid leave, or insurance benefits. Applicants should review every instruction in the linked application and ask the hiring team to clarify these terms before committing. 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 Open the application linked for the 2026 Seasonal Farm Assistant opening, complete every required field, and submit it to Red Wiggler through that form. Direct questions about accessibility or the process to info@redwiggler.org.