Are you looking for jobs in the area that deal with local food systems? Check out these opportunities below!
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Falkner Farms
Manager — Laying Hens
6 Days/Week — 3-4 Hours/Day
DESCRIPTION: Daily care for our 800+ laying hens. Requirements include feeding, watering, gathering, and washing eggs, paddock set ups, and moving hen houses
REQUIREMENTS: Must be a self-starter and problem-solver. Ability to drive tractor and can-am required. Position requires employee to lift and carry 50 pound bags of feed, along with stooping, squatting, bending, and other physical activity
To apply, email falknerfarmsms@gmail.com
Yokna Bottoms Farm
Flexible Hours (about 10-20/Week)
hourly Pay + Farm Food
DESCRIPTION: Yokna Bottoms operates 7am-noon on weekdays plus market hours; Learn everything from seed propagation, harvesting, planting, marketing, etc…
For more information, contact yoknabottoms@gmail.com
Farming opportunities
3 Acres available to farm, no rental fee for land use — great opportunity for beginning farmers!
LOCATION: Marshall County, just north of Abbeville in the Law’s Hill Community
For more information, contact JD Hewitt at (601) 941-3083
FREE Horse Manure no herbicides used in pasture + herbicide-free hay, must pick up!
LOCATION: Lafayette County, halfway between Oxford & Tula.