Garden Team Member (Part-Time)

Ashbourne Farms•La Grange, IL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

We are proud to offer a unique approach to community support by creating an eco-system that promotes community building, food quality, nutrition, public health, education, and greenspace. Urban gardens create healthy, delicious food, but they also bring people together to share common interests. The overall wellbeing of a community is benefited by increasing its capacity to create an environment that truly sustains its residents. The Haymarket inspires change in the food system and addresses environmental, health and economic challenges. The vision is to catalyze a sustainable food culture that supports a thriving regenerative food and farm economy. We build our vision on this relationship of food and farm to activate critical areas with the potential to influence ecological and human health, farm viability, and other elements of thriving food systems. Haymarket’s garden team combines a range of responsibilities focusing on diversified crop production and propagation of annual vegetables, flowers, and herbs as part of a four-season production opration. We have an immediate opening for a Garden Team Member to join our dynamic team! This position will have a team of direct reports and will report to the Gardener.

Requirements

Prolonged standing, bending, stooping, twisting, heavy lifting and repetitive hand and wrist motion
Work in hot, cold, and wet conditions with hazardous equipment.
Must be able to lift 35 pounds.
Ability to work independently and with a team

Responsibilities

Operational tasks associated with hoop-houses and garden soil preparation, planting and crop production as directed by Gardener’s workflow plan
Maintenance of greenhouse, hoop-house and wash/pack infrastructure and associated systems (irrigation, tools & equipment)
Assistance in operational needs associated with propagation and wash/pack
May be required to operate general and specialized equipment including utility vehicles and tractors with attachments such as loaders and other specialized equipment; fertilizer spreaders, sprayers; etc...
Utilizes hand and power tools to complete assignments including chain saws, weed-eaters, blowers…
Routinely inspects equipment and provides maintenance when needed
Ensures delivery vehicles are clean and well maintained
Fulfillment of CSA, wholesale, and farmers market orders
Follows all safety guidelines
Performs other duties as required or requested
Completes job responsibilities and performance objectives in a timely and effective manner and in accordance with policies and procedures
Maintains a positive working relationship with all company employees.
Promotes a cooperative and fair working environment to maximum employee morale, productivity, and efficiency