CT NOFA is proud to present our 43rd Winter Conference, featuring a series of virtual workshops on February 25-27 in the lead up to our full day, in-person gathering and celebration on March 1, 2025 at Eastern Connecticut State University, in partnership with their Institute of Sustainability.
Join us for NOFA-NH’s 23rd Annual Winter Conference, "Sowing Hope, Cultivating Joy," on February 8th, 2025, at Southern New Hampshire University, where inspiration flourishes amidst the chill of winter! This unique New Hampshire event is designed for farmers, gardeners, food system professionals, and organic advocates eager to delve into the power of hope and the joy of tending to our land and communities.
The Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) seeks an Enterprise Director to lead and support the enterprises of CAE and ensure alignment across operations. In 2024, CAE transported over $12.5 million dollars in local food from farm to market with Farm Connex, processed over 185,000 pounds of local produce through Just Cut, and supported 20 food businesses processing in our incubator kitchens at the Vermont Food Venture Center. This position will sustain and advance the regional agricultural economy by operationalizing strategic goals and optimizing resources to maximize program impact.
If you have financial acumen and budget management experience, 5 years of experience building and supervising teams, an aptitude for building metric and data systems, and are interested in joining a team to build food system resilience, we’d love to hear from you!
40 hours/week in Hardwick VT | Salary range: $80,000 - $85,000, based on experience | Generous benefits | Details and how to apply at www.caevt.org/jobs
Application Deadline: March 3, 2025
About Us
Karmê Chöling is a Shambhala Buddhist meditation center located in Barnet, Vermont. Established in 1970, Karmê Chöling offers mindfulness programs in a welcoming community setting for both new and experienced practitioners in Buddhist meditation. Our 460-acre property includes trails, retreat cabins, an organic garden, and a main building that hosts up to 60 residents and participants
Overview of the Role
The Landscape Assistant ensures that Karmê Chöling’s outdoor spaces remain vibrant and welcoming. This role focuses on sustainable landscaping and organic gardening methods. Working closely with the garden team, the Landscape Assistant tends to the property’s perennial and annual flower beds, trees, shrubs and lawns. Responsibilities include: assisting in garden design, balancing native ecology with local esthetics, seeding, transplanting, irrigating, and weeding existing annual and perennial flower beds, pruning trees and bushes, assisting with composting, and other general garden duties. This is a seasonal, full-time position running from April through September.
Qualifications
Experience with landscaping or horticulture
Knowledge of organic and sustainable gardening practices
Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
Comfortable with physical labor and repetitive tasks
Interest in meditation (working with one’s mind)
Flexibility with seasonal demands, including occasional weekend work
Position starts April 1, 2025.
How to Apply:
To apply, please go to our website under “Job Opportunities” and select “Apply Now”: https://www.karmecholing.org/about/jobs-volunteer/job-opportunities
Burnt Rock Farm is hiring for the 2025 growing season!
We are a year-round farm located in the mountains of Huntington, VT, situated 35 minutes from Burlington and Middlebury, and 45 minutes from Montpelier.
We are a production-oriented farm at a community scale, growing 25 acres of organic vegetables. We focus on fall storage crops, greenhouse tomatoes, sweet corn, and other summer field crops. We are specialized enough to be heavily mechanized, but diverse enough to keep it interesting (and well fed). Our operating goal is to grow a ton of food while being as easy as possible on our bodies.
We primarily serve local retail and wholesale customers, with ~80-90% of our crops sold within an hour radius of our farm. We also run a multi-farm CSA in the summer and our own Winter CSA in the cold months.
To augment our returning staff, we are hiring a few farm crew members for the ~April/May-November time period. There is the the potential for year-round work. Our crew works 7-3:30 during the hotter summer months, shifting an hour later during the shoulder seasons. Pay is competitive, and commensurate with experience. Responsibilities will include "general vegetable farm tasks," and include assisting with greenhouse seeding, greenhouse tomato pruning/trellising, transplanting, hoeing, harvesting, wash/pack, general farm maintenance, and potentially deliveries. Those with operating experience may have the opportunity to run some light and/or heavy equipment.
Start date is flexible at the front end of the season. Full time (35-40 hours/wk) preferred, though part-time work can be considered for the right person.
Email justin@burntrockfarm with any questions.
This one-day event provides a place to learn, gather, and kindle relationships in community with farmers, local food enthusiasts, land care professionals, advocates, elders, young leaders, and everyone in between!
In-person only, with access to workshop recordings after the conference.
While we’re in the depths of winter, at Cedar Circle Farm & Education Center (in East Thetford) we’re already looking ahead to the 2025 growing season—and we need YOU to be a part of it!
If you’re passionate about food, flowers, farming, and community, we’ve got a place for you on our team. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting out, we’re hiring for full-time, part-time, and seasonal roles across various departments: https://cedarcirclefarm.org/get-involved/employment
• Education Center: Summer Camp Director & Education Lead, Summer Camp Educators
• Annual & Perennial (A&P) Department - greenhouse and flowers: A&P Lead, A&P Full Season Team
• Kitchen: Kitchen Assistant, Signature Products Assistant, Prepared Foods Assistant, Vegetable Processor, Baking Assistant, Kitchen Helper, Dishwasher
• Farmstand & Café: Full Season Farmstand Crew, Summer Farmstand Crew
• Vegetable Production: Vegetable Production Lead, Summer Production Crew
• Multi-Department: Teen Farm Fellowship Lead (Veg/Edu), Farmer Field Rep (Veg/Farmstand)
• Development: Development Director
Curious to know what it’s really like to work at Cedar Circle? Don’t just take our word for it—hear from the incredible people who make Cedar Circle Farm & Education Center such a special place: https://cedarcirclefarm.org/blog/entry/join-our-farm-family-where-passi…
Questions? Send us an email at [email protected]!
Our farm is growing and we're looking to bring on a few part-time folks to join the team this year.
We're offering an opportunity to build-your-own position. You can choose between a few different roles to design the position that is a perfect fit for your schedule and interests. Job would start in early May and go through October. Love field work? Wash-pack? Working the farmers market? Pick and choose where you'd be happiest this season.
See the Join Our Team page on our website for more information on the roles, hours, and compensation. Here's a peek: $16-19 hour depending on experience. All the farm food and flowers you could want. Birthday treats. Gear stipend. Paid lunch and mid-morning break for full day work. Farmstand discount. Flexiblility and fun!
www.stonesthrowfarmstead.com/
Stone's Throw Farmstead is a half-acre certified organic market garden in Shrewsbury, VT. We're entering our third season and are gearing up for a exciting year of growth! We raise diverse vegetables, cut flowers, and a small flock of sheep for two weekly farmers farmers markets, a seasonal farm stand, flower CSA, and a handful of wholesale accounts. You'd work closely with the farm owners Jess (33) and Connor (31) and a small crew of delightful, fun folks.
We value producing high quality, nutritious, and inspiring food for our community in ways that leave this land better than we found it. We're a no-till, certified organic farm that embraces practices that steward the ecology of this land, build soil, and produce really good food for our community. Learn more by visiting the About Us and Growing Practices pages on our website (www.stonesthrowfarmstead.com).
Cheers,
Jess & Connor
NOFA NJ’s 35th Annual Winter Conference, New Jersey’s premier organic food and agricultural event, is heading to Asbury Park on January 25, 2025! Join us for a weekend filled with education, connection, and lots of local food as we highlight efforts to support Organic farming and local food systems throughout the Garden State.
