Hiring: CSA Delivery Driver – Hart Farm

CSA Delivery Driver The CSA Delivery Driver works Fridays from 10am-5pm delivering CSA boxes to members’ homes in Western Franklin and Hampshire Counties. This position entails packing boxes, organizing boxes in the van, following an order list, understanding the delivery route and communicating with customers.  This position runs from June-October. Pay is $16/hr. This position […]

Come See What’s Cooking at Diemand Farm

Listening to Annie Diemand Bucci talk about her family’s Diemand Farm feels a lot like opening the door of their farm store – it’s like walking into a warm hug. The joy that Annie and her daughter, Tessa White-Diemand, express when they talk about feeding people and carrying on their family’s farming legacy is palpable, and that care shines through in everything they do.

Hiring: Field Manager – Needham Community Farm

The Needham Community Farm is hiring a Field Manager for 2022! The Needham Community Farm (NCF) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization comprising a very active volunteer Board of Directors, a seasonal Field Manager, a seasonal Program Manager, and a part-time Development Director. NCF’s mission is to deepen its community’s connection to nature, our food system, and each […]

Valley Bounty: Sweet Birch Herbals

“People have evolved with plants for thousands of years,” Hannah Jacobson-Hardy of Sweet Birch Herbals in Ashfield reminds us. “And herbal medicine is still the most used healing practice in the world.”

Through Sweet Birch Herbals, Jacobson-Hardy aims to keep her community rooted to the teaching, healing, and all-around wellbeing that local plants and herbs can provide.

Hiring: Organic Greenhouse Assistant – Windy Ridge Organics

Organic Greenhouse Assistant We are hiring for spring greenhouse production at our certified organic farm and edible plant nursery. Position primarily involves working alone, but in close communication with the farm owner and one or two other employees. The right candidate will be comfortable working solo and must have excellent observation and communication skills. 20-30 […]

Valley Bounty: Sawyer Farm

What does it mean to grow, sell, and eat food ethically? From when seeds hit the soil to when dinner hits your plate, what does that actually look like?

In our interconnected world, what’s “ethical” is complex and relative to where you are. Sawyer Farm in Worthington built their operation based on their understanding of ethical farming for their land and community and continues to reshape it.