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Category Flowers
DescriptionPosition Purpose:
The Wholesale & Sunflower Harvesters will help in the larger Morning Glory Farm effort of growing and supplying year-round flowers and food for the island community of Marthas Vineyard. This position will assist in educating, training, and supporting the future flower farmers of our country.
Major responsibilities include harvesting for all wholesale clients of Morning Glory Flowers, assisting in the organization and delivery or pick up of all wholesale accounts, and helping to organize and manage the harvest, arranging and stocking of all Morning Glory Farm sunflowers. This position will also help to produce and grow all flowers grown at Morning Glory Farm including planting, weeding, and he;ping to manage all flower crops.
Reports To: Wholesale & Sunflower Harvest Manager
Work Schedule: Year-Round/ Full Time (Possible unpaid travel break during the months of December, January & February).
Hourly Wage: $17.00 - $18.00/hr. (depending on experience)
Location: West Tisbury Flower Farm (12 miles from Edgartown farm stand location)
Duties:
- Provide support to farm manager and owner by assisting in all flower farm efforts and generally be on the lookout for ways to help farm and support all staff
- Be knowledgeable and curious about flower farming and help in the education of our staff
- Effectively work with and maintain farm equipment, trucks, vans, tractors, gas tanks, shovels, weeders, fans, vents, thermostats, propane tanks, heat mats, wheelbarrows, grow lights etc. under the direction of the Wholesale & Sunflower Manager
- Harvest all sunflowers grown in various Morning GLory field locations
- Harvest all bi- weekly wholesale orders Wholesale & Sunflower under the direction of the Wholesale & Sunflower Manager
- Help Wholesale & Sunflower Manager direct Wholesale / Sunflower Staff in all work areas
- May be needed to work in or on other areas of the larger Morning Glory Farm such as but not limited to working in farm stand, kitchen, bakery, pack house or field in slower months.
Position Requirements - A background in Horticulture is preferred
- Equipment and maintenance knowledge is preferred
- A background in cut flower farming and or the floral industry
- Solid communication and analytical skills
- Strong attention to detail
- An ability to maintain confidentiality
- Adaptable-thrives in a constantly changing work environment
- Enthusiastic, creative team member-able and willing to participate in community life
Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time
WagePosition Wholesale & Sunflower Harvesters
Exempt/Non-Exempt Exempt
About the Organization Morning Glory Farm, started in 1975 by James and Deborah Athearn, grows about 65 acres of vegetables and small fruits on the island of Martha's Vineyard.
Small successive plantings of a wide variety of crops supply the Farmstand from May through December.
Crops include sweet corn, lettuce, carrots, beets, tomatoes, melons, potatoes, beans, squash, pumpkins, and more. Our herb garden supplies a full assortment of culinary herbs. We also raise four acres of cut flowers, and small plantings of strawberries, grapes, peaches, and beach plums.
We keep beef cows on pasture in Chilmark for which we harvest 45 acres of hay and we also produce eggs, pork and fresh, pasture-raised chickens to sell in the Farmstand. Twenty-three acres of our vegetable fields are farmed using natural practices and only OMRI certified fertilizers and pesticides. We manage the rest of our land with a minimum of pesticides and with attention to the long-term health of the soil.
The farm name grew from the vision of the sun rising over lush, green fields, cows with udders full of milk ambling past bountiful gardens and hedgerows lively with honeybees: true wealth of nature's glory.
Each year we meet a new crew of farmers, bakers, cooks, and Farmstand staff who become part of the farm family. The farm has benefited from a variety of wonderful people who have endowed Morning Glory with their own special contributions.
This position is currently accepting applications.