Job: Assistant Veggie Farmer

Do you love vegetables, herbs, flowers and greens? Bouldin Food Forest, a family-run, sustainable produce farm in Rogers, Texas, has plenty of all four. We are seeking an assistant farmer to help plant, cultivate, harvest, and prepare the organic food we grow to sell to grocery stores and the farmer’s market. The job includes:

  • Harvesting food with our team

  • Washing, sorting, weighing and packaging food for markets and stores

  • Assisting the farmers with starting seeds, planting, soil preparation, irrigation, light construction, and petting dogs

The ideal candidate is:

  • Outdoorsy. Comfortable working in outdoor conditions, agile and quick on his or her feet, with all manner of dirt, sweat, snakes, bugs and weather.

  • Adaptive. Farming and working with weather is unpredictable, so tasks may change at a moment’s notice.

  • Comfortable fitting into a system. Farming and food production is process-driven.

  • Somewhat familiar with farming, gardening or working in commercial kitchens. Preference will be given to candidates who can demonstrate experience in working with plants, gardens and physically challenging work environments.

  • All in. Not distracted by social media or texting. Always prompt, if not a little early.

The successful candidate has weekend availability and adaptability; candidates currently enrolled in school are not a good fit.

The job is 2-3 days per week, typically Saturdays and Mondays, year-round, from 7am-3pm with a one-hour break for lunch. The third day of the week is flexible.

We offer a light-hearted yet focused work environment. There are no PowerPoints, Zoom meetings, or anything that could have been an email. We’ve got all the dogs, sunshine and honeybees you could ask for.

We grow for supermarkets, restaurants, a CSA and the biggest farmers market in Austin.

This job is an opportunity to enjoy the wonders of nature, learn about sustainable, regenerative agriculture, see how food for people in your community is grown, and create beauty every day. Reliable transportation required. We require a can-do, GSD attitude and good boots.

Please no drop-ins. If you’re interested, please fill out our employment application.