Company description

Sunshine River Farms is a mixed vegetable and fruit farm located in Whitefish, Montana. Our farm is located in the northwest side of Whitefish, less than 20 minutes from downtown, with the entire east side of property bordering the Stillwater River.  Property is 40 acres but growing area of orchard and vegetable production area is approx 3 acres (with room to expand in the future).  Infrastructure includes a 60’x30’ heated greenhouse, an 80’x34’ high tunnel, and indoor wash and pack room (including walk-in fridge).  Orchard and vegetable field is fenced to protect from animal pressure. There’s also a barn on the property which includes a tool and equipment storage room.  We farm with a BCS tractor and a Toolcat utility vehicle but otherwise rely on hand tools for much of the work

Our goal is to provide the community with local, responsibly grown food and develop a property that can benefit the local community.  We have been cover cropping the farmland for a couple years and plan to practice regenerative and organic farming, with some experimenting around various regenerative and permaculture concepts

We grow a large and growing variety of veggies and offer wholesale produce that we deliver to local restaurants and families.  We also sell at the Whitefish farmers market.  Some of our main crops include cut salad greens, leafy greens (salad mixes, kale, arugula), tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, garlic, squash, corn, and herbs, among many more!

 

Job description

 Full time position will be offered free housing on site.

Full-time farm hands will assist with all aspects of the farm operations including: field and crop planning and management; greenhouse management; irrigation; farmers market preparation and sales; customer service for clients and the general public; produce harvest, washing, packing, and delivery; infrastructure building and maintenance; and any other farm task as necessary.

Full-time positions will have the opportunity for some tractor work on both the Toolcat and our BCS walk-behind tractor.

Part-time positions will primarily focus on harvest, farmers market preparation, and field cultivation.  Part-time positions will support all aspects of farm operations as described above.

Full-time positions will work 40-45 hours/week with weekend availability required, hours may change depending on the season. Schedule will likely be Monday-Friday.  Our end times flex depending on what we need to accomplish.

Part time positions will work 8-25 hours/week with weekend availability required. Schedule will likely be largely on weekdays, harvest timing dependent.

We hope to find the best fit shifts and labor to match weekly work needs, which typically comes from trial and error.  Our shifts start as early as 7am in the heat of the season and end later in the day (on farmers market days especially).  We schedule shifts that range between 5 and 10 hours.  We would hope to adapt hours as much as possible with employee needs.

We expect our farm crew to work hard and also to take care of their personal needs. We take informal breaks and lunch as the demands of the day or our bodies require it. The crew is responsible for their own meals, although we will look to get into communal lunches as much as possible.  Any shift over 5 hours, farm crew is expected to take at least 30 minutes for lunch (unpaid).

Farm crew are welcome to unlimited farm seconds and some firsts, as supply allows.

 

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $15.00 - $20.00

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Deadline

April 30, 2025