Come get your hands in the dirt and gain experience growing excellent food!
Are you wanting to get outside and enjoy nature? Do you love getting your hands dirty? Maybe you have tons of questions about growing your own food? Or maybe you have never grown a single vegetable in your life but want to start?
Volunteering is one of the best ways to do just that!
Volunteering is one of the best ways to do just that!
Come Volunteer with us!
When you volunteer your time and energy at Dayspring Farm you are a partner with us in our mission to provide rich healthy food for our community. All volunteers have free access to extra produce, plants and seeds that we have while you are here. No experience is needed and the only requirement is willing hands to help! Please contact us to see when a good time would be for you to come out to the farm. We look forward to seeing you soon!
When you volunteer your time and energy at Dayspring Farm you are a partner with us in our mission to provide rich healthy food for our community. All volunteers have free access to extra produce, plants and seeds that we have while you are here. No experience is needed and the only requirement is willing hands to help! Please contact us to see when a good time would be for you to come out to the farm. We look forward to seeing you soon!
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Looking for a steady farming work? You have come to the right place!
Dayspring Farm offers full time and part time Staff Positions seasonally and year around.
We are accepting applications for FULL & PART TIME POSITIONS Now!
Farm Staff / Employee Positions (Full-time or Part-time)
Positions are available for spring and summer time with the potential of year around employment.
Our Employee position offers experience in all aspects of farm life including but not limited to:
Employees are expected to work on average 40-45 hours each week, most work occurring between 7am - 4pm Monday-Friday. All farm staff eat lunch together once a week. Employees are welcome to eat any of the fresh food coming out of the fields and gardens at any time throughout the season. In addition to daily hands- on work experience, employees will participate in regular staff meetings and farm education discussions. Everyone has access to the farm library. Employees need to enjoy working outside and be able to deal with all the vagaries of the weather, especially the heat of Tidewater Virginia summers. They need to be in good physical condition and comfortable with physical labor. Those who are passionate about sustainable agriculture, and interested in developing basic skills of farming and market growing, will have a very rewarding experience. Employees are asked to refrain from the use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs while working at the farm.
Please contact us through mail or email with a letter of interest, resume, three references and we will setup an interview.
Thank you so much for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you!
For more information contact Charlie and Miriam Maloney
804-785-9401
[email protected]
Our Employee position offers experience in all aspects of farm life including but not limited to:
- Seeding and plant propagation
- Irrigation systems
- Bed prep/ compost /fertilizer
- Transplanting
- Weeding / Hoeing / Cultivation
- Trellising / Staking plants
- Pruning
- Mulching
- Organic pest management
- Harvesting
- Washing / Packaging Orders / CSA's
- Deliveries / On Farm sales
Employees are expected to work on average 40-45 hours each week, most work occurring between 7am - 4pm Monday-Friday. All farm staff eat lunch together once a week. Employees are welcome to eat any of the fresh food coming out of the fields and gardens at any time throughout the season. In addition to daily hands- on work experience, employees will participate in regular staff meetings and farm education discussions. Everyone has access to the farm library. Employees need to enjoy working outside and be able to deal with all the vagaries of the weather, especially the heat of Tidewater Virginia summers. They need to be in good physical condition and comfortable with physical labor. Those who are passionate about sustainable agriculture, and interested in developing basic skills of farming and market growing, will have a very rewarding experience. Employees are asked to refrain from the use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs while working at the farm.
Please contact us through mail or email with a letter of interest, resume, three references and we will setup an interview.
Thank you so much for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you!
For more information contact Charlie and Miriam Maloney
804-785-9401
[email protected]
