Farm Employment
Are you interested in getting into farming, but aren't ready to start up your own business? The best way to figure out if farming is right for you is by getting the practical experience of working on a farm. Our annual Farm Employment Directory lists a number of farms in Essex, Middlesex, and Worcester counties, and gives readers information about the farms and how to contact them for jobs.
Do you need farm labor?
Are you looking for new ways to advertise open positions?
Are you interested in mentoring beginning farmers in MA?
The New Entry Sustainable Farming Project (NESFP) is a partnership organization of Tufts University and Community Teamwork, Inc. that helps immigrants, refugees, native-born Americans, and other socially-disadvantaged individuals to become farmers in Massachusetts. NESFP offers a comprehensive training course, farmland access, and technical assistance to individuals interested in starting their own farm enterprises. We also assist individuals to gain practical farm work experience by connecting them to job opportunities on farms.
NESFP is continuing our efforts to develop and distribute a directory of farms interested in employing farm labor. Likewise, we also want to identify farmers interested in mentoring beginning farmers. If your farm needs farm labor and you would like to be listed in the directory, please take a few minutes to complete our online survey. The survey includes 10 questions and should take no longer than 15 minutes to complete.
We'll have the final directory posted to our website, and print versions will be distributed by mail to interested organizations and partners, service providers, employment agencies, individuals, we'll give it to trainees in our courses, and at various outreach events. Your response will be included in an online version of the directory that will be updated throughout the year. However, if you would like to be included in the print edition of the directory that will be distributed to employment agencies, service providers, and to trainees in our courses, please complete the survey before January 31, 2008. Look for copies of the directoryin March 2008!
You can access the survey online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=4Az3acVrJhp_2fGHxEJBvulQ_3d_3d.
Feel free to direct any technical difficulties, questions, comments, or concerns to our Farm Employment Directory Coordinator, Maura Beaufait via email at Maura.Beaufait@tufts.edu or by phone at 845-270-2853. Thank you for your interest and your time!
