Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Job DutiesStart Date: 03/23/2026End Date: 12/08/2026Work hours: 40 hours/week, Monday - Friday, 8 hours/day, 7:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.Must Apply By: 08/01/2026Job Duties:Worker will manually plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables and fruits. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning tools, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers, transplanting, direct seeding, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops, applying pesticides, harvesting, cleaning, grading, sorting, packing and loading harvested products from the field. May also participate in irrigation activities and greenhouse/ high tunnel production.The employer will furnish without cost all tools, supplies, or equipment required in the performance of work. All terms and conditions include in this job order will apply to all workers, domestic and foreign, employed under this job order.Eight (8) hours of work per day is normal. The worker may be requested but not required to work more hours per day and/or on the Sabbath or Federal holidays on a volunteer basis. Due to changing environmental, crop, and harvest conditions employees may be on call and available to work up to 16 hour days 7 days of the week on a volunteer basis.Minimum Education RequiredNone. No High School Diploma or GED required.Minimum Experience RequiredMust have at least 3 months experience.Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs., unassistedJob will require exposure to extreme temperatures.Extensive pushing and pulling is required.Extensive walking or sitting is required.Frequent stooping or bending over is required.Repetitive movements are required.This employer engages in a unique form of direct-to-consumer produce distribution (1000+ member community supported agriculture (CSA) program), which requires of employees a knowledge and judgement level significantly above industry standards. This knowledge and judgement can only come from experience in the field and pack house. For example, employees will be required to pick cantaloupe within a narrow range of ripeness standards (unlike conventional melons which are picked and shipped green.) They will be required to pack highly perishable salad crops not in a conventional 24 count leaf lettuce box, but in boxes of mixed produce where they can easily be crushed or damaged. They will spend large amounts of time grading heirloom tomatoes for ripeness, cosmetic and structural defects and suitability for delivery to very high-end customers. This skill alone can take weeks to develop, even for an employee who has months or even years of experience.ShiftFirst (Day)Number of Openings29Public Transportation AccessibleNoVeterans Encouraged to ApplyYesPhysical RequiredNoDrug Test RequiredNoCompensation$19.33 - $24.00 / HourlyAdditional CompensationThe employer in their sole discretion may pay more than the hourly wage rate, up to $24.00 per hour, based on an employee’s tenure working for the employer, satisfactory attendance and disciplinary record, demonstrated safe operation of trucks and equipment, and other nondiscriminatory factors.Employees will be compensated overtime rates pursuant to state and federal laws. As required for all workers in Minnesota, hours worked in excess of 48 hours in a work week will be paid at the rate of 1.5 times the regular rate of pay.Postal Code55971Place of WorkOn-siteRequisition IDH-2A#26-227Job TypeFull TimeJob BenefitsEMPLOYER ASSURANCES: Work guaranteed for 3/4 of contract period, starting with date of arrival at work site. Employer provides free housing for workers whose residence is beyond normal commuting distance. Employer pays inbound transportation and subsistence to work site upon 50% completion of work contract for workers whose residence is beyond normal commuting distance. Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of at least $16.28 per day during travel to a maximum of $68.00 per day with receipts (Updated 03/24/2025). Required work-related tools and supplies provided free of charge by employer.Effective Jan 1, 2024, per MN State Statute, an employee will earn one hour of paid sick and safe time for every 30 hours worked, up to at least 48 hours of accrued Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) per year, provided the employee works a minimum of 80 hours in a calendar year.Application InstructionsSend resume listing experience to:MN DEED/FLCAttn: H-2A#26-227180 E. 5th St., Suite 1200, St. Paul, MN 55101FAX: 651-297-7722EMAIL: CALL: Mary Garcia 651-259-7513Must have proof of legal authority to work in U.S.

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