Happy Hollow Farm, LLC

If you're interested in applying for a position, please (1) download and complete the application, (2) email your application, cover letter and a copy of your resume to:Liz Graznaklizgraznak@happyhollowfarm-mo.com This is a production farm. While all farms are subject to the vagaries of unpredictable weather and mechanical breakdowns, I have put years of experience, thought, and planning into shaping methods that work. I am organized with my time, my tools and the daily operations of the farm. You’ll work hard here, but your work won’t be wasted. If you want to learn how to raise vegetables and ornamental cut flowers on a small-mid scale vegetable CSA farm, you’ll see an example of a system that is profitable & that works. Depending on skill level and interest, employees will share the responsibilities of farmers market days (Saturdays).  Farming is not a 9-5 Monday thru Friday Job.  It takes 7 days a week to run a farm.  You may work week days or weekends depending on the tasks that are required during specific times of the year.  For 35 weeks of the year (April thru December), I follow a weekly harvest & delivery schedule for the CSA & multiple farmers markets.  On Tuesdays and Fridays the entire crew typically works most of the day harvesting and washing produce.  That produce is stored overnight in our coolers, and on Wednesday's CSA shares, wholesale and online orders are delivered to Columbia where they are distributed to our members.  On Wednesdays & Saturdays I sell at a large farmers market in Columbia, MO as well as distribute CSA shares at the market.  On Wednesday afternoons and Thursdays the crew focuses on sowing seeds, weeding, transplanting, trellising and other various farm tasks. When hiring people to help work at the multiple farmers markets that we sell at, experience is definitely not the first thing I look for; what I do require are a willingness to work hard, learn what I have to teach and all the while enjoy what you are doing!  Selling at markets requires someone who is gregarious, enjoys talking to strangers, is energetic & enjoys a fast paced atmosphere.  Our farmers markets take place on Saturday mornings and during the main growing season (May - September) on Wednesday afternoons/early evenings. Our ideal Farmers Market Employee is: