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Farmers Market Staff Wanted

Looking for staff members with consistent availability May-October to set up farm’s meat & honey sales tent on Saturdays and Sundays in Chicago and Evanston area. Having your own vehicle is preferred. Our markets are in the Chicagoland area and access to this area is necessary.

Work duties include:

Work one or more Farmers Markets in Chicago, which includes picking up van to/from our warehouse, driving to market, set up/ tear down, selling product

Requirements:

Learn about our farming practices enough to be able to explain them to customers,
Be able to recommend how to prepare a minimum of 1-2 meat cuts from each farm animal,
Keep abreast with our CSA Share program options and events happening at the farm.
Experience with POS and using an iPad to make sales, and general customer service/animal raising skills a plus.
Experience working at farmer's markets and/or culinary skills also helpful.
Most importantly, must care strongly about animals, ecology, and rethinking our food system.

Work Timing:

Ability to work 1 market per week required, more availability is welcomed
Depends on farmers market time and day, but usually a 8-10 hour day per market
Seasonal work, sometimes off-season markets available

Compensation:

$15.85/hr
Extra compensation for use of car
Staff CSA share

Please fill out the below form and let us know a little about yourself!

Farmers Market Help - Application Form

Name

First Name

Last Name

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Do you have a vehicle and would you be willing to use it to carry products to the farmer's market? We re-imburse you for vehicle usage and can let you know details.

Have you worked at a farmers market before? If so for what farms or vendors?

Have you had our meat before? Or are you aware of different methods of raising animals for meat?

Do you have customer service experience? If so, where?

Do you work well independently or prefer to work as a team in customer service environments? Our markets are a mix of types of working environments, and often much of the work is independent, depending on which market you work at!

Please copy + paste your resume or work history here.