Farm Crew Member
About the role
Humble Umbel Farm is a two-acre vegetable and flower farm outside Hillsborough, NC, started by farming couple Anna and Brian in 2018. We specialize in year-round production of high-value crops, including lettuce, salad greens, root vegetables, herbs, microgreens, and cut flowers, as well as high tunnel tomatoes, cucumbers, and various other seasonal vegetables. We grow about 40 types of vegetables and 30 types of flowers, and sell our products primarily at local farmers markets. Besides ourselves, we typically employ four year-round full-time staff members, as well as a few part-time market assistants. We manage our farm intensively using “market garden” tools and techniques, specialized hand tools, a BCS walk-behind tractor, high tunnels, sprinklers, and various season extension strategies to extend harvests through hot summers and cold winters. We are passionate about crop quality and nutrient density, and our farming approach involves the use of progressive organic and biological techniques and materials, always striving to grow healthy plants that are immune to pests and diseases, and contain all the vitamins, minerals and medicinal components that plants should have. It is our mission to demonstrate that small-scale ecological farming can be productive, efficient, profitable, fun, meaningful, and play an essential role in local communities in terms of providing healthy food, developing resilient farming systems, contributing to the local economy, educating the public, all while building soil and taking care of the land. We are hiring one full-time year-round farm crew member position starting December 2026.
Responsibilities
- Greenhouse seeding
- Bed preparation
- Spreading compost
- Planting
- Weeding
- Irrigation
- Crop removal
- Trellising
- Harvesting vegetables and flowers
- Washing and packing produce
- Bunching flowers
- Selling at farmers markets
Requirements
- Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs
- Ability to stand or squat for extended periods
- Strong interest in learning about vegetable