Graders And Sorters, Agricultural Products
Employer
43090 City Park Road
Rushford, MN 55971
United States
Job description
Cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvest product. Workers should be able to lift 50lbs. Must have 3 months experience. The employer will furnish without cost all tools, supplies, or equipment required in the performance of work. All terms and conditions included in this job order will apply to all workers, domestic and foreign, employed under this job order.
Special Requirements
Featherstone Farm engages in a unique form of direct-to-consumer produce distribution (850 member community supported
agriculture - CSA - Program), which requires of employees a knowledge and judgment level significantly above industry standards.
This knowledge and judgment can only come from experience in the field and pack house. For example, employees will be required
to pick muskmelons 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 - no in the conventional 24 count leaf lettuce box - but in boxes of mixed
produce where they can easily be crushed or otherwise 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.