Summer Field Crew: Six Dutchess Farm

Six Dutchess Farm is hiring one part-time field crew member for its 2026 summer season in LaGrangeville, New York. The 2026 Summer Field Crew position covers field and tunnel crop production, flower harvest, post-harvest handling, and packing. The role pays $20 to $22 an hour based on experience and starts immediately, with the listed summer season running through September 2026.

Work requires at least 20 hours across 3 days each week, with Monday-Saturday availability and typical shifts of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Six Dutchess Farm grows specialty cut flowers on a 12-acre farm with about 4 acres in flower production, high tunnels, and enclosed indoor winter-growing space. Flower growers connect crop planning to harvest, packing, and market timing, while seasonal farm roles keep those tasks moving.

Applicants who are dependable, organized, observant, and willing to work in changing weather match the role's stated needs.

Employer:

Six Dutchess Farm

Location:

227 Dorn Road, LaGrangeville, NY 12540

Pay: $20 to $22 per hour, based on experience

Employment type:

Part-time

The field crew handles bed preparation and turnover, soil sampling, planting, fertilizing, weeding, pruning, deadheading, irrigation, flower harvesting, and post-harvest handling. Packing work prepares flowers for retail, wholesale, CSA, and farmers-market sales, while cleaning and tool sanitation keep the work areas ready for the next harvest. Crop work changes as plants move from establishment to harvest. Post-harvest handling then protects quality through clean containers, careful sorting, hydration, bunching, cooling, and packing.

The NC State Extension program covers field and greenhouse production, high tunnels, soil fertility, weed management, and postharvest resources.

Bed preparation, soil sampling, planting, fertilizing, weeding, pruning, and irrigation.

Flower cutting, post-harvest handling, cleaning, and packing.

Retail, wholesale, CSA, and farmers-market orders.

Six Dutchess Farm is farmer-owned and family-run. Its agricultural focus includes specialty-cut flowers, Gotland sheep wool, and raw honey, so the operation extends beyond the flower rows. The flower acreage includes tulips, lisianthus, dahlias, lilies, heirloom chrysanthemums, perennial flowers, shrubs, and premium annuals. Field production, high tunnels, and enclosed indoor winter-growing space give the crew different crop environments to maintain across the year.

The farm sells at year-round farmers markets in Beacon and Cold Spring, seasonal markets in Pawling and Pleasantville, floral-trade wholesale, a local flower CSA, and on-farm floral events. The LaGrangeville flower crew works across these channels as harvest and packing needs change. Market preparation links crop condition to the requirements of each outlet. Wholesale and CSA orders require accurate quantities and dependable packing, while farmers markets and floral events add customer-facing deadlines.

Specialty cut-flower work also uses crop planning, records, and market selection to track labor and production decisions. Cornell Cooperative Extension covers those production, marketing, and record-keeping connections.

The role requires daily strenuous work, heavy lifting, repetitive grasping, prolonged standing, bending, squatting, and walking on uneven ground. Crew members work in hot, cold, rainy, sunny, and snowy conditions, and early-morning work before dawn can be part of the summer schedule. A dependable crew member arrives on time, notices crop and order details, works independently and with others, and follows direction.

Previous farm experience is preferred but not required, while physical or service-work experience can provide a useful base for the pace and repetition of field work.

A valid driver's license, a vehicle, and the ability to manage the farm commute.

Dependability, punctuality, adaptability, organization, observation, and time management.

Outdoor weather changes, early starts, strenuous movement, and uneven ground.

• Workers receive workers' compensation, a $250 annual education stipend, a paid 30-minute lunch, paid breaks, gloves, protective eyewear, and equipment.
• Take-home flowers are available most weeks.

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