Farm Cart Sales & Guest Services

Who We Are

Shelburne Farms is an education nonprofit on a mission to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future. We offer transformative learning experiences to help educators and students create a better world. Our home campus is a 1,400-acre working farm located on the traditional, unceded and contemporary homelands of the Winooskik band of the Abenaki.

Shelburne Farms recognizes that justice, equity, and access are central to sustainability. We are committed to translating these values into action across the organization by improving equitable outcomes in our culture, programs, and services. Shelburne Farms is working to create experiences of belonging for all, including BIPOC, LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities, and people of all economic realities.

Supervisor: Farm Functions Chef

Employee Status
:

Seasonal, Full Time & Part Time hours

Pay rate
:$17 - 20/hour

Start & End Date
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May 4th
- October 31st (weekends only in May, early June, September & October; 7 days/week from mid-June
- August)

Schedule
: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm;
Schedule is determined in advance and coordinated by manager

Farm Cart operates from 11am - 3pm however the schedule reflects set-up and break-down times. You will need to be available to work weekends and holidays.

Occasional evening hours in July & August to support food at community events.

Shelburne Farms is an education nonprofit on a mission to inspire and cultivate learning for a sustainable future. Our vision is cultivating a healthy and just world rooted in stewardship and community through educational, farm-based experiences and programs. Our Farm Store is a part of our mission. It allows our visitors to experience our Farm products, discover other local farm-based goods, and learn more about our mission and campus offerings.

Our home campus is a 1,400-acre working farm located on the traditional, unceded, and contemporary homelands of the Winooskik band of the Abenaki.

• Engage youth and people of all ages in learning experiences that inspire them to build just, diverse, resilient, caring communities.
• Steward our working lands and heritage buildings as we embody values of place and community through caring for and sharing our natural, agricultural, cultural, and human resources.
• Collaborate with educators and other local, national, and international partners to advance education for sustainability worldwide.

Shelburne Farms recognizes that sustainability is central to justice, equity, and access. We are committed to translating these values into action across the organization by improving equitable outcomes in our place, culture, programs, and services. Shelburne Farms is working to create experiences of belonging for all people from historically marginalized communities and people of all economic realities. We are passionate about building and sustaining a diverse and welcoming working and learning environment for all program participants, guests, and team members.

As a Cashier, working alongside a Line Cook at the Farm Cart , you will share the food we grow and raise at the Farm while helping to strengthen our local food systems by serving delicious lunch and snacks to visitors.

Our Farm Cart is centrally located at the Farm Barn , where visitors can engage in hands-on activities with our farm animals and gardeners at the Children’s Farmyard and watch the cheese makers hard at work.

Cashier and Farm Cart support

• Engage with visitors, enter food and beverage orders through a Point-of-Sales system, bring meals to customers, and support Farm Cart Cook as needed.
• Maintain a clean and tidy space both inside the food cart and in the public eating areas including the additional indoor eating space (pipe room in Farm Barn).
• Set-up and break-down the Farm Cart before and after opening.
• Take inventory of supplies and restock each day.
• Remove rubbish from the cart and public eating area throughout the day.

Guest Services

• Greet and orient diverse audiences to the Farm Barn including day visitors from around the world,…