Copia Farm is hiring for a high-responsibility, hands-on weekend role that supports both farm operations and the farm store.
This is not a casual weekend helper position. We are looking for a steady, capable, physically strong person who can help keep the farm moving when the work gets heavy, unpredictable, hot, muddy, or urgent.
This role is a mix of livestock care, egg handling, farm problem-solving, equipment work, delivery/loading support, backup dairy milking, and occasional farm store support. The right person is rugged, practical, calm under pressure, and able to move between different kinds of work without needing constant supervision.
This is a great fit for someone with real farm experience who likes honest work, notices what needs to be done, and takes pride in being useful wherever the farm needs them most.
Schedule
Primary need:
Saturday and Sunday availability required
Additional weekday hours may be available for the right person.
Possible schedule may include:
- Saturday and Sunday farm operations coverage
- Backup dairy milking shifts
- Egg collection and packing days
- Occasional store support during busy periods
- Additional project or farm work as needed
What You’ll Be Doing
This role may include:
- Collecting, washing, packing, and moving eggs
- Working outside in summer heat, winter cold, rain, mud, and changing weather
- Caring for poultry and supporting egg operations
- Helping care for approximately 60 hogs in wooded/forest pasture
- Feeding, watering, bedding, and checking livestock
- Identifying and responding to broken water lines, poultry nipples, hog nipples, fencing issues, and other farm problems
- Driving tractors or farm equipment if experienced and approved
- Moving heavy loads of milk, eggs, crates, feed, bedding, supplies, and farm products
- Loading and unloading trucks, vans, coolers, and storage areas
- Serving as a backup dairy milker when needed
- Helping with general farm cleanup, repairs, and weekend chore coverage
- Supporting the farm store when needed, including stocking, lifting, cleaning, carrying products, and helping during heavy customer flow
- Filling in wherever the farm needs an extra capable set of hands
This Role Requires
We need someone who can:
- Work hard physically and safely
- Lift 40–50 lbs repeatedly
- Stay steady in heat, cold, rain, mud, and outdoor farm conditions
- Work independently without being managed moment-to-moment
- Notice problems early and communicate clearly
- Follow directions closely
- Make good real-time decisions
- Handle animals calmly and confidently
- Shift between farm, livestock, eggs, dairy, and store work as needed
- Stay productive even when the day changes
- Take responsibility for the work, not just wait for instructions
We’re Looking for Someone Who Is
- Extremely reliable
- Physically capable and hardworking
- Calm, practical, and steady
- Experienced around livestock or farm work
- Comfortable with repetitive lifting, cleaning, packing, hauling, and outdoor labor
- Not afraid of manure, mud, heat, cold, broken things, or hard days
- Able to work with animals respectfully and confidently
- Willing to learn our systems and regenerative practices
- Honest, responsible, and trustworthy
- Adaptable and useful in many areas of the farm
- Someone who takes quiet pride in doing hard work well
Experience That Is Helpful
Helpful experience includes:
- Livestock care
- Dairy milking
- Poultry or egg operations
- Hog care
- Tractor or equipment operation
- Farm maintenance
- Fencing or water system repairs
- Loading/unloading trucks
- Warehouse, landscaping, construction, feed mill, or other physical work
- Farm store, retail, or customer service experience
Dairy experience is a plus, but not required for the right person. Reliability, strength, judgment, and attitude matter most.
Very Important
This position is physically demanding.
You may be working outside in the heat collecting and packing eggs, checking hogs in the woods, hauling crates, fixing water issues, unloading milk, helping in the store, or covering an unexpected farm need.
We need someone who can handle real farm work and stay calm when plans change.
If you prefer light, predictable work, this is probably not the right fit. If you like being useful, staying busy, solving practical problems, and helping a farm run well, this could be a great role.
Pay: $25.00 - $32.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Application Question(s):
- How far do you live from Copia Farm?
- Are you able to reliably work weekends?
- Tell us about your farm, livestock, equipment, or other physically demanding work experience.
- Do you have experience driving tractors or farm equipment? If yes, describe.
- Do you have experience milking cows or working around dairy animals?
- Tell us about a time you had to solve a practical problem on a farm, job site, or in another hands-on work setting.
- This role may involve farm work, egg packing, livestock chores, backup dairy milking, and farm store support. Are you comfortable moving between different kinds of work as needed?
Work Location: In person
