For information on how to post a farm job or internship go to: http://www.beginningfarmers.org/how-to-post-a-farm-job-or-internship/
This is the season for job postings and we have dozens of them from across the nation. There are simply too many to list here, but to see the latest job postings go to the homepage and scroll through the blog posts to find numerous job and internship announcements…
This Page is Organized as Follows:
1) Sites which list internships/jobs on organic (and other) farms; 2) Sites which list general agriculture and related jobs; 3) Links to listings of international ag. jobs
1) If you are interested in organic (and other) farming internships/jobs here are some great resources:
- The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA) has a great listing of Sustainable Farming Internships and Apprenticeships.
- North East Workers On Organic Farms Covers 8 New England & Mid-Atlantic states + Wisconsin.
- The NOFA New York Job Opportunities Page lists jobs on organic farms throughout the Northeastern U.S.; NOFA NY now also has an Online Apprenticeship Directory
- The NOFA Interstate Farmer to Farmer Exchangeoften has job listings for organic farmers and others.
- Rodale Institute Classifieds often list organic farming job opportunities.
- The Farm-Based Education Association’s Job Page lists all kinds of food and farm related jobs and internships.
- The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture has a Comprehensive List of Farm Apprenticeships. A great resource.
- BackdoorJobs.com’s Sustainable Living and Farm Jobs Page lists employment, internship, and volunteer opportunities throughout the country.
- World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) provides opportunities to work on farms worldwide .
- A Related resource is Organic Volunteers : http://www.organicvolunteers.com/
- HelpX is another good farmworker volunteer website: http://www.helpx.net/
- Idealist has info on all sorts of environmental jobs and volunteer opportunities: www.idealist.org
- The New Entry Sustainable Farming Project from Tufts University publishes a list of farm internships and jobs in Massachusetts at: http://nesfp.nutrition.tufts.edu/resources/employ.html
- Jobs and internships for Sustainable Food and Farming from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture (U-Mass) are available here: https://stockbridge.cns.umass.
- One final place you might find opportunities for work on organic farms is at PlanOrganic: http://www.planorganic.com/organic-company-jobs.html
2) Websites with Listings of Jobs in Agriculture
For information on seasonal jobs picking fruit and vegetables, check out PickingJobs.com.
Get Farmer Jobs allows you to browse for farm jobs by state: http://www.getfarmerjobs.com/job-seekers/job-search.php
AgCareers.Com is a good source for finding employment in a range of agricultural fields.
Agriculture Jobs allows you to search job boards, company career pages and associations for USA Agriculture jobs.
AgriSeek combines a worldwide news service with an interactive business directory and international online job market focusing on agriculture and related fields.
AgriSupport Online helps people looking for careers in agriculture.
You can also look at http://www.nationjob.com/ag for jobs in agriculture and related fields.
The Agri-Management Group has lots of farm related job listings at http://www.agri-man.com/
PickYourOwn.org has a great list of sites for finding agricultural work.
A good list of agriculture jobs can be found at http://www.bestsampleresume.com/find-agriculture-jobs.html
The Elite Farmer Website has a List of Ag. Jobs
For a list of Urban Agriculture Jobs, check out http://www.cityfarmer.org/jobs.html
Information on government jobs in agriculture and other fields can be found at http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/a9ag.aspx
Another great resource for environmental, non-profit, and some farm and food system jobs is Idealist. Worth Checking out.
Learn4Good has agriculture job postings in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Agriculture jobs on CareerBuilder.com can be found at http://www.careerbuilder.com/Jobs/Industry/Agriculture/?cbsid=b0bb0a0b91dd465aa783bc1efe8fcddc-308269989-RE-4&ns_siteid=ns_us_g_agriculture_jobs&&cbRecursionCnt=1
Find farming jobs listed on CareerGuru by clicking HERE.
For Farmers has a nice ag job search engine.
Find free applications and job listings for some of the nation’s largest Farm and Heavy Equipment Companies at http://www.job-applications.com/heavy-equipment-jobs/
Check out American Society of Agronomy Career Resources; Crop Science Society of America Career Resources; and Soil Science Society of America Career Resources
Another strategy is to look up the area you are looking for a job in on localharvest.org and contacting farms and businesses in the area to see if they are hiring.
The Farm Based Education Association has a Jobs Page. Find it here: http://www.farmbasededucation.org/forum/categories/job-postings/listForCategory?sort=mostRecentDiscussions
Also find sustainable food systems jobs at http://goodfoodjobs.com/ and http://jobs.oriongrassroots.org/
3) Information on International Jobs in Agriculture
You can find out about USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service at http://www.fas.usda.gov/ADMIN/jobs/jobs.asp
Employment opportunities with the Consulting Group on International Agriculture Research is available at http://www.cgiar.org/employment.html
A good list of international ag. jobs can be found at http://www.bestsampleresume.com/find-international-agriculture-jobs.html
A listing of international ag. jobs can be found at http://www.agriseek.com/jobs/e/Employment/z/International/
Agriculture jobs overseas are listed at http://www.jobsabroad.com/listings.cfm/interntypeID/138
The Ladders has a search engine which may help you find international ag. jobs at http://www.theladders.com/job-search||International-Jobs|Agriculture?l=30
Learn for Good has a nice listing if international ag. jobs at http://www.learn4good.com/jobs/language/english/list/agriculture_and_agricultural/
BASF often has a number of international ag. jobs: http://basf.jobs2web.com/key/international-agriculture-jobs.html
Juju lists agricultural jobs overseas at http://www.job-search-engine.com/keyword/international-agriculture
