About Vitruvian Farms: We are a Certified Organic vegetable and mushroom farm just outside of Madison, WI. Our produce is available at our farm store, through our online store with home delivery options, through our CSA program, as well as at area grocery stores and restaurants.  We are aiming to make a positive impact on the world by supplying our community with environmentally-conscious grown food.

The People: If you love food, farming, and relish the feeling of being tired, head to toe, after a great day of work, then Vitruvian is for you! We are looking for positive, motivated individuals with or without previous farm experience. Interested applicants should have good attention to detail, the ability to do physical work efficiently, and to spend long hours outside under the sun.

  • Compensation

    Vitruvian Farms is hiring a part time delivery driver for Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays. Position starts at *$20/hour!

    *Rate is combination of hourly rate and tips.

    Start & End Times

    Position is open for immediate hire for shifts on Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursdays & Fridays.

    You will be driving both a refrigerated extended cab van and a refrigerated Isuzu box truck. CDL is NOT needed.

    Start time is 8:00am. End times vary depending on size of delivery but will be between 6-8hr shifts.

    How to Apply

    Send resume, cover letter and your drivers’ license number to Marissa DeGroot at marissa@vitruvianfarms.com

    **We will run a driving history check prior to an interview to ensure a clean driving record over the past 3 years.

  • Compensation

    Vitruvian Farms has full and part time crew member position openings available for the 2024 season. Full time positions (40 hours per week) start at *$14.50/hour + a full CSA share (until the end of September). 

    Part time positions (range of 16-32 hours per week) also start at *$14.50/hour + a half CSA share (until the end of September). 

    *Rate is combination of hourly rate, tips and season completion bonus. Higher compensation negotiable for relevant previous farm experience and references. 

    Start & End Times

    Positions available for immediate hire. End times for seasonal work vary between late October and the beginning of November.

    Responsibilities

    Crew members will participate in local, sustainable agriculture through physical, hands on work on our farm.  Tasks include vegetable, mushroom and fruit management, greenhouse work, and orchard care.  We are searching for applicants who are willing to work indoors and outdoors as needed, work well with a team.

    How to Apply

    Send resume and a cover letter on why you want to work at Vitruvian to Shawn Kuhn at shawn@vitruvianfarms.com

  • Compensation

    Vitruvian Farms has part time farm store crew member positions open now.  Part time positions start at *$15.00/hour!

    *Rate is combination of hourly rate, tips and end of season bonus. Higher compensation negotiable for relevant previous farm experience and references. 

    Start & End Times

    Hiring for the end of August for Thursday and Friday positions. Start time is flexible but shift will include closing the farm store. End time will be approximately 6:30pm. Can be combined with weekday crew member hours as well.

    About the Position

    Farm store crew members will primarily work in our farm store. Tasks include: stocking, cashiering, customer service, and other general store tasks. Tasks may also include general tasks with our pack/fulfillment team.

    How to Apply

    Send resume and brief cover letter on why you want to work at Vitruvian to Tommy at tommy@vitruvianfarms.com

  • Compensation

    Vitruvian Farms has a part time mushroom team crew member position opening for the 2024 season. Position is Mondays-Wednesdays and starts at *$14.50/hour + a half CSA share (until the end of September). 

    *Rate is combination of hourly rate, tips and season completion bonus. Higher compensation negotiable for relevant previous farm experience and references. 

    Start & End Times

    Position starts end of May and can go through October or year round if desired.

    Responsibilities

    Mushroom team crew members will work in a small team to produce oyster, shiitake, lions mane, black kings, maitake and other specialty mushrooms. Production style is enriched sawdust block production. Mushroom operations are mostly indoors. Team members help with inoculation, block production, and harvesting.

    How to Apply

    Send resume and a cover letter on why you want to work at Vitruvian to Shawn Kuhn at shawn@vitruvianfarms.com

  • Compensation

    Vitruvian Farms has part time crew member positions open now.  Part time positions start at *$16.00/hour!

    *Rate is combination of hourly rate, tips and end of season bonus. Higher compensation negotiable for relevant previous farm experience and references. 

    Start & End Times

    Hiring immediately for both Saturday and Sunday hours. Position can be combined with a weekday crew member hours as well.

    About the Position

    Weekend crew members will participate in a combination role that includes: farm store crew member and field/mushroom crew member. Hours will be split between the two areas on Saturdays and more heavily weighted to the farm store on Sundays.

    How to Apply

    Send resume and brief cover letter on why you want to work at Vitruvian to Tommy at tommy@vitruvianfarms.com

  • We are looking for someone with prior experience on a small scale vegetable farm or market garden. Applicant should understand at least some of these basic vegetable growing practices: hand weeding, tilling, washing and harvesting vegetables, cultivating with hoes, transplanting, watering, pruning and trellising tomatoes, etc.

    Crew Leaders are overseen by the Field Lead and are responsible for working directly with and managing crew members in the field and pack room to weed, harvest, wash and pack vegetables for a CSA/Market/Wholesale organic operation. Applicant should be extremely reliable and excels at working with and training others.

    Position is full time

    Pay starts at $17.50/hour** (plus a full share CSA! Value approximately $690)

    **Rate is combination of hourly rate, tips and season completion bonus. Higher compensation negotiable for relevant previous farm experience and references.

    Must be able to work Monday-Friday. Ideal candidate starts in mid to late April. Position lasts through October for sure, with possibility to stay on through winter to next season.

    Responsibilities

    Transplanting, weeding, harvesting, washing vegetables, general field upkeep

    Watching over crew members, leading a small team

    Skills/Traits

    • Self-motivated

    • Excellent organizational and time management skills

    • Good interpersonal skills

    How to Apply

    Send resume, references and short paragraph or page on why you want to work at Vitruvian Farms to Shawn at shawn@vitruvianfarms.com

  • Description

    Vitruvian Farms is looking for a Farmers’ Market Manager for Sundays at the Monona Farmers’ Market. Shifts are from about 7:00am - 2:00pm running from early May through the end of October. This role can be in combination with a crew member position.

    Compensation

    Position pays $20/hour** Also included is a half share CSA (value approximately $380). 

    **Rate is combination of hourly rate, tips and season completion bonus. Higher compensation negotiable for relevant previous farm experience and references. 

    How to Apply

    Send resume and a short cover letter on why you want to work at Vitruvian to Tommy at tommy@vitruvianfarms.com

  • We are seeking someone for a junior management position on our farm. This position is year round with the opportunity to grow with our business. The Assistant Fulfillment Manager works directly under our Fulfillment Manager to manage our vegetable farm pack house activities, wholesale order logistics, retail farm store inventory management, and helps to manage several farm store and pack house crew members.

    Applicant should be extremely reliable as well as enjoy and excel at working with and training others.

    Position is full time

    Pay starts at $18.00/hour** (plus a full share CSA! Value approximately $690)

    **Rate is combination of hourly rate, tips and season completion bonus. Higher compensation negotiable for relevant previous farm experience and references.

    Position is full time. Willingness to work weekends is a plus but not absolutely required. Position is open now and is year round.

    Responsibilities

    Overseeing the washing and packaging of farm-grown vegetables and mushrooms. Helping organize wholesale delivery routes with optimization software. Managing inventory via computer software for our home delivery program and onsite farm store.

    Overseeing crew members, leading a small team.

    Skills/Traits

    • Customer Service Skills

    • Self-motivated

    • Excellent organizational and time management skills

    • Good interpersonal skills

    • Satisfactory computer skills

    • Managing staff members

    How to Apply

    Send resume, references and short paragraph or page on why you want to work at Vitruvian Farms to Shawn at shawn@vitruvianfarms.com.


Worker Shares

Filled for the 2024 season (reach out in February for 2025)

A worker share is work trade for a full CSA share (18 weeks of vegetables).  The commitment is about 4 hours of work per week, starting 2 weeks before the first CSA box (around mid-May).  The total hours required over the course of the season is 72, any remaining hours at the end of the season would need to be paid for on a pro-rated basis of the CSA.

The worker shares help with weeding, packaging produce, washing, farm clean-up, packing CSA bins or whatever else needs to be done that week on the farm.  You will be working with other worker shares and the farm crew members.

We are offering several 4 hour slots throughout the week.

  • Monday: 12pm-4pm

  • Tuesday: 8am-12pM

  • Wednesday: 8am-12pm

  • Thursday: 12pm-4pm

  • Friday: 8am-12pm OR 2pm-6pm

  • Saturday: 8am-12pm

  • Sunday: 8am-12pm

  • Sunday: 8am-12pm (Monona Farmers’ Market)

Please email tommy@vitruvianfarms.com to express interest and schedule an interview.


Farm Location

2727 US Hwy 51, McFarland, WI 53558