Before applying, first read and understand this entire page. Contact us if you have any questions.
Glade Road Growing is a small, family farm in Blacksburg. We grow certified naturally grown vegetables year-round as well as pasture-raised pork and poultry, and sell directly to the public through our farm stand and farm share. Besides ourselves, we hire 3-7 additional people to help us. Many of our employees return for multiple seasons. Our farm business provides a livelihood for our family and our staff, which we take seriously. Like most small farms, ours is a continual work in progress.
All our positions require the following:
- Positive attitude
- Responsible and reliable
- Teachable
- Committed
- Good communication skills
- Adaptable and flexible with necessary plan changes due to weather, market, crew dynamics, etc
- Excellent physical fitness, range of motion and stamina
- Physical strength to lift 40 lbs without injury to yourself
- Can maintain your own physical and mental health
- Awareness for safety of self and others
- Can work fast to set a standard for others
- Can keep busy and not be distracted by cell phone or the adjacent brewery
- Has reliable transportation to arrive on time every day
- Comfortable working around children (our own and those that visit during camps/tours)
- Comfortable working around our large farm dogs (no other dogs permitted on the farm ever)
- Note- we do not allow the use of earbuds during work
Benefits to working here (besides starting wages listed) include:
- Fun and positive work culture
- Home-made lunch provided (M-F, 12:30 pm)
- Free produce for you/your family’s home consumption
- Discounted farm meats available in staff freezer
- Discounted meals and drinks at Rising Silo Brewery (no alcohol use permitted during work)
- Wage increases and bonuses with proven competency
First, read and understand this entire webpage. Contact us if you have any questions.
The work is physically and mentally demanding, but rewarding as well.
Being available for the full time frame listed for each position is important to us. Do not apply if you are not available for the full time commitment listed with each position. We allow up to 7 pre-arranged days off on a case-by case basis.
Upon hire, we do a paid 2 week trial period. After the trial period we’ll do a review together with you on work performance and trainability and determine if employment will continue with you for the season.
If you’re interested in applying, please fill out an application here, specifying the specific position you are interested in. If you are applying for multiple positions, fill out a separate application for each one.
We do background checks.
Have ready 3 work references upon request.
Current Openings
Vegetable Crew Member
(full-time, seasonal, 40 hrs per week, June 3 – December 13, starts at $15/hr
Vegetable Crew Members are critical in the day-to-day workings of harvest, transplant, cultivation, prepping vegetables for sale and more. These are our most physically-demanding jobs and require stamina, constructive team-work and dedication, day after day, all season long. Our crew members work in small teams on the projects listed below:
- Bulk harvesting
- Daily harvesting needs
- Washing
- Packing
- Bagging
- Weeding
- Transplanting
- Trellising
- General farm tasks
- Help time tasks to establish benchmarks and record results
Check back for more postings throughout the season.
Thanks for your interest in being part of our farm!