E2L - Eat to Live Farm & Gardens

02/11/2022

In 2022, Stratton hopes to highlight opportunities in the agriculture industry to address inequities and food insecurity.

03/13/2021

Job opportunity
Cedillo's Fresh Produce is hiring CSA & Farmer's Market Support Roles at $15 an hour for 10 hours a week (for a total of 24 weeks beginning in May). These support roles will work five hours on Saturday supporting either the Plant Chicago Farmer's Market stand in Back of the Yards or Mercado de Colores stand in Little Village. Another five hours will be spend on Monday preparing and delivering our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Shares to community members.

QUALIFICATIONS
-There is no minimum age required to apply, but applicant must be able to demonstrate independence and ability to work 10 hours a week
-Reliable access to a car
-Some familiarity with food growing
-Able to carry atleast 30 lbs.
-Comfortable will physical labor for a minimum of 3 hours
-Comfortable with working outdoors with different environments and bees/insects
-Must speak Spanish and English
-Able to adapt to a quick moving environment and face challenges with creativity and solution based thinking

PREFERRED
-We will prioritize applicants from Back of the Yards, Englewood, & Little Village

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Cedillo's Fresh Produce is a family run farm located at 325 W 70th Place. Founder Juan Cedillo is a third generation farmer from Mexico and learned most of his skills from working alongside his father and grandfather. He is also a graduate from the Windy City Harvest Horticulture Program, where he l...