December 16, 2013
Read about Farmer Jess on a true winter harvest day, in this Star Ledger article. In Season: Taking on turnips By Rachel Weston Let’s face it, turnips get short shrift compared to some of the […]
WHAT IS A WORK SHARE?
Farm with us, get veggies.
ur work-share members come to the farm and work alongside us for a weekly three hour shift in exchange for the farm’s vegetables. For a work share position you will need to be in excellent health and good physical condition. You do not need any experience to qualify, just a willingness to commit to working on the farm each week.
Work shares are available to those accepted to the program. Work share farm members will commit to a weekly Wednesday or Friday three hour shift on the farm from May through November in return for a $45 credit to their CSA account for vegetables. Short season work-shares from June-August and September-November are also available.
To apply for work share, please email chickadeecreekfarm@gmail.com with your availability and emergency contact info. Please include your phone number so we can have a conversation to answer any questions either of us might have about the positions.
July 8, 2013
Chickadee Creek’s Farmer Jess is quoted in a recent Trenton Times article about the emergence of late blight on tomato crops in NJ! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ […]
February 12, 2013
Winter Flavors Of Food By Kim Palumbo Central New Jersey is home to numerous grocery stores: large chain or local mom and pop, certified organic or not-so-much, we’ve got you covered. With so many alternatives to […]
February 6, 2013
Chickadee Creek and Farmer Jess in the Feb issue of US1 Farm Living Is The Life: Jess Niederer by Michele Alperin Throughout the United States, about 30 percent of farmers were women in 2007, a […]
November 23, 2012
We are sincerely thankful for our members and customers who saw us through a great 2012 growing season. We will be at the Stangl Factory Farmers Market through December, and otherwise we’ll see you at […]
October 11, 2012
Check out Chickadee Creek Farm in this NJSpotlight article! After graduating from Cornell University with an ecology degree, Jess Niederer ditched the research lab in favor of a new workspace: New Jersey farmland. “I wanted to do […]
May 15, 2012
We’ve gotten through all danger of frost, so it’s time to plant our hearts out. Just before the rain we got in a second seeding of beans, more tatsoi and arugula, herbs, salad mix and […]
April 10, 2012
Spring came early this year! We’ve been busy. More pics will be up shortly to introduce this years fantastic farm apprentices Helen and Beverly! Below, see our lovable pup Tiller, huge sweet turnips, tillage operations, […]
March 14, 2012
Our shipment of Black Australorp chicks hatched on Friday March 9th and arrived on the farm on the evening of the 11th. Here they are in action in their brooder: Their job on the farm […]