Full-Time Field Crew Position – URBAVORE Farm

Last Updated On: October 20th, 2026 at 01:58PM MST

Internship information

General Farm Description: Urbavore is a "full-circle urban farm" that powers their crop fields with recycled food waste from the KC metro!! Our no-till, compost enhanced farming system utilizes regenerative practices to produce high quality veggies, fruits, herbs, cut flowers, pastured eggs, and pork products. • Urban Locale: 7 miles from downtown Kansas City • Full circle food system: collecting food scraps from the KC Metro and turning them into nutrient-dense compost which is applied to our fields as our ONLY source of fertility • Excess compost donated to area farms, school gardens, and not-for-profits • CSA Shares are delivered to Compost Customers while their food waste is simultaneously picked up • 100 plus member CSA is complimented by on-farm sales, farmers’ market, and wholesale • Farmers have a particular interest in native plants and ecosystem restoration which can be seen throughout the 13.5 acre landscape

CRAFT Member Farm? No

Internship Starts: March 2027
Internship Ends: November 2027 (with ability to come back next year or pick up limited winter hours)
Number of Internship Available: 3
Application Deadline: January 15
Minimum Length of Stay: Full season commitment ONLY

Internship Details:

URBAVORE has 3 full-time field crew positions available for the 2027 growing season. These positions require GRIT, RELIABILITY, COMMON SENSE, PASSION, and good ol’ fashioned HARD WORK.

Season Length – March though November (may be opportunities to stay on through the winter AND definitely opportunities to come back next season!)

Full-Time Schedule – 40 to 45 Hours per week, typically Monday thru Friday 8am to 4(ish)pm

Pay – $15 – $18 per hour depending on experience

Extra Incentives –
Lots of FREE PRODUCE (both leftovers and seconds) plus minimally damaged eggs and pork products
UNLIMITED COMPOST, free leftover garden transplants, and ability to borrow tools and other equipment for your own garden site!

Minimum Expectations – 1 YEAR prior farming experience preferred. Must be able to comfortably lift 50 pounds, must be physically agile and able to withstand long/laborious hours in extreme cold & heat, must be ENGAGED and thoughtful – able to connect dots and understand nuanced instruction, must be detail-oriented and able to excel at both heavy grunt work & sensitive tedious activities, must be respectful to a diverse group of farmers & co-workers, must be PUNCTUAL and RELIABLE

Bonus Skills – Experience working outside (former farm experience is a major PLUS), experience with small equipment (push mowers, weed whackers, etc.), comfortable driving trucks and backing in, basic building skills, experience with heavier equipment like commercial mowers & skid steers

Type of Work – Intense no-till veggie production and specialty perennials (strawberries asparagus, blueberries), greenhouse seeding, field bed prep, broad forking, mulching, compost spreading, transplanting, direct seeding, harvesting, washing, packing, market prep, WEEDING, pastured poultry management (feeding/watering/egg collecting/moving to new pasture), egg cleaning, pastured hog management (moving to new pasture, giving belly rubs), orchard maintenance, general farm maintenance like mowing/edging/fence clearing, and opportunities to work our weekly CSA distribution, go to market, or make restaurant deliveries

Educational Opportunities: *See "internship description"

Skills Desired: *See "internship description"

Meals: No, but workers have access to produce and certain farm products.

Stipend: Paid Position: $15 to $18 per hour depending on experience

Housing: Not formally, but there are rental opportunities available in the neighborhood and possible housing across the street from the farm, plus rustic accommodation on-farm. *Our urban locale has diverse housing options available.

Contact information

Farm Address:
5500 Bennington Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri, 64129

Primary Contact: Brooke Salvaggio
Secondary Contact: Dan Heryer

Primary Phone:
    Type: Cell
    Number: (913)522-3458
    Email: brooke@urbavorefarm.com

Secondary Phone
    Type: Cell
    Number: (913)522-3458
    Email: dan@urbavorefarm.com

Website: https://www.urbavorefarm.com

Website: https://www.compostcollectivekc.com

Preferred method of Contact: email