Our team at Henny Penny is dynamic and diverse and our passion for what we do is apparent to our customers. Over the years we have had multiple interns come back year after year to continue their connection with the farm working in the fields or at the markets. When we asked them what they have enjoyed most about working at the farm they told us:
“I love working at HPF because of the hands-on, diverse work that I’ve been able to do. Everything I’ve been a part of feels like it works towards our message of sustainability- both animal and plant work!” —Caroline V.
“It’s been a pleasure to connect with and learn from my community!” –Ruby S.
Current Job Opportunities:
FARM MARKET WORKERS (Ridgefield and Lagrangeville)
We are looking for enthusiastic, upbeat people to join our market team. This person will be in charge of our market booth on Saturdays, either New Canaan, Ridgefield or Larchmont or our farm stand in Lagrangeville on Sundays. There is opportunity to run our Thursday Westport Farmers Market booth occasionally as well.
The ideal candidate is quick at absorbing information (learning a lot about our products and farm practices), is physically fit to set up & break down the market stand, and enjoys engaging with our customers while sharing knowledge of our products.
There are opportunities to grow, both in responsibilities, days and hours, within this role as well. This job is ideally suited for someone that can pick up their market items at our farm in Ridgefield, CT on the way to their market destination or is local to the Lagrangeville Farm Stand.
Pay: $18/hr with threshold bonuses for each market
Please submit a a resume and cover letter to contact@hennypennyfarm2015.com
FARM CREW MEMBER (LAGRANGEVILLE, NY LOCATION)
Job Description:
We are hiring for someone to particularly work with our chickens and turkeys. We raise about 300 turkeys from March through Thanksgiving. We are raising only 500 chickens in 2026 from March through early October. Once this position is filled we will increase the number of chickens again for 2027. This position will also be closely involved with sheep and pig grazing and management and experience with these animals is a plus. Generally the position is 6 days per week during peak season, on average 30 hours per week. In the winter season work transitions to 5 days/week.
Responsibilities include:
- Feeding and watering all chickens and turkeys
- Moving the mobile poultry tractors daily
- Moving the associated electric fencing as needed for grazing practices
- Monitoring general bird health
- Monitoring poultry grazing pastures
- Cleaning brooders
- Caring for young chicks and poults
- Loading grain silos as needed; this entails emptying 1 tonn of 50lb feed bags into the top opening of an IBC tote
- Maintaining cleanliness of equipment
- Keeping all poultry equipment organized and creating and implementing some additional storage systems that are needed
- general farm chores are also expected for all farm staff
- November through February the poultry work becomes less and then there is a period where there are no poultry on the farm. During this time, this team member transitions to help with basic farm maintenance and helps with the needs of our sheep and pigs.
- pay $20-24/hr depending on experience
The successful candidate will:
- Have prior experience with poultry
- Have keen observational skills
- Very good attention to detail
- a valid driving license and is comfortable driving a small pickup truck for trips to/from butcher
Please submit a cover letter and resume to contact@hennypennyfarm2015.com
FARM COORDINATOR RIDGEFIELD, CT
Hiring for someone to fill the part-time role of our Farm Coordinator. This role is a central role at Henny Penny Farm, that requires someone who has excellent and precise organizational skills, good planning and strategizing skills, and superb communication skills (both written and verbal).
The ideal candidate not only enjoys this kind of work but enjoys the less-than-conventional office setting here at a working farm. This role changes and evolves with the farm, so the ideal candidate will be adaptable with change. Currently the role entails:
Weekly work includes:
- Coordinating farm workers, interns and volunteers
- Monitoring inventory and prepping for weekly markets
- Maintaining our farm calendar and livestock planning
- General email/phone call communication
- Running farm store one day per week, Monday through Friday only
- Preparing and shipping orders
- Other general admin, tidying and filing
Monthly work:
- Running system reports
General work spread across the year:
- Managing livestock inventory and systems
- Managing camp signup process and camp preparation
- Managing Thanksgiving Turkey pre-orders and organizing pickups
- Coordinating CSA and Meat Share fulfillment process
- Customer and supplier communication
- Farm Membership administration
- Fulfilling all necessary documentation for upcoming farm markets
- Organizing tours and communication with inquiring schools and organizations
- Maintain and keep farm procedures and documentation up to date
Annual/Bi-annual work:
- Reconcile and coordinate inventory counts (2x per year)
- Year End process and reporting
Must have intermediate to advanced spreadsheet skills, ideally Excel.
Flexible hours varied across the year. Estimated average minimum of 12 hours per week.
Please submit a resume and cover letter
Internship opportunities
Interns learn about animal husbandry of sheep, chickens, pigs and turkeys and help with day to day farming activities. Interns also help with our environmental conservation projects as well as educational outreach. As a Tier 3 Certified Regenified Farm we work to continually improve our environmental stewardship as we feed our community and provide educational programming. Please note our internship is only being held at our 115-acre Lagrangeville, NY farm location in 2026.
