Farmer’s Market Meat Salesperson
Anavery Fine Foods is looking for a hardworking, responsible person to join our team on a growing, diversified livestock farm in Grand Traverse County. Our farm’s mission is to produce great-tasting meat and eggs raised in a way that we can be proud of – we believe that Happy Animals Taste Better.
We are currently seeking a person to 1) manage our farmers’ market booths, 2) handle product deliveries in Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties, 3) participate in selected on-farm tasks including helping with our store, order fulfillment and occasional farm chores. This is a seasonal position from May-October 2025. The potential for year-round employment exists for the right candidate. Candidates must possess:
- Experience either working at farmers’ markets and/or selling meat.
- An extroverted personality and interest in interacting with customers.
- A dedication to reliability, responsibility, accountability, and honesty (that’s not just a list of adjectives, we mean it!).
- History of responsible driving.
- Ability to work independently.
- Physical capability to move heavy objects on a daily basis.
- Willingness to work outdoors in all types of weather in all conditions.
Partnership Opportunities
Fresh Vegetables and Pickles: We seek partners to develop a fresh vegetable and pickle business on our farm. We envision this as a business supplying 1) wholesale customers with a wide variety of bottled pickles, and 2) retail customers with a winter CSA of root vegetables. We do not wish in compete in the summer and fall markets for fresh cut raw vegetables. We would like to partner with one or two motivated, entrepreneurial people to build this business on our farm. We will provide land, equipment, start-up capital, customer relationships and roughly 25% of the labor. We seek partners who will provide management and 75% of the labor. Prior experience on a market garden farm is required.
Fresh Cut Flowers: We seek partners to develop a fresh cut flower business on our farm. We envision this as a business supplying local retail customers and event planners with fresh cut, seasonal flowers. We would like to partner with one or two motivated, entrepreneurial people to build this business on our farm. We will provide land, equipment, start-up capital, customer relationships and roughly 25% of the labor. We seek partners who will provide management and 75% of the labor. This is a part-time, seasonal business opportunity. Experience with, and passion for, flowers is essential.
