Crop Care Workers
Green Empire Farms, Inc.
📍 Oneida, NY · Madison County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26216-146210
- 📞 Phone: +1 (734) 452-6409
- ✉️ Email: hiring@sunsetgrown.com
Employer instructions
Employer accepts referrals and applicants from all sources. Interview required. Employer's agent conducts interviews by phone at time of inquiry or within a reasonable time thereafter. Interviews conducted at no cost to applicants, whether via phone or in-person. Contact Employer 's agent Monday through Friday during the hours of 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET If unavailable, contact employer directly during the hours of 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET or contact the SWA at 1-888-708-6712, Option 2.
Employer Agent:
MAS Labor H2A, LLC (434) 260-8833 referrals@maslabor.com
Referring State Workforce Agency (SWA) responsible for informing applicants of terms and conditions of employment. After coordinating referral with local order holding office, referring SWA should contact employer or employers agent to provide notice of the referral. When possible, SWA should furnish translator services as needed. Employer requests advance notice by the SWA if holding office intends to refer multiple applicants concurrently.
To be eligible for employment, applicants must:
1. Be able, willing, and available to perform the specified job duties for the duration of the contract period;
2. Have been apprised of all material terms and conditions of employment;
3. Agree to abide by all material terms and conditions of employment;
4. Be legally authorized to work in the United States; AND 5. Satisfy all minimum job requirements.
✉️ Application email template in English
Replace what is in brackets [ ] with your details. If the employer asked for another way to apply, follow their instructions.
Subject: Application for Crop Care Workers (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26216-146210
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Crops/Commodities:
Tomatoes, Strawberries.
Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays):
Jobs offered are working in a hydroponic greenhouse facility and strawberry field, planting, cultivating, harvesting, tomatoes, strawberries and greenhouse cleanout activities. The following applies to all crops listed:
Tomatoes:
- Tomatoes on the Vine
- Cherry Tomatoes on the vine
- Beefsteak Tomatoes
- Grape Tomatoes
- Cocktail Tomatoes
- Other Snacking Tomatoes
Under supervision, workers will perform manual labor to work in hydroponic greenhouse facility to prepare for new crop, perform regular crop maintenance , including lowering, de-leafing, harvesting and maintaining the plants. Workers will set up rockwool/peatmoss, load and unload new plants onto and off of trucks and/or carts, hang and remove string and plant wire spacing. Maintain all grounds including gutters, irrigation lines, remove and replace old drippers, maintain botrytis and close bee hives. Set up and clean up CMM machines. The workers will ensure that the plant crop is carried out efficiently and with care in order to produce a quality grown vegetable.
Workers will perform tasks associated with packing tomatoes. Inspect tomatoes, remove segregated tomatoes from sorting stations, hand pack. Grade, sort according to company specifications in regard to size, color, appearance and quality to meet specific customer demands. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter and place only acceptable products in packaging containers for further processing. Place product in containers according to grade. Measure, weigh and count product and materials. Examine and inspect containers, materials and products to ensure that packing specifications are met. Remove completed or defective products, placing them on conveyors or in specified areas, such as allocated bins at loading docks. Place labels on clamshells or packaging containers. Stack packed tomatoes, stack boxes on pallets, lift boxes or crates, as required. Load materials and products into package processing equipment. Workers may operate agricultural machinery/equipment essential to packing tomatoes, including scales, sorting tables, palletizers and automatic lifts. Forklift operator responsibilities will include delivering pallets of finished product to cold storage, loading/unloading as needed, setting up orders for shipping, record keeping of materials and finished product. Workers will be responsible for cleaning all machinery, electronic equipment and the facility work areas at end of shift. Workers must adhere to all Food Safety Protocol.
Strawberries:
Propagation Activities
• Activities required for seasonal repairs, not limited to, ground fabric
• Set up and teardown of field, including irrigation equipment
• Storage of tarps, pallets, machinery
• Cleaning of canteen
• Activities to make repairs to tarps/drainage systems
• Installing/removing Row tags
Operation of fuel/battery/electricity powered equipment:
• Tractor, Forklift, Trimmers, Kubota, Weed whacking, Blowers
Outdoor Planting operations include:
• Running dirt machine
• Using forklift/Kubota to transport pallets (Plants/dirt/Etc)
• Transporting and placing pots
• Striking and Cutting Tips
• Cutting tips from mother plants and packing into crates, paying strict attention to outlined quality standards
• Requires extended standing, stooping, bending or sitting for periods of time, and lift lowering of crates, the use of sharp knives/scissors/cutting utensil.
• Striking tips into dirt filled trays, paying strict attention to outlined quality standards
• Requires extended standing, stooping, bending or sitting for periods of time, and lift lowering of crates.
Crop Care activities include but not limited to:
• Pruning
• Plucking/Packing
• Deleafing
• Trimming Runners
• Blackout tarping
• Distributing BIOS
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 2 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 30 lb Drug test Background check |
This job requires a minimum of 2 months of verifiable agricultural employment experience, preferably on a vegetable farm. Applicants must be able to furnish verifiable job reference(s) or comparable third party documentation from recent employer(s) establishing acceptable prior experience. Workers will be expected to perform manual jobs as well as equipment operation with accuracy and efficiency beginning with planting through harvest. Saturday work required. Must lift/bend/twist/carry up to 30 lbs. Workers need to have no fear of bees and be non-allergic to bee stings. Post-hire employer-paid drug testing and background check required.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | See Addendum A for complete Piece Rate schedule. |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Oneida, Ny) |
| Housing | Housing provided only to non-local workers (i.e. permanent residence outside normal commuting distance). Only workers may occupy housing. Employer provides separate sleeping and bathroom facilities for each gender. Employer possesses and controls premises at all times. Workers must vacate housing promptly at end of contract period or upon termination, in accordance with state law. |
| Meals | Employer does not provide meals. Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. For workers residing in employer-provided housing, employer also provides free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city for personal errands (e.g., groceries, banking services). Dining, kitchen/cooking facilities and other common areas are shared by all workers. In the event that kitchen facilities become unavailable during the contract period, employer will provide three daily meals in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(g). In such circumstances, employer will deduct the cost of such meals up to the maximum allowable amount published in the Federal Register, or as otherwise approved by the U.S. Department of Labor. |
| Daily transportation | Housing located within walking distance (i.e., less than one mile); workers will walk to work each work day. For any work locations outside of walking distance, and any incidental transportation between worksites, employer provides daily transportation from the employer-provided housing to the place of work at no cost to workers. |
| Travel to the job | Employer pays/reimburses foreign workers for all visa-related costs (excluding passport fees) in the first workweek. For non-local workers, employer arranges/provides inbound transportation via common carrier mode of transportation (e.g., bus or plane) and reimburses workers for daily subsistence and reasonable lodging costs, if applicable. Use of employer-offered transportation is voluntary. Workers responsible for securing outbound transportation arrangements. |
| Pay deductions | DEDUCTIONS. Employer makes all deductions required by law (e.g., FICA, federal/state tax withholdings, court-ordered child support, etc.). Voluntary deductions must be pre-authorized in writing and comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and NYS Labor Law (see below). New York State Specific Assurances 1. Housing (Article 6, § 193.1 - 193.2). Employer does not require workers to reimburse for damage caused to housing. 2. Pay Frequency (Article 6, § 191.1a). Employer pays wages weekly, no later than 7 calendar days after the end of the week in which the wages are earned. 3. Deductions (Article 6, § 193). Voluntary deductions are limited to those expressly authorized by Article 6, § 193, including repayment of wage advances and/or loans, health insurance premiums, retirement plan contributions, and/or third-party payments or wage assignments for products or services furnished for the worker’s benefit or convenience. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26216-146210 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Mas Labor H2A, LLC |
| Posted | Aug 20, 2026 |