Staff and Employment

STAFF AND EMPLOYMENT

Farmers Market Job Opportunities

We are currently searching for a Farmers Market Team Leader/Driver for a Saturday Market and a Sunday Market in the Washington, DC and Northern Virginia area  from early May through late November. We offer competitive pay and a fun, fast-paced work environment. Start date for the position is Saturday, May 4th and/or Sunday, May 5th – if possible – or on the date candidate is available. Position will be open until filled. If you are interested in applying for this position, please see the job description below. Then fill out an application and email it to sidkuhnorch@gmail.com;  or drop it off at one of our farmers market, or at our office located at:

1041 Old Route 30
Orrtanna, PA 17353

Please click on the following links for Job Descriptions:

Farmers Market Team Leader Job Description 2023

Please click on this link for an application:

Job Application – English

We are always looking for individuals interested in working at our farmers markets on the weekends in Northern Virginia and Washington, DC. Our  busiest months at market are July, August, September, and October, depending on the timing of the peach harvest.  Whether you are interested in becoming a Sales Team Member, or live in the DMV area and would like to meet us at market, we have a position for you!  We offer competitive pay and a fun, fast-paced work environment. Most of our markets operate from May through November, but we need the most help in August and September. Priority is given to candidates who can make the commitment to attend a market weekly during the entire season. But we also are very flexible and can work with your schedule – we have many market staff who work every other week, or as needed.

If you interested, please check out the job descriptions below. Then fill out an application and email it to sidkuhnorch@gmail.com;  or drop it off at one of our farmers market, or at our office located at:

1041 Old Route 30
Orrtanna, PA 17353

Please click on the following links for Job Descriptions:

Farmers Market Job Description – Sales Team Member 2023

Farmers Market Job Description – Meeting us at Market 2023

Please click on this link for an application:

Job Application – English

Sidney Kuhn (Owner/Operator)

Sidney is David and Mary Margaret Kuhn’s oldest daughter. After acquiring a degree in Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State University, Sidney returned home in 2001. For five years she worked as the Land Conservation Coordinator for the local nonprofit land trust, helping to protect thousands of acres of farmland and open space. In May of 2008, Sidney returned full time to the operation and in 2012 transitioned into the role of Owner and General Manager of the family business.

Sidney has served on the Board of Directors for the State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania, as the chair of the Mid-Atlantic Young Growers Alliance and as chair of the Scott Brown Memorial Scholarship Committee for students pursuing careers in the fruit industry.

Sidney oversees all aspects of the farm business and markets.  She is a familiar face at many markets, but typically attends the Palisades farmers market.

Anthony Herring (Production Manager)

Anthony has been working in the production and labor side of the fruit industry since graduating from high school. He brings lots of practical expertise to growing fruits and vegetables.  He enjoys spending time outside, whether he is pruning, planting, repairing equipment or hunting and fishing!

Sidney and Anthony were married on the farm in the Gold Rush trellis in April 2013.

David Kuhn (Management Advisor)

David grew up on Kuhn Orchards ground. In 1973 he graduated with a degree in Horticulture from North Carolina State University. After marrying Mary Margaret Barnes, the daughter of a North Carolina tobacco farmer, David moved back home with his new wife. In 1976, David and his father entered into partnership to operate the farm as “Kuhn Orchards.” After helping to manage the farm for many years, David transitioned into ownership of the farm in the 1990s.

David and Mary Margaret transitioned the ownership of the farm operations to their daughter, Sidney, in 2012.  David is still involved in all aspects of the farm and operations, especially in the cold storage operation, packinghouse operation, quality control, wholesale sales and winter tree pruning.

Mary Margaret Kuhn (Office Assistant and Master Flower Arranger)

Mary Margaret grew up in Wilson County, North Carolina on a tobacco farm. While attending school at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, she met David. Upon her graduation with a teaching degree, she and David married and moved to the orchard in Pennsylvania. For many years Mary Margaret worked as a part-time or substitute teacher, raising her two daughters, Sidney and Rachel, and helping out at the orchard in her “free time.” Upon the death of David’s mother in 1984, Mary Margaret took a more active role in the business as the Office Manager. She brings her experiences of growing and arranging cut flowers and raising vegetables in North Carolina to the diversification of the operation.

Tabby Amspacher (Markets Manager)

Tabby attends the Cleveland Park Farmers Market.

Sandy Lombardi  (Markets Assistant)

Sandy has been with Kuhn Orchards as first a part-time and now a full-time employee since 1993. She has performed a wide array of jobs for the operation, but most importantly she attends our farmers markets. Sandy has an Associates Degree in Ornamental Horticulture from the Institute of Applied Agriculture in College Park, MD.

Sandy attends the Wakefield, By the Whitehouse, and Fairlington Farmers Markets.

Diane Miller (Office Manager)

Diane has worked for Kuhn Orchards for a number of years attending markets.  In 2014 she started working full-time as the Office Manager and Bookkeeper.

Diane attends the Vienna and OakMarr Farmers Markets.

Jeremy Anderson (Production Assistant)

Jeremy started working for Kuhn Orchards in the summer of 2019. His full-time job consists of equipment operation, tending to the health of the orchard and many other duties depending on the season.