Organic Farm Manager/Grower Job

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Taylor in Employment, Farming, Organic // 0 Comments

Organic Farm Manager/Grower Job Opportunity in Pennsylvania – 2018

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Greenmoore Gardens is a certified Organic CSA serving the State College, PA area. We are finishing our tenth season this year with up to 10 acres in production over the years and 50+ acres available for expansion. We are looking for an experienced resident or non-resident Farming Family or Farmer/Entrepreneur to oversee and implement daily agricultural activities at Greenmoore Gardens and take part as a partner to share in the profits and have discretion and decision making abilities over the full farm operations.

Duties include customer relations and marketing communications, management of farm as well as crop planning, planting, maintenance, harvest, and processing.

A farm partner must be creative and efficient, and able to balance both production and finance schedules and deadlines.

A viable candidate will have experience with medium-to-large scale production, and be able to provide ideas on how to expand, grow and diversify our operation.

Typical daily tasks Organic Farm Manager/Grower Job:

Manage schedules and paperwork for production crew members, interns and volunteers
Communicate throughout the work day with team via cell phone and text message
Communicate yield and harvest date estimates to wholesale customers
Help to maintain farm web site and manage e-mail traffic
Maintain planting, production and harvest records in MS Word, Excel or Google
Proactively and creatively market farm to new CSA members and potential wholesale markets, including local restaurants and grocery stores
Guide and support production as necessary

Other requirements for the Organic Farm Manager/Grower Job:

Understand and follow certified organic production guidelines
Experience working on a diversified CSA farm highly desired
Must be physically capable of working long days and lifting 40+ lbs
Must be a proven and confident leader with excellent communication skills and a positive attitude.

This is a long-term position with expectations long work hours during the season. Compensation will be very entrepreneurially and mutually agreed upon. This will likely be structured with a high correlation to experience with a variety of potential options that include: potential profit sharing, co-management, ownership arrangements & housing options.

COMPENSATION this position provides a base salary and potential profit sharing.

How to apply for the Organic Farm Manager/Grower Job

Email greenmooregardens@gmail.com

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