Farm Manager Position

General Job Description: Garden Harvest is looking for someone with experience in organic vegetable and fruit production as well as the care of goats, sheep, and chickens, and the supervision of volunteers and interns.  While Garden Harvest supplements the interns experience with instructors expert in their respective fields of carpentry, masonry, welding, heavy equipment operation, the farm manager is responsible for supervising interns with regard to food production and animal husbandry.

Responsibilities:  Must be capable of doing all that is necessary for Garden Harvest to meet its annual food production / distribution goals.  Includes ordering seeds, seedlings, ordering supplies, field preparation, planting, maintaining crops (watch and treat for drought, insect, disease problems), maintaining orchards, installing irrigation where necessary, care of the animals, egg collection, washing, packing, care of goats and sheep, milking, supervision of interns and volunteers.

Additional Necessary Skills: Must have great organizational skills, supervisory skills. leadership skills/, able to speak to large groups of volunteers

Desirable Skills: Carpentry, masonry, welding, heavy equipment operation – tractors, backhoe, chainsaw, weedeater,etc., public speaking, computer skills

Other Requirements: Must be hard-working, physically fit and capable of hard physical work and in inclement weather conditions; must be passionate about Garden Harvest’s mission to alleviate hunger through the promotion of those organic & sustainable food production methods that regenerate the environment.

Compensation: $15 per hour to start; as much food as desired from that which is produced on the farm; health insurance after 9 months of commitment; 1 week  paid vacation after one year, and up to two more weeks off. Second year, two weeks paid vacation and extra time off in the off-season.

Timing and Hours: Looking to start  any time after March 10th. 40-50 hours a week April 1– October 31^st.  40 hours a week March 31st.. One weekend day is a work day.

Application Information: Applicants must fill out an employment application and submit a cover letter stating why they are interested in this position with Garden Harvest and what they feel they have to offer to Garden Harfest.  Upon receipt of the application, we will contact applicants to set up an interview.  Applications are available online from our website or you can email a request, or phone us at 410-526-0698. For a printable employment application, click here