Farm Technician

The Farm Technician position facilitates and assists with implementing farm activities at Rodale Institute's Phoebe Organic Farm, located at the Founders Farm in Allentown, PA. This farm is a farm-to-retirement institution program that grows fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers for residents of five locations owned by Phoebe Ministries. This position reports directly to the Farm Manager.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Take part in the execution of day-to-day tasks
• Lead and/or supervise seasonal workers and volunteers when requested
• Maintain a clean and organized work area and office space
• Maintain field operations logs for organic certification, including amendments, harvest records, plantings, etc.
• Tractor driving, using tractor-mounted implements, using irrigation, transplanting, seeding, cultivating, hand weeding, spraying, harvesting, collecting data, and any other field tasks requested
• Assist with landscaping activities
• Maintain all input and planting records
• Prepare sites for meetings, tours, events, etc.
• Transplanting, hand weeding, watering, seeding, dead-heading, harvesting, spraying, pruning, trellising, mowing, trimming fence lines, and any other landscaping tasks requested
• Assist with greenhouse and high tunnel activities
• Assist with food processing, backing and distribution
• Assist with pop-up market activities
• Some weekend work will be required
  
  

Required Qualifications & Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• At least 2 years of experience in manual labor, agriculture, or landscaping
• Ability to maintain and organize activity logs
• Ability to be flexible with schedule, as farm work can be unpredictable
• Ability to lift and carry 50lbs
• Able and willing to work in any weather conditions
• Positive, motivated, professional attitude
• Works well in both a teamwork-oriented environment and alone
• Previous experience with and ability to drive, operate and maintain farm equipment, tractors, and hand tools
  
  

Other Expectations

• Willingness to provide input, explore new tasks, try new or different approaches and openness to new ideas.
• Be honest, respectful and take ownership of our work and mission.
  
  

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity or handicap.

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