Farm Technician

The Farm Technician position facilitates and assists with all farm activities on a diverse 15-acre vegetable, fruit, herb, and flower farm. The Farm Technician will participate in field design through completion, carrying out all daily activities while maintaining activity logs. This position reports to the Farm Manager.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Take part in the execution of day-to-day tasks
• Lead and/or supervise volunteers when requested
• Maintain a clean and organized work area and office space
• Field operations include, but are not limited to: operating equipment for soil preparation, planting, plastic laying and ripping, transplanting, hand harvesting, pruning, hand and mechanical weeding, spraying, collecting field data, applying inputs, etc.
• Landscaping activities include, but are not limited to: flower bed preparation, hand weeding, transplanting, mowing, hedge trimming, dead heading, fall and spring cleaning, etc.
• Operate tractors and tractor-mounted equipment
• Maintain activity logs daily for production and organic certification
• Assist with greenhouse and high tunnel production that includes soil preparation, harvesting, pest management, packaging, etc.
• Assist with packhouse activities that include washing vegetables, sorting, grading, packaging, labeling, cleaning, etc.
• Assist with sales and distribution activities that include packaging, loading vans/trucks, and distributing to nearby hospital
• Assist and participate in events, presentations, tours, and other outreach activities
• Assist with facility maintenance activities that include minor repairs to high tunnels, greenhouse, irrigation, office space, barn, packhouse, fencing, etc.
• Assist with fruit production activities that include harvesting, pruning, and field maintenance
• Some weekend work will be required
• Watering crops when 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 lift and carry 50lbs
• Ability to be flexible with schedule, as farm work can be unpredictable
• Positive, motivated, professional attitude
• Works well in both a teamwork-oriented environment and alone
• Able and willing to work in any weather conditions
• Previous experience with and ability to drive, operate and maintain farm equipment, tractors, and hand tools preferred
  
  

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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