California: Slide Ranch seeks Ranch Steward

Reports to:     Director of Ranch Operations

Available:       Open until filled

Residence:      One bedroom cabin

Compensation:  $17,000 – $19,000/ year + housing, health benefits, food

Position:         Ranch Steward (Full Time, Resident position)

Slide Ranch – Mission and Background

Slide Ranch teaches visitors the impact our choices have on food, health, and the environment, through hands-on activities and independent exploration of our farm and coastal wild lands. 

Founded in 1970, Slide Ranch is a non-profit agriculture and environmental education center.  Overlooking the Pacific Ocean just north of San Francisco within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) between Muir Beach and Stinson Beach, the facility sits on a 134-acre historic dairy farm that is over 100 years old. Organic gardens, goats, sheep, and chickens, along with the coastal wild lands and tide-pools, provide an ideal outdoor setting for teaching environmental awareness. 

Midwest: Driftless Organics seeks Sales and Marketing Associate

Driftless Organics seeks a part-time Sales and Marketing Associate to grow their young Sunflower Oil enterprise.  This person will work directly with the grower to expand the market for this product through in-store demos, developing buyer relationships, and general product marketing.  Frequent travel within the Twin Cities, MN/Madison, WI market area will be required.  This is a 10-20 hours/week position that would begin immediately and last at least through May 2012, with potential for long-term employment.  Wage $12-15/hour commensurate with experience. 

Missouri: Aquaponics Greenhouse seeks Manager

Large Aquaponics/Greenhouse operation located in Trenton, MO is seeking a highly motivated individual to supervise the aquaponics/greenhouse/field vegetable production.

North Carolina: Poplar Ridge Farm seeks Chef

Position Available: Part-Time Chef on Certified Organic Produce, Flower and Herb Farm

Waxhaw, North Carolina

The owners of Poplar Ridge Farm are seeking a part-time chef for weekly lunch and dinner food preparation, cupboard stocking and menu planning. The chef will work four to five hours each day, Monday-Friday, and some weekends, on the farm beginning  August 29 or September 5.  A sooner start date is possible.

California: Marin Sun Farms seeks Ranch Manager

Livestock and Pasture Ranch is seeking a very qualified Supervisory Production Manager to oversee Properties and Employees in Marin County. Innovative and cutting edge ranch/pasture management with an emphasis on local, sustainable, 100% grass fed and pasture raised livestock production.

ONLY VERY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS ARE TO APPLY.

Iowa: Seed Savers Exchange seeks Field Manager

Seed Savers Exchange is a non-profit, member supported organization dedicated to the genetic preservation of heirloom, and open-pollinated food crops. As part of this mission, SSE permanently maintains a collection of thousands of endangered vegetable varieties, making us the largest non-governmental seed bank of its kind in the United States.  Heritage Farm, our farm and headquarters, is an 890 acre farm with certified organic gardens, located in Decorah, Iowa.  Please visit our website at seedsavers.org for more information.

In support of this mission, Seed Savers Exchange is currently hiring a Field Manager to manage and perform all aspects of organic seed production and vegetative crops propagation of our collection varieties.  Working under the guidance of the Collection Curator, the Field Manager will be directly involved with and responsible for all stages of germplasm regeneration and collection maintenance in the field. 

DC/Maryland: Organic Farm seeks Local Field Organizer

Duration: 6-12 months

Application Deadline: August 5, 2011

The County Executive of Montgomery County, Maryland is proposing to replace a 31-year-old organic farm, operating on public land, allowing a private soccer organization to build non-public fields in Potomac, MD. 

 

The community is in an uproar—Nick’s Organic Farm is Montgomery County’s only organic seed farm (one of a few in the entire Chesapeake region). It’s also strategically isolated and protected from cross-pollination by GMO crops grown on nearby conventional farms. This seed operation and its soil, under continuous organic management for last three decades, cannot be easily moved elsewhere.

 

A countywide campaign has begun to Save Nick’s Organic Farm and expand the scope of the working farm to include hands-on educational experiences for school children to learn about local food and agriculture..  For more information about the campaign, go to:Change.org; http://www.savenicksorganicfarm.org; article; video.

Wisconsin: GrowSureEase, LLC seeks Assistant Production Manager

We are accepting applications for a year round working managerial position on our farm within the city.  Must have at least three years experience in growing vegetables organically, and will assist with the planning and management / implementation of field and greenhouse operations such as soil nutritional management, planting and cultivating /weeding, disease scouting and prevention, cover crops, composting and boundary fields and boundary areas.

This position entails growing vegetables in minimally heated greenhouse through the Wisconsin winters, transitioning to spring bedding plant sales and seeds grown for our own transplants, as well as tomatoes and peppers etc. in summer.  CSA marketing and management experience required.  Ability to lead work teams with an emphasis on food safety and quality is key to growing the business, and will allow management and committed staff to share in profits via payment in wage plus shares of the farm. 

New York State: Binnewater Farm Project seeks Grower

Binnewater Farm Project is seeking a grower for the 2012 season to start up a new 60-100 member CSA farm, located on 6 acres of land owned by Legacy Farm Cohousing community in Rosendale, NY. Our purpose is to supply fresh locally grown vegetables (and eventually fruits, berries, eggs, and honey) to cohousing members and nearby residents and to promote a system of agricultural production that is ecologically sustainable, socially responsible, community-oriented, and economically viable. We are looking for an energetic farmer with 3+ years of experience in sustainable agriculture—including at least one year at a CSA—and the ability to manage volunteers and interns. Applicants should show a commitment to community-building and an interest in the long-term growth and development of the CSA. Salary commensurate with experience, health insurance provided. No on-site housing available for the first year. Send resume with cover letter to csa@binnewaterfarm.org.

New Hampshire: Apple Annie seeks Orchard Apprentices

Apple Annie is a small, family-run, low-spray apple orchard with 270 bearing trees. We offer pick-your-own apples, harvest apples to sell in the farm store and at markets, press fresh cider, and make baked goods, jam and jellies. Our farm store is open most days through the fall, and we sell products at a local farmers’ market. We feature solar panels on the house and barn, and are on the NH energy tour each fall. We are a musical group so we welcome instruments and singers.

We need one or two apprentices from late August until late October or November. Work includes harvesting apples, pressing cider, picking up drops, gardening, mowing, baking, and minding the store and farmers’ markets. We offer room and board at the farm with use of a bike and a kayak.

Maryland: Real Food Farm seeks Education Coordinator

Real Food Farm is an urban farm on 6 acres of Clifton Park in Northeast Baltimore. The farm is seeking to fill the position of Education Coordinator, which will run August 2011 through August 2012. The Education Coordinator will build on existing curriculum to provide on-farm experience-based learning to K-12 students groups with a focus on middle and high school ages. Responsibilities include: coordinating teachers, principals, and youth programs to promote opportunities to visit the farm; developing fun, interactive, experiential, and age-appropriate educational activities; and coordinating a year-long high school internship program. The Education Coordinator will also help out on the farm and at outreach events as needed. This is a one-year Americorps VISTA position, applicants must be 18 & over to apply. The position is compensated with a bi-weekly stipend as well as an educational award paid at the end of the term. Deadline for applications is Sunday, July 3rd.

Florida: Earth Learning seeks Managerial Apprentice

Payment: $8,000 stipend
Application due: July 5th, 2011
Start Date: August 1st, 2011

Description: 

Earth Learning is a nonprofit 501 (c) located in Miami hoping to expand the Greater Everglades FoodShed in an environmentally sound way. Community FoodWorks is a project funded by the USDA through the grant to train new and beginning farmers.  For more information about our company please visit Earth-Learning.org. All levels of apprentices will have the opportunity to learn the many different facets of food growth and distribution.  The program trains individuals in organic and farming practices through three different farm sites, offers a free permaculture design certification class, and allows for them to work at a Farmers’ Market run by Earth Learning. 

Florida: Earth Learning seeks Farmer Apprentice

Payment: $5,000 stipend 

Application due: July 5th, 2011

Start Date: August 1st, 2011

Description: 

Earth Learning is a nonprofit 501 (c) located in Miami hoping to expand the Greater Everglades FoodShed in an environmentally sound way. Community FoodWorks is a project funded by the USDA through the grant to train new and beginning farmers.  For more information about our company please visit Earth-Learning.org. All levels of apprentices will have the opportunity to learn the many different facets of food growth and distribution.  The program trains individuals in organic and farming practices through three different farm sites, offers a free permaculture design certification class, and allows for them to work at a Farmers’ Market run by Earth Learning. 

Florida: Earth Learning seeks Beginning Farmer Apprentice

Payment: $1,000 stipend 

Application due: July 5th, 2011

Start Date: August 1st, 2011

Description: 

Earth Learning is a nonprofit 501 (c) located in Miami hoping to expand the Greater Everglades FoodShed in an environmentally sound way. Community FoodWorks is a project funded by the USDA through the grant to train new and beginning farmers.  For more information about our company please visit Earth-Learning.org. All levels of apprentices will have the opportunity to learn the many different facets of food growth and distribution.  The program trains individuals in organic and farming practices through three different farm sites, offers a free permaculture design certification class, and allows for them to work at a Farmers’ Market run by Earth Learning. 

California: Homeless Garden Project seeks Farm Supervisor

Description:
The Homeless Garden Project (HGP) is a 20 year-old nonprofit corporation based in Santa Cruz, CA dedicated to improving life by bringing together people from throughout the community in meaningful activities, teaching principles and practices of environmental, emotional, and economic sustainability, and providing work experience and wages for those who are homeless.

HGP seeks an experienced and dedicated individual to assist with the operations of the agriculture-based job-training program.  We specifically seek an enthusiastic and outgoing person skilled in horticulture, program development, marketing, human relationships, and building partnerships.  The ideal candidate will have a sincere commitment to ending homelessness and have experience working with individuals facing homelessness and/or mental health challenges. 

California: Page River Bottom Farm seeks Couple

COUPLE WANTED FOR SUSTAINABLE FARM.  WE HAVE 25 acres of irrigated pasture land in a river bottom in Central California.  This Mediterranean climate farm is within 40 minutes of the beautiful Kings Canyon National Park.  It is fenced, now growing 200 pastured layers, 100 broilers, 12 Heritage hair sheep, mob grazing 10 Black Angus with the sheep and trying to grow a large vegetable garden, currently planted but needing tending.

We can provide a modest salary to be negotiated, very comfortable housing, meat and vegetables produced on site.  A split of profits from farm products can also be negotiated.  This is a long term opportunity for entrepreneurial minded self-starters.

Vermont: Fat Toad Farm seeks Intern Apprentice

Fat Toad Farm is a small family-run goat dairy located in the hills of Central Vermont. It is run by family members Steve Reid, Judith Irving, Calley Hastings and Hannah Reid. Our goal is to work closely with the land and our animals in order to produce healthy local food for our customers. Our family has spent the last several years building a high quality Alpine and Saanen goat herd. We are a certified goat dairy producing fresh goat cheese- chevre- and goat’s milk caramel-cajeta. We also grow about 80% of our food and raise chickens and pigs for home consumption and for neighbors. We lease around 20 acres of land around us for pasturing our goats. We use a rotational grazing system so pasture management is labor intensive. We work a lot with surrounding farms on various projects. See our local agricultural community website: www.floatingbridgefoodandfarms.com

California: Marin Sun Farms seeks Butcher

Butcher: (apply online now)
We are seeking an extremely reliable, hardworking, customer service oriented, butcher. The candidate MUST have meat cutting experience, including knowledge of meat cuts, and a valid CA drivers license. Tasks include working in a fast-paced wholesale processing plant processing beef, pork, lamb, and goat. Only applicants with meat cutting experience will be considered.

California: Marin Sun Farms seeks Inside Sales Associate

Inside Sales Associate: (apply online now) MEAT SALES EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED.
Our SF office which services wholesale customers is currently seeking a full-time inside sales person with meat industry knowledge and experience to be part of our sales team. As an inside sales person you will call customers, answer phones, input orders and work closely with the sales team. The position will focus on building strong customer relationships that ensure smooth client transactions and deliveries. You must have interest and a passion for selling sustainable, locally grown, pasture raised, grass fed beef, lamb, goat, pork and chicken. Only those with meat experience will be considered.

New York State: Rainbeau Ridge Farm seeks Interns

49 David’s Way

Bedford Hills, NY 10507

Westchester County NY—one hour from NYC

Positions are available, with possible housing and stipend, that will incorporate responsibilities in the areas of livestock, cheesemaking, market gardening and ag education (for children); Specific job descriptions will be crafted to match candidates depending upon skills, background and interests.