Job description

Our 4-acre farm is essential in providing healthy and fresh organic produce for the restaurants and venues within the live+love+léal hospitality portfolio. The Organic Farmer is responsible for overseeing all day to day farm operations and works to achieve the company’s objectives in the production of vegetables, herbs, fruit, flowers, honey, and eggs, and maintaining our farm property. The Organic Farmer responsibilities include developing our farm, crops, and livestock, purchasing supplies, and ensuring maximum yield.

The Organic Farmer will grow, tend, and harvest high quality produce according to regenerative organic agricultural practices. They will oversee the care of fruit and vegetable crops, herbs, annual and perennial flowers, as well as associated record keeping in addition to routine maintenance and upkeep of farm equipment and facilities.

Essential Job Functions

• Oversee all farm operations including vineyards, row crops, labor, etc. Performs field tasks, including potting, propagation, bed preparation, planting, watering, irrigation repair, weeding, mulching, irrigation, composting, fertilizing, spraying, pest/disease management, seed collecting, sowing, thinning, harvesting, and packing. Design planting layouts, oversee planting calendar, cultivate wide variety of annual vegetables, troubleshoot pest and disease issues, fertilize and amend soil, harvest produce, repair irrigation systems
• Install and shift irrigation systems to irrigate fields evenly or according to crop need.
• Manage consistent weekly schedule
• Manage inventory for gardens and hospitality venues
• Implement and maintain an annual work plan with seasonal timelines and weekly task lists.
• Operate, maintain, and perform minor repairs of farm tools, equipment, facilities, and infrastructure on a regular basis.
• Coordinate deliveries of produce to venues within the portfolio in a timely manner. Monitor all service levels and deliveries to ensure the best efficiencies
• Create and maintain a positive, safe, and effective work environment
• Recommend measures to improve operational practices and quality of product
• Consistent, thorough, and timely communication with peers and management
• Participates in meetings with other departments as requested.
• Other projects and tasks as assigned by management

Required Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Competences:

• Must be able to speak, read, write, and understand English at a basic level
• Must be highly responsible & reliable
• Must possess and maintain current California Driver License with a satisfactory and safe driving record
• Must have a least one year of direct experience with organic gardening and/or farming methods and practices. Facilities maintenance, landscaping and/or construction experience preferred.
• You must be comfortable with organic pest management and soil building strategies. In addition, you should be fluent in crop rotation for seasonality and soil health.
• The ability to stand, walk, stoop, bend, push/pull, crouch, crawl, reach with hands and arms, and frequently lift up to 35 pounds and occasionally lift/move 50 pounds
• Continual use of manual dexterity and gross motor skills with frequent use of bi-manual dexterity and fine motor skills
• Flexible schedule to include weekends, holidays and extended hours as business needs arise
• Ability to work cohesively with fellow colleagues as part of a team with minimum supervision
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as operating instructions and procedure manuals
• Ability to write simple reports and business correspondence
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, vendors, & other employees
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to calculate rates, discounts, interest, percentages, etc.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, & ratios to practical situations
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions:

• Must have flexibility on hours worked needed to accommodate the needs of the farm operations
• Outdoor farm setting with possible exposure to extreme weather conditions
• Exposure to dust, noise, heat, cold, and fumes found in a farming environment
• Exposure to equipment traffic
• May be in an indoor or outdoor setting, dependent on location
• Must be able to stand and walk for an extended period of time around a large outdoor area with uneven terrain
• Able to work under pressure and remain calm to resolve problems using good judgment
• May be required to lift up to 50 pounds
• Must wear face coverings, safety glasses, and other personal protection equipment as mandated by county and state public health officials

The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Morgan Hill, CA 95037: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Farming: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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