Website Reedʻs Farm
Employment Type: Full-Time
Reed’s Farm is seeking a Vegetable Production Manager to start in the first quarter of 2025. This person will be an integral part of our full-time farm staff and coordinate all aspects of vegetable production outdoors and indoors. The ideal candidate will bring a passion for efficiently producing the highest quality vegetables in an ecological growing system with standards meeting and exceeding organic certification.
The Vegetable Production Manager will oversee all aspects of vegetable farming for a dynamic multi-market production schedule including produce boxes, bulk contract production, farmers’ markets, an on-site prepared foods kitchen, as well as restaurants. This position is primarily field-based while leading all aspects of production, directing a vegetable farm crew, and building new production areas as needed. Non-field based work includes detailed record keeping, crop planning, and working with organization staff on marketing.
A commitment to generating high quality produce in quantity is required. This position will be required to adhere to pre-existing human scale, bio-intensive, and highly diverse production techniques year round in outdoor market gardens, high tunnels, and heated greenhouses. A desire to grow production to the scale of alley cropping for certain crops is also on the horizon. This position will report to the Farm Director and will also be supported by the vegetable farm crew. This is a full-time, year-round position with a primary focus on field work and a secondary focus on office work for planning, purchasing, and record keeping.
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Maintain detailed harvest records in a timely manner
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Collaborate with Farm Director and Finance Director to build budgets and maintain financial records; plan for and purchase supplies
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Ensure all tools are cared for, cleaned and put in the proper place after each use
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Collaborate with Farm Director for all seasonal planning
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Train and manage all vegetable crew positions (approximately 3-5 people)
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Propagation: seeding/direct sow/transplant management
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Collaborate with Farm Director to create and carry out an annual crop plan, including greenhouse production, tillage, field prep, fertilization, transplanting, direct seeding, irrigation, weed control, and pest & disease management
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Collaborate with the Farm Director to order seeds & fulfill seasonal seeding charts to ensure proper planting and harvesting time
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Utilize best practices for soil health improvement: planning cover crops, minimizing tillage, and appropriately amending soils based on soil test results
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Field preparations, cultivation, seasonal prep, cover cropping implementation, ensuring transplants occur on time, pest control, weed control, nutrient management, pruning, and plant health management from transplant to harvest
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Work with other organizational staff and outside outlets for product marketing and distribution
To apply for this job please visit www.reedsorganicfarm.org.