Job Description SCOPE OF POSITION 
The candidate is responsible for the management and operation of 2 acres that includes organic fruit, vegetable, and herbs in order to provide organic, farmstead product to The Loft Restaurant & Dairy Bar as well as a weekly on site summer market. Duties and skills require a passion for education and ability to be active in agro-tourism on the farm in various manners: from impromptu conversations with consumers/tourists to formal interactions for media events. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Communicate frequently with the Executive Chef and formulate a list of produce varieties and quantities desired by the restaurant
• Cultivate and aesthetically maintain a 1/5 acre “Demonstration Garden” (raised bed system that is most frequented by visitors) as well as another separate garden space of up to 2 acres.
• Establish a yearly and long term plan for successions plantings, crop rotation and expected weekly harvest based on the restaurant’s produce requirements
• Grow and maintain herbs and flowers in rooftop container system
• Operate a small indoor micro green growing system
• Communicate professionally and educationally with consumers of the restaurant or on farm tours, market customers and mixed professional media throughout the year in formal and serendipitous opportunities
• Maintain financial records: produce sales to kitchen, market sales, sales to external parties and yearly expenses.
• Maintain garden records: plantings, crop succession and rotation, harvest total and day to day observations/gleanings
• Effectively manage volunteers and facilitate farm camp groups (5-10 elementary-middle school aged kids, 1-2 weeks per year)
• Manage a compost system using available resources from the kitchen and Traders Point Dairy

 QUALIFICATIONS 

• Demonstrate commitment in-line with the values and mission of Traders Point Creamery
• 2-5 years of relevant organic vegetables, fruit and herb production
• Demonstrate ability to work collaboratively with the Executive Chef and kitchen staff as well other TPC entities
• Understanding of and ability to execute successional planting, crop rotation, seed propagation to seedling transplant, overhead/drip irrigation and integrated pest management within parameters of increasing soil fertility/condition in an organic system
• Experience in developing yearly and long range growing systems
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• College degree or certificate preferred, but not required

Compensation this position is How to apply DeadlineJanuary 31, 2016