Company description Located in Sequim at the foothills of the Olympic Mountains, River Run Farm is a cooperatively run vegetable operation. Our organic veggies make their way to customers through Seattle Farmers Markets, a CSA, an on-site farmstand, and wholesale distributors in the region. In addition to tractors and veggies, we have cows, chickens, donkeys, and draft horses that contribute to tillage, fertility, and other farm systems (including human happiness!). Not far from the farm, you will have easy access to loads of hiking trails, Olympic National Park, the ocean, and the Dungeness River, which abuts the property. Job description We are looking for an entrepreneur that loves farming and working with animals. We are primarily a vegetable farm, but we see livestock as an integral part of regenerating our farm's fertility. Since the beginning of the farm in 2013, we have had cattle and horses here. But since the animal aspect of the farm has never been anyone's focus, we have never developed a viable livestock enterprise. We have three main goals in creating this new position on the farm.

1) To make the animal enterprise financially viable. We do not aspire to make money raising animals, but our goal is for that part of the farm to be able to support itself (i.e. generate enough income to pay for the expenses associated with its existence).  

2) To improve our grazing systems and infrastructure so that we are able to prioritize manure contributions and/or animal impact to our vegetable gardens, pasture health and profitability.

3) To have a committed and easy to get along with person take responsibility for the health of the farm's animal enterprise. 


Skills Needed:

• Experience handling cattle or other ruminants
• Familiarity with electric fencing
• Multiple years of exposure to animal systems on a grass-based farm
• A familiarity with entrepreneurship and its many facets (e.g. business planning, marketing, customer communication, etc.)
• An ability to communicate effectively (a carful listener, capable of expressing ideas and feelings accurately, and forgiving of other people's needs)

Pay is negotiable and will depend on experience, vision, and ability to commit. 

This job will not start until the Spring of 2020.
  Compensation this position is : salaried Application instructions DeadlineJanuary 31, 2020