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This job expired on March 27, 2020

Urban Farmer Farmscape

  • Date Posted January 27, 2020
  • Location Los Angeles, CA
  • Category Agriculture / Business
  • Job type Full-Time
Company description

Farmscape is the largest urban farming company in the country. Since 2008, we’ve designed and installed over 700 projects with our talented team of landscape architects, contractors and urban farmers. We grow food for Fortune 500 companies, Michelin-starred chefs, and World Series champions. 

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

Farm & Garden Management

-Maintains all assigned farms: designs planting layouts, tracks planting or replanting times, starts seeds, maintains seedlings, solves pest and disease problems, fertilizes and amends soil, harvests produce, repairs irrigation issues, etc.

-Maintain or assist with maintaining fruit trees, including fertilizing, harvesting, pruning, and solving pest and disease issues

-Acts proactively to prevent issues with the garden

-Manages regular and consistent personal schedule of weekly visits

-Manages service inventory for assigned gardens: tools, pest and disease control products, seeds and plants, trellises and other garden accessories

-Keeps regular and organized service logs of weekly visits

-Collaborates with Farmscape staff to resolve garden issues that are difficult or complex

-May help with R&D of Farmscape farming methods

-May assist with training staff

 

Customer Service

-Maintains good customer relationships, both in-person and via phone/email

-Answers customer concerns in a timely manner and communicates problems upward

-Represents Farmscape products and services in a professional manner

Other

-May assist with garden and farm installations

-Attends staff, service, and training meetings as required

-Additional tasks, as assigned by your manager.


Qualifications:

-Experience with annual vegetable cultivation required

-Valid driver's license and a working vehicle required

-Related experience in landscaping, gardening, horticulture is a plus

-Related education in horticulture, crop science, etc. a plus

-Farm management experience or farmhand work is also a plus

-Ability to learn and adapt to Farmscape best practices

-Friendly and clear communicator

-Organizational skills and attention to detail are critical

 

Compensation:

Benefits for full-time staff include paid vacation, mileage reimbursement,  FSA & Dependent Care plan, health care and 401K.


 

Compensation this position is : hourly, varies DOE, $18.00 - $20.00 Application instructions
This job expired on March 27, 2020
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