Company description

Camino de Paz Farm in Santa Cruz, NM, produces fruits/vegetables, sourdough breads and bagels, and goat milk products for local farmers market and wholesale distribution. Our ten acres include 4 greenhouses, produce fields, orchard, pastures, milk parlor and make room, classroom, commercial kitchen/bakery and studio. We are certified organic and grow year-round selling 48 weeks per year at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. We have been in business for 20 years and continue develop our products and markets.

Our focus is to create a community of adults who are able to be flexible, express themselves openly and problem solve. We strive for an atmosphere of honesty and openness. The work is hard and usually involves work on weekends as we rotate staff through the 24/7 needs of a farm.

Camino de Paz is located in the northern Rio Grande Valley, bounded east and west by beautiful and accessible mountain ranges. We are home to a diverse population of indigenous peoples (Eight Northern Indian Pueblos), descendants of Spanish settlers of the 1600's, recent Hispanic immigrants, and Anglo/European populations. The capital city of Santa Fe (25 miles to the south) is the second largest art market in the U.S. and tourism is the 4th largest industry. The surrounding countryside offers amazing camping, hiking, hunting, fishing and exploration of geological and ancient pueblo sites. Over 100 small farms in the area sell at a variety of local farmers markets: Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Espanola, etc.

Job description

Opening for Goat Herd Rancher: Our long-established organic farm needs a hard-working, experienced, efficient, flexible and enthusiastic worker to join our team. This is a great opportunity to apply diverse, integrated farming/ranching practices. You would join a team of experienced farmers with a community-oriented focus.

Help us continue to produce and expand our excellent line of goat milk products. This position requires taking the lead in caring for our goat herd (approximately 50 milkers, 30 yearlings.) The position opens immediately to prepare for kidding season in late February. Duties and responsibilities include general health of herd (feeding, supplements, hoof trimming,) care, cleaning and repair of animal habitats and milk parlor, directing pasture rotation, pasture management and fencing, 4 milking shifts/week, monitoring and record-keeping for goat births, milk production and Famacha testing. You are supported in these efforts by other team members and a farm manager.

You must be:
1) fastidiously clean and organized (seriously!);
2) enthusiastic about working with goats'
3) capable of detailed record-keeping;
4) a team player to integrate dairy production with other farm operations and managers;
5) flexible but not spineless;
6) able to work alone with limited supervision.
Experience in a commercial kitchen or as a cook/chef is a definite plus, as is ability to speak Spanish.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $15.00 - $18.00

Work visa

This employer is willing to sponsor a work visa for international applicants

Application instructions

Deadline

December 29, 2023