Company description

Up Top Acres is a leading urban and rooftop farming company with over 30 urban farms and gardens under current management. We install, plant, maintain, and harvest gardens in a variety of settings and forms, and also engage community members through farm & garden related programming.

Job description

Summary

Full time farmer/gardener. Washington DC. $50,000 - $55,000 annual salary.

Start Date: March ‘25

Monday - Saturday for March-April, Monday - Friday rest of the year. Extensive paid time off.

Job Description

An Up Top Acres farmer will manage the full lifecycle of a portfolio of farms and gardens. Work will primarily consist of field work, but will also include administrative and record keeping responsibilities, and may also include sales, and event leading/coordination.

During the growing season, responsibilities will revolve around the day-to-day farming and gardening work. Farmers typically visit 2-3 sites per day performing all necessary field work and harvest during those visits. Prior farm or market gardening experience is a plus; past garden or plant experience is required.

Work is often performed alone, though larger sites and work activities will be performed in groups or with the whole team. Farmers are often required to move numerous 40lb bags of soil / amendments, and maneuver heavy totes of harvested produce through building environments. Transportation of farmers and materials is almost exclusively via electric bike & bike trailer - biking skill and comfort is an important job skill.

Harvested produce is distributed either to “harvest tables” in the building/complex of the garden, or to a local non-profit partner. Maintenance of ornamental gardens, pollinator and butterfly gardens, greenroofs, and interior plants is also a part of the role depending on the portfolio of sites.

Each site visit is logged to track work completed, site & plant conditions, and harvest. Farmers are expected to present their site’s status and upcoming work in weekly review meetings with the whole farm and garden staff.

This role will work closely with the entire Up Top Acres farm team including the partners and director of horticulture. We’re a small and growing team, and everyone on the team has a seat at the table when decisions are made regarding operations, scheduling, delegation, etc.

Compensation

this position is: salaried, $50,000 - $75,000

Application instructions

Deadline

February 01, 2025