Company description

Flocktown Farm is an organic fruit and vegetable farm located in Pittstown, NJ -- an hour form NYC and Philadelphia. We grow exclusively for our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program and plant 100 acres of our 300 acre farm. We are seeking hardworking farmers to join our young and energetic team and become part of our rapidly growing business. Learn more about us by visiting our website and watch a short video about who we are at https://www.flocktownfarm.com/who-we-are

Job description

The greenhouse assistant provides day to day plant care in our 5 propagation greenhouses, ensuring that the young transplants receive correct levels of water, nutrients, light, heat, ventilation etc. The greenhouse assistant will also assist with project management, record keeping, insect/disease management and equipment manitence. The greenhouse assistant will report directly to the Farm Manager and work together to create a management plan for the season. When the Greenhouse assistant is not working on Greenhouse tasks, they are expected to join the farm crew team. The roles and responsibilities include:

+Daily Watering (2/3 x per day) The greenhouse assistant must be able to identify and ensure daily watering needs are met.
+Monitor and manage temperatures of greenhouses. This would include: Setting thermostats for heaters, louvers and fan ventilation. As well as, opening and closing greenhouses daily or when appropriate.
+Manage pest/disease issues, whether that is identifying and handling these issues on your own or reporting issues to the farm manager and manage accordingly.
+Manage the seeding schedule created by the farm manager. +manage and oversee seeding teams (5-10 people)
+Maintain record keeping.
+Manage small teams in moving seedlings to and from greenhouses depending of growth stages of the plants.
+Maintain irrigation systems.
+Care and upkeep the work area and greenhouse spaces.

* This position would be full-time, Wednesday-Sunday.
*Housing is available in a beautiful on site farmhouse with all amenities included. This is a shared space with a large kitchen, large private bedrooms, washer/dryer, basement gym and much more!

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $18.00 - $21.00

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline