Company description

Quackenbush Farm is located in the beautiful Clackamas River Valley, about 30 minutes southeast of Portland. Our focus has primarily been diversified, organic, fresh market veggies, with an emphasis on heirloom and old-world varieties where flavor is more important than shelf-life. The farm is a thriving business with our main markets being our weekend farmer’s markets, wholesale (school districts), restaurants, and a small on-site farm stand.

Our production methods revolve around intensive, sustainable annual crop production. We are certified organic and utilize a variety of conservation practices to minimize our impact on the land and soil, including cover cropping, crop rotations, reduced tillage, pollinator plantings and hedgerows, and more.

Job description

We are seeking an experienced farmer to join our team in the Spring of 2026. This is a full-time leadership position that will support the farm owner and manager (Jennifer and Matt) to oversee daily operations, manage the farm crew, assist with crop and field planning, and the operation of farm equipment and machinery.

Primary Duties:

Manage and oversee daily operations of farm crew, including apprentices, volunteers, and/or field staff.

Manage field operations, including planting, harvest, weed management, nutrient management, crop rotations and successions, pest management

Assist Farm Manager in tractor operations, including field preparation, tillage, mechanical harvest, maintenance, etc.

Assist Farm Manger in maintaining farm equipment and systems, including irrigation systems, propagation greenhouse, hightunnels, wash/pack, walk-in coolers, tractor and implements, etc.

Assist farm crew in day to day tasks when possible.

Required Qualifications

At least 2 years full-time experience working on a production farm with an emphasis on crop production.

A strong understanding of crop production, including all steps from crop planning, propagation, planting, cultivation, disease/pest and nutrient management, and harvest.

A strong understanding of field management, including crop rotations, cover cropping, tillage, cultivation (mechanical and hand).

A strong understanding of processing, including all steps in the wash/pack, food safety, and sorting complex orders.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience running a business

Experience managing staff or volunteers

Farm management experience

Experience managing staff in a kitchen/food service environment

Experience operating and maintaining a tractor and farm implements.

Desired Personal Traits:

Excellent communication. This position will need to communicate clearly and respectfully within a small, tightly knit team, including setting and upholding clear expectations of quality and efficiency.

Strong attention to detail. This is a leadership position and will be setting the standard for the rest of the crew. While speed and efficiency is certainly important, this position will require a higher level attention to detail to ensure our quality standards are met and communicated with the rest of the crew.

Excellent organizational skills. Farms are complicated beasts and without a solid system of organizing tasks or other items, can be absolutely overwhelming. You will need to develop your own organizational systems and also work within the farm’s existing systems.

Schedule

We are looking to hire a position as soon as possible. This position will be full time (average 40hrs/week) during our primary season from March through November, then part time (20hrs/week) from December through February, with flexibility in the winter months for extended time off.

Hours are typically 8am to 4:30pm, however some flexibility is required as the seasonal nature of farming may require more than 8 hour days during peak season, and less than 8 during the shoulder seasons.

Compensation is $19-$21/hr. depending on experience, as well as a share of produce from the farm and an annual gear stipend.

Compensation

this position is: hourly, $20/hr +

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline