Farm Operations Technician - St. Luke's Organic Farm - Rodale Institute

• Take part in the execution of day-to-day tasks
• Lead and/or supervise volunteers when requested
• Maintain a clean and organized work area and office space
• Field:
  • Operate between research plots, production fields, orchards, and educational fields
  • Maintain field operations logs for organic certification (tillage, planting, inputs, etc.)
  • Tractor operation, using tractor-mounted implements, using irrigation, transplanting, seeding, cultivating, hand weeding, spraying, harvesting, collecting data, and any other field tasks requested
  • Heavy focus on perennial fruit production (raspberries, blueberries, apples, pears, strawberries)
  • Assist with vegetable production, processing, and distribution
• Landscaping:
  • Assist in planning and execution of pollinator habitats and riparian zones
  • Maintain all input and planting records
  • Maintain an aesthetically pleasing appearance across entire frontend of campus
  • Prepare sites for meetings, tours, events, etc.
  • Transplanting, hand weeding, watering, seeding, dead-heading, harvesting, spraying, pruning, trellising, mowing, trimming fence lines, and any other landscaping tasks requested
  • Assist in planning of beneficial insect habitats and beneficial for gardens
• Greenhouse/High Tunnels:
  • Assist the farm team in execution of production plans for all controlled environment structures
• Sales/Distribution
  • Assist in processing and delivering farm products
  • Maintain processing logs

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• At least two years of experience in manual labor, agriculture, or landscaping
• At least two years of experience in fruit production
• Ability to maintain and organize activity logs
• Positive, motivated, professional attitude
• Flexible schedule as farm work can be unpredictable
• Works well in both a teamwork-oriented environment and alone
• Able to lift and carry 50lbs
• Able and willing to work in any weather conditions

• Some travel will be required between the Shantz Farm, Rodale Institute, and St. Luke’s Farm.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity or handicap.

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