Assistant Farm Manager

Duties:

  1. Learn all aspects of running a small diverse farm. You will be expected to work with the farmer and gain the knowledge and skills necessary to operate this small farm. Duties will include supervision of employees and volunteers to ready planting beds, plant crops, cultivate, perform pest management, harvest, clean, pack and store a wide variety of vegetables.
  2. Responsible for overseeing daily livestock chores for chickens, turkeys, goats, and pigs. Responsible for getting inventory ready for delivery to CSA and markets. Responsible for direct sales at farmers markets and CSA distribution. Responsible for record keeping including harvest records, inventories, CSA tracking, sales records, and financial records. No aspect of this farm business will be unavailable for you to learn, even those activities which may happen outside the timing of your Manager position. If you want to learn how to manage a small farm, here’s a great place to start. You will be exposed to a wide diversity of agricultural ventures on a small scale, and be able to really choose those which have an interest for you.

Starts March 1st-October 31st

  1. No scheduled days off, flexible personal time. This is the same as the farmer’s schedule. This job will require well over 40 hours per week.

Compensation

  1. Room and Board plus salary awarded in keeping with the seasonal increase of farm cash flow and advancing knowledge of the Manager. Bonuses may be awarded based upon performance and profitability. Average pay without bonuses $575/mo, $4,600 for the season. Scheduled as follows: March-May $1500, June-July $1200 (bonus possible), Aug-Oct $1900 (bonus possible).

Qualifications

  1. Only applicants willing to commit for the whole season should apply. Some farm experience required. Must be energetic, hardworking, self-motivated, love farming, be an excellent communicator and able to supervise others. Candidate must be detail oriented and organized. Ideal candidate wishes to have their own farm or desires to manage a CSA.

Contact:

  1. Lorraine Wiesen, Moonrise Farms, HC65 Box 527026, Concho Arizona, (928)337-2466. Send resume and references to moonrisefarms@frontier.com

Moonrise Farms Location

  1. Moonrise Farms is located in remote central Arizona. We grow in a high desert climate which is arid but temperatures are moderate. We are a small diverse farm growing a wide variety of vegetables on about 1-1/2 acres. We sell most of our produce through Farmers Markets and CSA. The farm has a thriving spring seedling business in organic heirloom vegetable starts. The farm has several greenhouses and a nicely finished packinghouse. We also raise chickens for eggs, goats for dairy, and hogs for meat.