Who we are
Spiraledge is a company founded on one essential principle: to help people live healthier lives through sports and fitness!
Benaroya Family Farm is a diverse 13 acre homestead in Los Gatos with 300 fruit trees, lots of berries and vegetables, greenhouses, pastures, chickens and 30 dairy goats.
Rancho Soquel is a 100 + acre property near Santa Cruz, which is currently in development as an organic production farm that will feature mixed vegetables, orchards, and a variety of pastured Livestock.
Interested in being a part of a farm start up? Do you want to work and learn with expert consultants in regenerative agronomy, pasture management, vegetable production, orchard management, and dairy operations? If so, a 130 acre mixed production operation in Soquel CA awaits you. Be a major part of bringing a complex and beautiful vision to life.
Farm Production Manager
Location: Los Gatos/Soquel | Brand: Tend
Reports to: Farm Manager
What you will do (not limited to the following)
-Drive and execute the production of all vegetable, herb, and cut-flower operations
-Create, manage, and execute all fertility related operations
-Maintain digital records needed for food safety, organic certification, and internal data analytical needs
-Manage and execute all picking & packing operations.
-And much much more!
Who you are
-You identify as having a growth mindset.
-You’re a tireless learner who loves to be challenged and challenge the status quo of what “the best” way to farm is.
-You’re a highly flexible person who is willing to jump from job to job.
-You have an indefatigable positive attitude.
-Your co-workers describe you as being one of the hardest working people they have ever worked with
Your qualifications
-At least 5 years of farming experience with a minimum of 3 years in vegetable experience
-Strong tractor or bcs
-Ability to lift 50lbs (aka a sack of chicken food)
-Able to perform physically demanding work, outdoors, on a slope, in hot/inclement weather
-Willingness to use technology to communicate, operate irrigation, and record data
-Ability to self-motivate and work alone or with a team
-General handiness and excellent problem solving skills
-Commitment to giving and receiving direct, timely, and constructive feedback
-Willingness to be flexible and shift priorities
Bonus points
-Some Pasture and livestock management experience
-An agronomic related degree
-Class A license
-Farm marketing acumen
Physical demands:
Most work performed outdoors; regular exposure to dirt, dust, noise, adverse weather conditions and mechanical hazards when operating farm tools/equipment. The employee is frequently required to stand, bend, grasp, perform repetitive movements, balancing, climbing, driving, kneeling, pushing, reaching, sitting, twisting, walking, & crawling.
Additional Physical Requirements:
Vision: Adequate with aid to read instructions, labels, documents, computer screens and differentiate between colors.
Hearing: Adequate with aid to understand oral requests, & telephone conversation
Please click here to apply:
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When applying, please include the following:
-A short cover letter (optional but preferred)
-Answers to the following questions:
*Describe your experience with the following: vegetable growing, animal husbandry, irrigation, physical labor, farm design/start-up
*What skills are you most proud of?
*What are your career goals related to farming?