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JOB FILLED - Green Bean Grower

Job Description: 

Since 1908 our family farms have grown out of our passion for food, a healthy environment and our sincere interest in producing the highest quality food, both ethically and sustainably. Today we are a sustainable farm that grows a wide array of year-round vegetables offered in a variety of convenient packages.

We now have a great opportunity available for a Green Bean Grower in Delray Beach, FL.

Compensation/Salary: 
DOE
Responsibilities & Duties: 
  • Responsible for the overall growing and maintenance of crops.
  • Responsible for ensuring proper plant growth and health.
  • Identify the plants and their problems (diseases, pests, and others)Knowledge in irrigation.
  • Constant monitoring of plants for optimum plant quality.
  • Understands and follow organization protocols to ensure plant growth and health.
  • Recognize plant health problems.
  • Irrigation maintenance & management.
  • Environmental control systems in growing area.
  • Soil testing, soil amendments, composting and cover cropping for soil quality and erosion control.
  • Chemical application.
  • Participate with Product Manager to develop protocols.
Qualifications: 
  • 5 years of growing experience, including organic production.
  • Extensive understanding of crop rotation, cover cropping, irrigation and soil maintenance.
  • Knowledge of farm equipment to ensure proper function and maintenance.
  • Experience dealing with health, safety and environmental standards and regulations.
  • Pesticide Certified Applicator license required.
  • Knowledge of and experience with the organic certification process.
  • CCOF, HAACP and Organic Certification compliance expertise required.
  • Microsoft Office knowledge (i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word etc.).
  • Willingness to take initiative, think and act proactively to solve problems and assess priorities, and manage a variety of tasks calmly and effectively.
  • Positive, energetic attitude and open communication.
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
  • Must be willing to work weekends.
  • While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms; frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and occasionally required to stand, walk, talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

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