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["Michael Burns" <michael AT fingerlakespermaculture.org>]

 Project EATS is currently hiring a New York City Farm Manager to farm,
develop new farms and train apprentices in the art of small plot intensive
urban agriculture.   Candidates are required to have experience in organic
vegetable production and have the confidence to meet production minimums.
   This farmer will work closely with farm apprentices and impart technical
skills in order to build their confidence and competence in running urban
market gardens. Project EATS is breaking ground on new farm land this
Spring.  Project EATS farmers and the new Farm Manger will design and
establish market gardens putting them into production and cover crop in
Spring 2012.  Project EATS like most farming operations is fast paced and
multi-dimensional.   It takes creativity and dedication to make a vacant
lot produce vegetables and perennial crops, and it also takes an
experienced agrarian to create the farming systems that will make this
operation economically viable. If the challenge sounds like it is in your
skill set we look forward to seeing your application.

The Farm Manager should be have 2-3 years experience with all but not limited
to the following:

   - Organic vegetable production growing for market, CSA, and/or restaurant
   - Greenhouse propagation
   - Small plot intensive gardening, crop rotation and inter-cropping
   - Soil fertility management and compost
   - Facilitating or instructing farm skills to youth apprentices and 
volunteers
   - Farm record keeping
   - All applicants must posses a valid driver’s license

Project EATS creates neighborhood owned and operated urban food enterprises
throughout New York City.   Through partnerships with schools and community
based organizations, Project EATS take urban land and transforms it into farms
that produce food for community farm stands and restaurants.   On the farms,
we facilitate weekly sessions at public High Schools and one college that
cover seed selection, composting, and best practices in urban soil management,
as well as business planning. During the growing season we work with dedicated
youth to train them in local food production enterprises by propagating,
planting, harvesting and selling to restaurants and the community.  This
spring we will launch four new farm sites within the city and venture into
creating and marketing value added products.  If the challenge of re-inventing
New York City’s relationship to its land sounds like a job you are up to then
please send your resume to Linda Bryant: lbryant at activecitizenproject . com

Position begins in March. Salary mid-30,000.

ProjectEATS.org <http://projecteats.org/>


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