Overview
Farm Crew Member Jobs in Clifton, New Jersey, USA at Spelman College
Position: Farm Crew Member, Clifton NJ
and the job listing Expires on March 31, 2025
City Green, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating the establishment of urban farms and gardens in northern New Jersey’s cities to create increased access to healthy, local food while cultivatingeducationin food systems, nutrition and the environment. We operate our own farm stands in Clifton, Paterson and Passaic as well as a mobile market serving neighborhoods in the area.
Through our farms and markets, we aim to create increased access to local, farm-fresh food, while addressing issues of food justice.
Diversityis a core value of City Green. We believe the power ofdiversityenriches all of us by exposing us to a range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. City Green is committed to working to build and sustain an equitable andinclusive work environmentwherediversityis celebrated and valued.
We believediversitybenefits and enriches the development of all of our staff, partners, supporters, and community.
About the Clifton Farm
The City Green Farm Eco-Center has 5 fields in production over 2 ½ acres and operates under a no-till system. These regenerative farming practices emphasize building and preserving healthy living soil while producing beautiful high quality organic produce. By practicing bio intensive market gardening, our Clifton farm is capable of producing very high yields of produce in a small space.
Position Summary:The role of the Farm Crew Member at the City Green Farm Eco Center is to support and assist with the daily operations of the farm. The Farm Crew Member works closely with the Farm Manager, following the season’s crop plans to support each week’s task list. This role assists in all aspects of crop production including but not limited to: greenhouse support, field maintenance, weeding, monitoring, and harvesting.
The Farm Crew Member takes a leading role in farm work alongside the Farm Manager. In addition to assisting in these tasks, the Farm Crew Member has the opportunity to oversee certain aspects of the operation such as row cover monitoring, tunnel irrigation, weeding and permaculture irrigation. Farming is physical, fast paced, and tough work, but we make it a point to have fun and meet each task with positive energy!
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Greenhouse
Assist in the greenhouse seeding schedule and maintenance
Assist with the greenhouse seeding log
Monitoring and watering the greenhouse as needed
Monitoring temperature, humidity, and ventilation throughout the season
Crop Production
Participate in all aspects of vegetable production, bed forming, soil amendments, mulching, irrigation, pruning, trellising, cultivating/weeding, row covers, bed flipping and tarp management
Assist with data logging and record keeping
Assisting in cut flower production and bouquet making
Operating a 30 HP John Deere Tractor
– Forklift and front loader bucket
High Tunnel monitoring- temperature, venting, and irrigation in our caterpillar tunnels
Participates in harvests twice a week and support the wash/pack operation
Assist with the harvest log
Work cooperatively alongside the rest of the Farm Crew (Director of Agriculture, Farm Manager, Farm Produce Distribution Coordinator, and Harvest/Market Assistants)
Support and help lead…
Title: Farm Crew Member
Company: Spelman College
Location: Clifton, New Jersey, USA
Category: Outdoor/Nature/Animal Care, Non-Profit & Social Impact
