{"id":3291,"date":"2017-03-21T13:12:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T20:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=3291"},"modified":"2017-03-21T13:12:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T20:12:18","slug":"job-descriptions-for-your-kitchen-garden-in-canby-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-3291","title":{"rendered":"Job descriptions for Your Kitchen Garden in Canby, Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Employment Opportunities on Established Vegetable Farm near Portland, Oregon.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Your Kitchen Garden in Canby, Oregon is an 11-acre diversified vegetable operation selling exclusively to restaurants in Portland, Oregon. \u00a0The farm has operated for over 21 years and has an excellent reputation.\u00a0 We are one of the pioneers of this type of marketing in one of the most vibrant farm-to-table scenes in the country.\u00a0 Positions available include a farm manager and a harvesting\/packing\/field hand.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Candidates for manager will have at least 2 years experience working in small-scale vegetable production and direct marketing.\u00a0 Knowledge of tractor operation\/maintenance and irrigation systems is required. \u00a0 Duties will include assisting in field production, irrigation, coordination of crews, maintaining production and harvest schedules, and greenhouse growing and propagation.\u00a0 Attention to detail and a commitment to quality product are essential. Initially, candidate will be assisting established manager in day-to-day operations and receive hands-on education of systems in place.\u00a0 Current manager is owner\/establisher of farm, and has a PhD. in Botany from The University of British Columbia. \u00a0The educational opportunity for the right candidate is something that comes along very rarely.\u00a0 Compensation for this position depends on education and experience.\u00a0 Hours may be irregular and extended and may be supplemented at times with an assistant under candidate\u2019s supervision.\u00a0 This is a year-round position.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Harvesting\/packing\/field hand will understand the importance of quality control in marketing of vegetables to a demanding restaurant clientele. Duties include coordinating harvest on a day-to-day basis to fill current orders, rinsing and boxing product and liaising with manager on inventory\/availability.\u00a0 This position also includes field work such as planting, cultivation and harvesting of vegetables and placement of irrigation pipes. Candidates will be able to lift 50lb and work outside for extended hours in varying conditions.\u00a0 Transportation is required as the farm is not served by public transportation. Pay starts at $12.50\/hr but may depend on experience.\u00a0 Season is April\/May-October\/November.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

These positions offer excellent opportunities for the right people to build knowledge and experience in an established, successful farming environment.\u00a0 Our current team of 5 workers have a combined 80 years of experience operating this farm.\u00a0 We harvest and sell February through December.\u00a0 Join our team and see how we make farming a profitable operation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We are accepting applications now for this year.\u00a0 Inquiries for next year (2018) are also being accepted throughout 2017.\u00a0 Please send your contact info, previous experience\/education and any references to <\/span>ykg@canby.com<\/a>.\u00a0 Thank you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Employment Opportunities on Established Vegetable Farm near Portland, Oregon. \u00a0pastedGraphic Your Kitchen Garden in Canby, Oregon is an 11-acre diversified vegetable operation selling exclusively to restaurants in Portland, Oregon. \u00a0The farm has operated for over 21 years and has an excellent reputation.\u00a0 We are one of the pioneers of this type of marketing in one…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3293,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions\/3293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}