Lead Farmer

Castle Farm; Santa Paula (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site accommodations

Job summary

Castle Farm seeks a hands-on farmer to lead a 40-acre regenerative operation in the hills of Santa Paula, CA. The role involves turning planning into a functioning farm, with infrastructure projects ahead for water, irrigation, and fencing.

You will guide planting and livestock stages as systems come online, leveraging in-house equipment and crew to minimize external hires. We provide on-site accommodations and anticipate future profit-sharing arrangements as the project progresses toward

Responsibilities

• Lead development of regenerative farming practices on a 40-acre property in Santa Paula, CA.
• Oversee in-house infrastructure projects including water distribution, irrigation and fencing.
• Plan for planting and livestock stages as infrastructure nears completion.
• Utilize our own equipment and crew to execute tasks where possible.
• Experience with heavy equipment is a plus.

Job description

Seeking a farmer with hands-on experience in regenerative farming methods to lead the development of a 40-acre property in the hills of Santa Paula, CA into a functioning regenerative farm. We have well-documented planning and are a couple of years into infrastructure projects, with at least another year to go to complete water distribution systems, irrigation and fencing before reaching the planting and livestock management stage. We aim to accomplish these large infrastructure projects in-house with our own equipment and crew wherever possible. Experience using heavy equipment would be valuable.

The end goal will be a variety of naturally raised animal products and specialty produce provided to the surrounding community and local restaurants.

Accomodations on-site are available.

Future profit sharing arrangements possible.