Cleveland, OH30+ days ago
Beyond growing produce the farm food program associate¿s blended role includes the business aspects of food production, representing the University Farm at on and off-campus function, creating, documenting and delivering original content for short one-hour up to 12-week co-curricular educational programs on subjects such as the technical aspects of planting different crops, gardening at home versus an institutional settings, integrated pest management, soil preparation, composting, harvesting, preserving, beekeeping 101, and similar. Oversee the high tunnels and mushroom production program: Maintain the high tunnel area includes: create annual planting plan, create techniques to control weeds, seeding, transplanting, and harvesting, use integrated pest management and natural methods to control for pest and disease and keep the high tunnels themselves physically maintained.