Immediate opening on Kaua'i Kunana Dairy Farm.
Applicants are required to live on the farm and participate in animal husbandry, animal care, dairy operations, value-added food production, and crop production on our small family farm on North Shore of Kaua’i. The job entails split shifts on some days and is a 30-40 hour time commitment. We provide clean, comfortable living accommodations for all employees. We are looking for applicants who can commit to a long-term arrangement and want to make Kaua'i their home and farming their lifestyle. Resume with three job references.
Qualifications:
Reliability and adaptability are the two most important abilities for this job. No two days are exactly alike and opportunities to learn are many and varied. The work includes value-added food production in a certified kitchen. There are outside jobs working with dairy goats, cleaning the goat yard, mulching, harvesting, tree pruning, weeding, and crop production. Applicants must love animals and outdoor work. After training, employees handle several milking shifts each week. Applicants with food handling/farming who have a basic understanding of hygiene and food safety practices in a commercial kitchen are preferred. Must have a current drivers’ license to help with deliveries and errands. Applicants must be physically fit and able to lift 50 lb. feed bags, clean goat yards, and lift milk cans, etc. Employees are required to wear proper attire at all times including closed toe shoes/boots, proper safety gear depending on the task assigned. The applicant should have a strong desire to learn sustainable farming processes and ability to work with customers at markets and on the farm.
Absolutely no drugs, smoking, or drama. This is a family farm, not a community. We are low-key in our living situations and enjoy the quiet, peaceful atmosphere that we have cultivated on our farm.