Job description

Help Link Farmers to Landowners to Expand Farm Activity in Massachusetts! The New Entry Sustainable Farming Project assists beginning farmers, many of whom are socially and economically disadvantaged, to establish successful farm business enterprises.

New Entry is seeking a Farmland Matching Service Coordinator to coordinate its statewide farmland identification, access, and matching service project. This position will be based in our Lowell, MA office with periodic supervisory responsibilities on the Tufts Boston campus. We are seeking a creative, self-starter to expand our farmland matching service to link farmers who are seeking land, to landowners with available land statewide and more broadly within the Northeast region.

The Farmland Matching Service Coordinator is responsible for leading a team to expand the existing farmland match program, and develop/lead a new working collaboration of land match service providers in Massachusetts. A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in delivering technical assistance to farmers in the areas of production, business planning, farmland assessment and/or access to capital/credit is required.

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