Farm Manager Healthy Flavors
- Date Posted July 15, 2024
- Location Conway, AR
- Category Agriculture / Production
- Job type Full-Time
Healthy Flavors is our "umbrella brand" for two farms, one in middle Tennessee and one in central Arkansas.
Nestled in the rolling hills south of Nashville, TN, this farm includes 41,000 square feet of greenhouse space, 30,000 square feet of hoop space and outdoor growing areas. We specialize in culinary herbs for major national retailers and wholesalers. Year round, we grow an assortment of herbs, including basil, thyme, oregano, dill, chives, mint, cilantro, parsley, rosemary, sage, bay leaves and other specialties.
In June 2012, Nadia and Dan Spatz purchased the farm, which was set up in 1986 as one of the first hydroponic greenhouse operations in Tennessee. We renamed the business Healthy Flavors, Inc. The name represents our vision to "spread the news" that good health starts with healthy, tasty food.
Healthy Flavors Arkansas is a re-boot of the legacy farm from Dan's family, the Dan-Harton Farm located in Conway. We are diligently working to convert 400 acres of cultivatable, irrigated farmland in the Arkansas river valley onto specialty crops for local customers. We are set up to shell, grade and clean southern peas; slice, wash, and spin dry greens; and peel, dice or cut strips of summer and winter squash.
We are aiming to play a role in developing the motivation and demand for locally produced foods in school, through active participation in Farm to School programs and activities. In doing so, and through other initiatives, we aim to play our role in bending the current industrial food system toward more local, community focused, resource generative based and farmer led activity in an evolving food system.
Nadia and Dan both have corporate experience in the food industry. We want to stay family focused as we work to professionalize, not "corporatize" the farms. Anyone with a background in agriculture, the ambition of a business leader and a passion for working hard for your community is welcome to express an interest in our teams.
Job descriptionAre you an experienced grower looking for a new challenge? We are scaling production of a range of specialty crops, primarily for school food service operators.
Our three prime criteria are that you:
- know what it means to live a farmer lifestyle.
- have professional experience in your career history.
- share a passion for doing good through agriculture!
We are a small-scale, family-owned enterprise. If you blend in to the team and successfully contribute, you will benefit as the farm and its impact grows. This is a job where you will have great independence and a need to partner / collaborate with the owner, Dan Spatz. You will be respected like an owner if you show up like one.
Building mutual trust, having high ambitions and working actively and enthusiastically for a better future are hallmarks of our values. Our efforts during the last five years have already produced a growing reputation for contributing to societal health through farmer led, locally focused, community infused and sustainably based agricultural enterprise. We do that by maximizing production of locally grown, high quality specialty crops and by developing customer and supply chain solutions in parallel.
We are converting the 400-acre Dan-Harton Farm, located in the fertile Arkansas River valley of Central Arkansas. It has traditionally focused on soybeans, rice and wheat. But this farm manager will focus on fresh greens, summer and winter squash and southern peas. This year, we are using H-2A labor to unlock the potential of staff, who should have knowledge in areas such as
- “intense” growing operations (experience in scaling or already scaled vegetable production);
- soil building techniques;
- growing in various systems (outdoor soil-based systems and season extension techniques);
- workforce supervisory skills and workforce leadership (Spanish language a plus);
- food safety and hygiene principles;
- operating through data and planned, organized work routines;
- communicating easily and openly, operating both independently and as a team player.
This is a career type position where we appreciate active discussions about how this experience can fulfill your personal goals and ambitions.
Compensation commensurate with your experience and demonstrated ability to drive our production and productiveness. $60,000 is a starting point (consider cost of living in the South is less), into which we will factor your experience, health care needs and potential on-farm housing options. We also offer paid time off. Housing options could be available for an individual or couple.
You can find more about our farm at http://www.healthyflavors.net/arkansas(link is external) or at
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthyflavorsar/(link is external)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HealthyFlavorsAR(link is external)
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