Flower of Life Farm is a five acre organic farm on the island of Kaua’i. Previously part of a pineapple plantation, it has been our dream since 2015 to restore this land back to full vitality and participate with the broader community to cultivate health and provide food security for those of us on Kaua'i as well as our friends around the globe. Our founder, brings his love and experience in permaculture which began in India where he ran an agriculture non-profit for 15 years with indigenous tribal Indians helping them rebuild their soil and enrich their ecosystem. https://floweroflifefarm.earth/
If you are interested in the below positions, please review our website and email us at organicchef@gmail.com with a paragraph about yourself, a photo link, social media profiles and two references.
Please understand we will be prioritizing our responses to those who give us all of the above info first.
Mahalo
Product Development Manager
We are seeking a product development manager to: 1. create and develop value added product lines. 2. To manage our production facility.
We currently have a prototype production unit that includes a still, dehydrator, commercial juicer, flour mill, press, stove with oven, refrigerator/freezer, fermentation equipment, etc.
Product manager would work closely with the agriculture manager to grow as much of the plant material for the products as possible on the farm.We have been experimenting with:
-Tinctures
-Flours
-Hydrosols
-Dehydrated products.
-Fermented products
-Culinary valuated products
– Arts and crafts
We are nine years old and have survived the tricky startup phase and are ready to evolve to the next level with the right person.
Ideal candidates will have a passion for, and experience working with product development, also in creating sales with value added product lines. Background with medicinal herbs is highly desirable. Someone who wants to be on Kaua’i for the long-term and develop deep roots for sweet fruits. Someone who is comfortable with living in a tropical jungle in nature with a community of conscious people.
Work exchange and payment
This is a partial work trade position where we will provide a lovely, mold-free, private farm cabin with a kitchenette, high speed wi-fi, community showers and access to community food and kitchen, with a monthly stipend at first and an increase in pay as new revenue streams are developed with profit sharing.
And most important to join into a conscious community striving to live with aloha.
Agriculture Manager
We are looking for a long term, passionate, dynamic agriculture manager. We currently grow over 150 types of food and medicine plants on the farm. And we are always striving to increase the biodiversity. But most important is to grow specific plants at the scale we need to supply the product line that we are currently developing.
As you can see in the position above, the agriculture manager would work closely with the product manager. So the priority is to grow for our product line. But we will always expand the biodiversity, and creatively experiment with new plants. Previous experience in organic agriculture is required.
Responsibilities:
Propagation, starts, planting
Soil care, compost, vermicompost, compost tea, amendments
Weeding, mulching
Irrigation
Harvest of crops
Seed saving
Management of work trade crew
Work exchange and payment
This is a partial work trade position where we will provide a lovely, mold-free, private farm cabin with a kitchenette, high speed wi-fi, community showers and access to community food and kitchen, with a monthly stipend at first and an increase in pay as new revenue streams are developed with profit sharing.
And most important to join into a conscious community striving to live with aloha.