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CARIBBEAN ORGANIC CSA OPPORTUNITIES



JOB OPENINGS ON CARIBBEAN ORGANIC FARM
           

CSA de Rincón, a Community Supported Agriculture project in the beach
town
of Rincón, Puerto Rico, has openings for the 1997-1998 season (November
-
July).   A committment to and conceptual understanding of organic
farming
is required, with further training to take place on site.  Limited
living
quarters available.  Outdoor work, hands-on learning experience for
those
who love Nature and the tropics.

WANTED:  FARM MANAGER
Soil preparation, planting, crop maintenance (fertilizing, pest control,
etc), harvesting, and overseeing farmhands.  Planning work schedules,
organizing farm work.  Must have understanding of biology and  love of
farming.  Salary:  $9,600 for 40 weeks of hard work.

WANTED:  CSA ADMINISTRATOR
Making payroll, caring for employee relations, balancing the checkbook,
coordinating membership, CSA promotion, membership recruitment, fielding
phone calls, organizing newsletter information.  Must be bilingual
(Spanish-English).    Hourly wage:  $6/hour.

WANTED:  CSA COORDINATOR
Working with farm manager to meet planting and harvest deadlines,
coordinating the harvest, cleaning and packing of orders for CSA
members,
organizing out-of-town shipments of produce.   Hourly wage:  $6/hour.

WANTED:  FARMHANDS
Carrying out physical duties on the farm, as directed by the farm
manager: 
roto-tilling, applying soil amendments, planting, transplanting, crop
maintenance, harvesting, cleaning.  Mechanical knowledge of farm
machinery
a big plus.     Hourly wage:  $5/hour.

Please send resumé to CSA de Rincón, Box 735, Rincón, Puerto Rico 
00677,
or fax to (787) 823-6282,  or e-mail to bectozer@coqui.net.  For more
information, call Rebecca at (787) 823-6282 or Joseph and Lynn at (787)
823-7786.  The sooner, the better!