The Farmhand Foundation

🌾 We’re not just growing food. We’re growing the future. At The Farmhand Foundation we believe farming can heal—land, people, ecosystems, and economies. We’re looking for a part-time Field Manager to help us bring that vision to life. 📍 Ojai, California ⏳ 20–25 hours/week (seasonally flexible) 💰 $50–$65/hour 🤝 Reports to our Executive Director, collaborates with ecosystem + business leads. This is a hands-in-the-soil leadership role for someone who: - Listens first. - Thinks in systems, acts with precision. - Leads crews and tractors with equal grace. - Can implement regenerative practices and irrigation schedules. - Knows that true profit includes soil health, biodiversity, and cultural vitality. You’ll manage the heartbeat of the farm—from crop plans and pest management to habitat health and harvest logistics. This isn’t just a job. It’s a chance to be part of a farm that’s also a living classroom, a community hub, and a model for what’s possible. Are you someone who… - Has 3+ years farming experience? - Gets excited about biodiversity, habitat enhancement, and real food systems? - Can lead with humility, teach with clarity, and learn every single day? 📩 Send your resume + cover letter to: info@farmhandfoundation.org 🌐 Learn more: farmhandfoundation.org Full job description here: https://lnkd.in/gSYN2zpc Know someone perfect for this? Tag them below. Let’s get the right hands on this soil. #regenerativeagriculture #ojai #farmjob #soilhealth #leadership #hiring #farmmanager #ecologicalfarming #climateaction #farmhandfoundation

In Southern California, winter is real enough to feel—but not enough to stop the work. Harvest here is often a mindset, not a moment. With fields still turning year-round, reflection takes intention. So does gratitude: for farmers and ranchers who stay close to the seasons, and for the climates that give us pixies from cold nights, corn from long hot summers, and fresh greens worth savoring right away. Holding deep thanks for the hands that keep feeding communities near and far—every month of the year. 🌱 Read our full post on Gratitude: https://lnkd.in/gNtFKMu4

The power of decay, dreaming, and trusting something else to be true. This is a beautiful piece from our dear friends at Tractor Beam! https://lnkd.in/gfK4a7F9

Thank you Andrew Watman for writing this beautiful piece. You really captured the feeling of Tractor Beverage Co. and Farmhand! Cheers to you and to the soil + soul that unites us all!

The Land Remembers What We May Forget In our first real year of operating in Ojai, we thought we were just here to listen to farmers. Turns out, the land had/has stories to tell too. Every tree line, furrow, and ground squirrel den held echoes—of effort, of care, of conflict. Listening closely, we realized: the soil stores just as much history as any human voice. So we asked ourselves: How do you honor land as both witness and teacher? “The Seeds of Story” – a piece shaped by the whispers of farmers and the wisdom of earth. A big thanks to our friend Alexis for pulling this piece together. We hope you enjoy it! https://lnkd.in/g82dHjmq

Thinking about going organic? Now’s the time! Community Alliance with Family Farmers' Organic Transition Program is here to help California farmers transition to organic: 💵 At least $30,000 in funding to cover transition costs 👩🌾 Support to achieve organic certification Applications are open now until October 24! 👉 Apply today at caff.org/otp

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day. Today and every day. Read the full post here: https://lnkd.in/gAPwbTpz

Introducing Tractor Beverage Co.'s newest drink, the Haymaker. This is our favorite drink to date. Refreshing to drink after a long day of moving fences, planting fields, or merely sitting on Zoom calls. Learn more below. We can't wait for you to try it!

"Change begins when we're truly heard." - Luke Peterson At The Farmhand Foundation we believe that farmers are more than producers. They're keepers: of soil, of seed, of memory. They carry with them what most of us have forgotten: how to live in rhythm with a place. Our work is to back them, like any good farmhand. To be useful. To pull our weight. To show up early and to stay late. To offer a reliable hand in a world that often forgets who keeps it happy and fed. We don't pretend the work is easy. And we know it's essential. So we listen, listen, listen, and in so doing, we learn. Thank you, Tractor Beverage Co. for bringing us along to Farm Aid this year! After some time in Minnesota, visiting farms and connecting with many rad nonprofits and musicians, we are soaring in hope and more excited than ever to dig back in to our work here in Ventura County, backing the hands that feed. Another hearty thanks to Tom Chapman at Organic Trade Association for hosting this incredible breakfast. To The Cornucopia Institute for showing up and being the powerful leaders that you are, and to the women farmers at University of Minnesota - keep going! You are our future growers of good, nutrient dense, healthy food - the world clearly needs you.

The future of food isn’t built in boardrooms—it’s built in fields and occasionally on the dance floor! Right now, the regenerative food system needs more than ideas. It needs People. Communities. Movements. As Shorlette Ammons, Co-Executive Director of Farm Aid, puts it: “There is no farm movement without the people. Rural communities represent the heartbeat of this country. Farmers and rural and immigrant labor sustain our food system, care for the land, and strengthen our food ways and cultural connections.” So this week, we’re heading to Farm Aid with our friends at Tractor Beverage Co. because change this big doesn’t come from one brand or one farmer—it comes when we stand (or dance) shoulder-to-shoulder. So hang onto your boots, Minneapolis. We’re coming together to honor the land, the people, and the future of food. Holler if you'll be there and come find us at HOMEGROWN Village!