ORGANIC FARMING JOBS :: Genieve Amores looking for Organic Farming Job

Genieve Amores looking for Organic Farming Job

Genieve “Gigi” McDonald Amores PO Box 301 Baxley, GA 31515 912-366-1410 home 843-599-9461 cell GigiA941@aol.com US Citizen Able to relocate. English/Spanish
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: November 2006 to Present Blueberry Farms of Georgia 4312 Lake Mayers Road Baxley, GA 31513 (please keep job search confidential Duties Current Technical Services Manager- provide detailed technical cultural information for corporate and contracted farms Previous General Manager- for Baxley location including 400 Acres Blueberry & Blackberry Organic, NutriClean, Sustainable, Canada/UK, Primus, and GlobalGAP certified farm, packhouse, and nursery. Manage all aspects of cultivation, irrigation, fertility, pest/pesticide management, labor recruitment, accounting, budgeting, inventory, packing, food safety, pesticide residue testing, water quality testing, GlobalGAP Audits, Primus Audits, Davis Fresh Audits, NutriClean, Organic Certification (handler & grower) blueberry and blackberry research/breeding projects, and equipment purchase & maintenance. Reason for leaving Management changes. May 2006 to November 2006 Colleton County Farmers Market Walterboro, SC Duties Assist in organizing and recruiting farmer participants for newly re-formed Colleton County Farmers’ Market Reason for leaving Need permanent position. November 2000 to May 2006 Emerald Greenhouses Inc Williams Farms 7622 Ashton Road Islandton, SC 29929 Duties Greenhouse manager. Manage all aspects of growing and business for 8 greenhouses in commercial vegetable and flower plug production. Greenhouse operation supplied vegetable and flower plugs for approximately 50 SC, GA, and FL farms. Evaluate all new vegetable varieties for production on Williams Farms locations. Interact with farm grower and scouts to implement new disease controls. Reason for leaving: Failure of employer to meet contractual obligations. Increasing substandard and hazardous work conditions. September 2000 to November 2000 City of Bonita Springs Engineering Department Bonita Springs, FL Duties Oversee irrigation/sewage renovations throughout Bonita Springs. Reason for leaving Temporary. Return to agriculture. August 1993 to September 2000 DNA Plant Technology (DuPont) Product Development 6701 San Pablo Avenue Oakland, CA 94608 Supervisor- Dr. Allan Nash Duties- Oversee and implement all field and greenhouse vegetable trial operations in locations through-out Eastern United States. Field trial operations including USDA permit approval, transgenic planting, farm contracting, seed acquisition, hand pollinations, greenhouse contracting, greenhouse scouting, sowing, transplanting, field scouting, cultural recommendations, field reporting, harvesting, breeding selections, seed collection, seed cleaning, and cataloging, evaluations, formal and informal data reporting, field day presentations, and formal presentations of product results. Primary concentration on standard bred and genetically modified tomatoes and peppers however breeding experience includes all vegetable crops currently grown in Southeastern United States. Reason for leaving- Corporate buy-out and consolidation. Company dismembered and disbanded. August 1992 to August 1993 Sakata Seed Company HWY 82 Lehigh Acres, FL 33970 Duties- Research trial and greenhouse manager, part time, temporary. Set-up greenhouses and field trial operations. Reason for leaving- Arrival of permanent staff. Needed full time position. August 1985 to August 1992 Ferry-Morse Seed Company (Limagrain) Modesto, CA Duties- Research and trial manager for Naples facility and locations through-out the Southeastern United States. Trial operations included farm contracting, seed acquisition, outside greenhouse contracting, outside greenhouse scouting, sowing, transplanting, field scouting, cultural recommendations, field reporting, harvest, selections, hand pollinations, seed cleaning and treatment, evaluations, data reporting, field day presentations, sales department/product development consulting. Quality control grow-out manager (stock and new hybrid seed) at Florida research station. Crop concentration on all East Coast adaptable crops promoted by Limagrain companies (Tezier, Vilmorin, Elidia, etc). Reason for leaving Corporate restructuring. Research Station closed. EDUCATION HISTORY Certified Organic Crop Inspector, International Organic Inspector Association, October 2008. Professional Master’s Agribusiness, Distance Education, University of Florida, December 1999. Bachelors of Agriculture Science, Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Georgia, December 1983. Associates of Science, Plant Science, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, Georgia, June 1981. EQUIPMENT EXPERIENCE Operating experience with nearly all standard and many specialized vegetable and berry farm and greenhouse equipment. ADDITIONAL TRAINING Kosher Laws Food Safety Training GlobalGAP Training References are available upon request. For respect of the references, names and numbers will not be listed on internet job boards.