Sam Acuff

• Company overview: https://hickorynutgap.com
• Job Duties
• Bartend at indigenous Cherokee event
• Help unload meat out of truck for costumers to purchase
• Reference

Megan: Event coordinator

Phone: 919-302-0518

• Company Overview https://www.flyingcloudfarm.net
• Job duties
• Harvesting produce/flowers
• Washing and packing produce for farmers market and CSA costumers
• Managing and restocking roadside farm stand
• Trellising tomatoes and other produce
• Seeding trays with new seed
• Transplanting seedlings into field
• Landscaping care (mowing, weed whacking)
• Making flower bouquets for roadside stand and farmers markets
• Reference

Annie Louise Perkinson: Farm Owner and Manager

Phone Number: 828-768-3348

• Company Overview https://www.bontebakery.com/
• Job duties
• Mix ingredients to make dough
• Knead dough
• Operate ovens for bread baking
• Bag baked bread, and pack bread for delivery
• General cleaning including dishwashing, sweeping, mopping, wiping counters, taking out trash, etc
• Reference:

Brian Clark- brianclark777@gmail.com- 802-595-5747

Title: Manager of Bonte Bakery

Relation: Previous Boss/Co-worker

Rob Lamb- robertilamb@gmail.com- 828-280-5899

Title: Owner of Bonte Bakery

Relation: Previous Boss/Co-worker

• Company Overview: https://www.maplehillschoolandfarm.org/
• Job Duties
• One on one social/emotional work with school students
• Modeling positive healthy behaviors for trauma inflicted youth
• Helping students develop life skills and creative outlets, i.e., cooking, cleaning, therapeutic gardening, carpentry, music, reading, and physical activity
• Developing relationships with students to help motivate learning and participation in their various classes

Reference:

Vivian Stein vivian@maplehillschoolandfarm.org 917-684-0771

Title: IA coordinator, Farm Manager, Americorp Site Supervisor

Relation: Previous IA Supervisor, Former Americorp Supervisor

• Company Overview: https://www.maplehillschoolandfarm.org/
• Job Duties
• During the school year helping cook in the kitchen, aid students with their cooking projects, coordinating volunteer work for the students in the community, and delivering donated food to delegated persons in the community
• During the growing season most of the time is spent on the maintenance and management of the school farm
• Farm duties and tasks included seeding, transplanting, weeding, spraying, weed whacking, other landscaping jobs, spraying fertilizer, and harvesting produce
• Additional farm responsibilities included animal care, i.e., rotating cows and goats on pasture, cleaning chicken coops and goat pens, and feeding chickens, goats, and cows

Reference:

Vivian Stein vivian@maplehillschoolandfarm.org 917-684-0771

Title: IA coordinator, Farm Manager, Americorp Site Supervisor

Relation: Previous IA Supervisor, Former Americorp Supervisor

• Company Overview: https://www.eatlittlesesame.com/
• Job Duties
• Making Hummus, and working to package and ship Hummus for markets and stores in the D.C Area.

References:

Isabel Torres 703-868-1103

Title: Chief of Staff

Relation: Previous Boss

• Company Overview: https://www.ragandfrassfarm.com/
• Job Duties
• Wide array of crop management duties, including, washing and bagging produce, harvesting produce, seeding crops, transferring crops to plant beds, preparing plant beds (I.e mulching, tithing, soil amending, weeding), making flower bouquets/arrangements, arranging customer orders, and selling produce and flowers at Atlanta farmers markets

Reference:

Julia Asherman ragandfrassfarm@gmail.com 617-777-0117

Title: Farm owner/manager

Relation: Previous Boss

• Company Overview: https://www.eatlittlesesame.com/
• Job Duties
• Making Hummus, and working to package and ship Hummus for markets and stores in the D.C Area

• Company Overview: https://www.usu.edu/ucc/
• Job Duties
• Summer Season: Habitat Restoration Projects including, weeding invasive species (Kosha, Russian Thistle, Goatheads), spreading native species seed across properties (native grasses and shrub seeds), planting and watering native species (Oak Trees, Cottonwoods, Willows), building fences around invasive species to mitigate seed spreading, and chainsawing trees (Pinyon Junipers) for fire fuel reduction purposes
• Fall Season: Habitat Restoration Projects including, brush cutting and mowing over invasive Kosha grass from city parks, planting and watering oak trees, building fencing around native species (Cottonwoods, Willows); to stop beavers from eating them, harvesting seeds from plants, applying herbicide to invasive species (Russian Napweed, Canadian Thistle, Goatheads), and beaver dam construction
• Certifications gained from Corp: A level Sawyer Cert, WFA (Wilderness First Aid) Certification

References:

Nicole Krieser nicole.kreiser@usu.edu 717-623-8826

Title: AmeriCorps Coordinator, Utah Conservation Corp

Relation: Previous Boss

Evan Kluwe evan.kluwe@usu.edu 503-333-2514

Title: Southeast Field Coordinator, Moab Field Boss

Relation: Previous Boss

• Company Overview: https://www.hoghavenfarm.com/
• Job Duties
• Setting up farmers market stands at farmers markets across the DC/Virginia Metropolitan area (Prepping grills, putting items on display, setting up signs/tent/lemonade dispenser, etc.), grilling sandwiches for customers, taking orders
• Working in Hog Haven Warehouse prepping for future markets (washing dishes, unloading and reloading trucks, stocking coolers, and cleaning grills)

Reference:

Rob Staples Earth_Bound@hotmail.com 434-964-7070

Title: Owner/Operator at Hog Haven Farms

Relation: Former Boss

• Company Overview:

https://www.mellowmushroom.com

• Job Duties
• Washing dishes, closing down dish pit, and taking out trash

• Company overview:

https://www.khalsafamilyfarms.com/our-story

• Job Duties
• Seeding, weeding, harvesting, preparing plant beds, working at the farmers market, building and maintaining infrastructure, and other various farm tasks

Reference:.

Scout Edenfield edenfieldaddison@gmail.com 404-457-9759

Title: Farm Manager at Khalsa Family Farms

Relation: Former Boss

• Company overview:

https://www.acehardware.com

• Job Duties
• Working the cash register, copying keys, stocking shelves, and unloading products from the truck into the store.
• Reference:

May Piekarski 202-503-1485

mpiekarski@gmail.com

Title: Manager at Ace Hardware, Woodley Park, Washington D.C.

Relation: Former Boss

• Company overview: https://boatingindc.com/key-bridge-boathouse/
• Job Duties
• Helping people on and off kayaks/canoes/paddle boards, carrying out boat rental orders, washing the deck/boats, organizing life jacket racks, and transporting boats between company boating sites

Reference:

Douglas Haddow douglas.haddow@guestservices.com

301-332-1035

Title: Manager At Key Bridge Boathouse, Georgetown, Washington

D.C.

Relation: Former Boss

• Company overview:

https://www.sweetgreen.com

• Job Duties
• Working the food line preparing salads for customers, working the cash register, helping close up the store (taking out trash, mopping, sweeping, putting away food, other closing procedures)

• Company overview:

https://wwoof.ie/en/

• Job Duties
• First Farm, Located in County Monaghan, Ireland: Responsibilities/Duties: Cleaning animal pens, harvesting produce, weeding, transporting animals, feeding animals
• Second Farm Located in County Clare, Ireland: Responsibilities/Duties: Sorting and organizing eggs for distribution across County Clare, cleaning chicken pens, building fences, harvesting produce, planting seeds, creating walkways for ease of access to farm infrastructures, and other various farm maintenance duties
• Third Farm Located in County Cork, Ireland: Responsibilities/Duties: Helping proprietor around on his land
• Tasks included, trimming hedges, covering plant beds with seaweed gathered from a nearby beach, cleaning out gutters, and lawn care

• Company overview:

https://www.fuddruckers.com

• Job Duties
• Working cash register, Prepping food for orders, Dishwashing, Cleaning around the store (bathrooms, lobby, outside, etc), taking out trash