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FARM JOB: North Cowichan, British Columbia – Green Fire Farm, Part-time field worker
April 1, 2025
Green Fire Farm in North Cowichan, British Columbia, is seeking a part-time field worker!
ABOUT Green Fire Farm
Green Fire Farm is a diverse, 40-acre family farm raising vegetables, flowers, fruits, hay, and a small herd of low-line angus cattle. We are located in the Cowichan Valley, not far from the trans-Canada trail, some excellent swimming holes, and the active, yet still easy to get around, downtown of Duncan. For our production scale, we rely on a mixed set of tractors and implements, as well as hand tools and power tools well designed for the tasks. We market our produce to independent grocers and wholesale buyers throughout the Islands region.
Our goals with crop and pasture rotations within the integrated crop-livestock system are to promote agri-biodiversity, recycle nutrients on farm, and build-to-maintain healthy soils, water, crops, livestock, and humans. To practice and learn our way towards achieving those goals, we collaborate with numerous on-farm research initiatives focused on building soil health (e.g. Organic Science Clusters, UBC Sustainable Agriculture Landscapes Lab, CANOVI cultivar trials). Our production practices are informed by 25 years of experience with commercial, certified organic farming, by research collaboration and teaching connections with the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems, and with a whole lot of humility-and-hallelujah that comes with day-to-day farming.
DESIRED QUALITIES
A strong candidate for our 2025 growing season field position will have a physical and mental fitness level well matched for farm fieldwork, and demonstrate that with previous outdoor work experience (e.g. trails building, outdoor fencing, tree planting, landscaping, farming).
This position also requires eligibility that matches the Youth Employment Skills Program (YESP) criteria of under 30 years of age, Canadian citizen or permanent resident, and not a previous recipient of their funding.
Additionally we are looking for a person who will be:
- Motivated to work hard, with positive work ethic and attitudes
- Punctual, steady, and reliable
- Focused, with capacity to work efficiently, with an eye for quality and details
- Experienced and prepared for outdoor working conditions
- Physically fit with ability to comfortably perform repeated tasks on their feet, or on the knees, with moderate, repeated lifting
POSITION TASKS
- Seedling care and greenhouse maintenance
- Transplanting and field preparation
- Cultivation-weeding with hand tools
- Crop maintenance
- Tools and equipment maintenance
- Maintenance of field edges with power tools
- Harvesting, washing, packing produce
- Livestock care and fencing
- Irrigation system maintenance, seasonal installation, operation
POSITION DETAILS
Term: Start date is negotiable, preference for mid-May.
Work schedule would be Monday-Thursday, and for the right person and level of experience, this would also negotiable as a shorter term full time (30-35 hours) or part-time position (15-25 hours) with fewer days per week during the May-October main growing season.
Hours per week: Negotiable from 20-35 hours/week
Wage: Compensation based on experience, ranges from $19.50-22.50/hour plus 4% vacation pay, access to lots of farm produce.
TO APPLY
Please send cover letter with statement of interest, confirmation of eligibility for YESP program, listing of relevant outdoor work experience and skills, 2 contact listings for references who can speak to their outdoor work experience and skills to delisa@greenfirefarm.ca
Deadline to apply: April 15, 2025
When applying, please mention you saw this posting at youngagrarians.org
Please note that Young Agrarians does not have the capacity to pre-screen job opportunities. Please screen your potential employer to ensure that you are entering into a fair exchange that meets your needs and expectations. Try asking the farm for references of past workers, or ask people in the community if you are unsure.
LEARN MORE ABOUT Green Fire Farm
Website: www.greenfirefarm.ca