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Coop les Jardins de la Résistance in Ormstown, Quebec is seeking a Field and Greenhouse worker!
ABOUT Coop les Jardins de la Résistance
Coop les Jardins de la Résistance is a small-medium organic farm located in the town of Ormstown in the Haut Saint Laurent. We cultivate around 8 acres and have 2 greenhouses which are largely used for tomatoes, cucumbers and winter greens. This will be our 17th year of production.
Our main sales channel is through community supported agriculture or ”vegetable baskets” as they are better known. From June until mid November we provide 400 weekly organic vegetables baskets over 5 different drop off points in and around Montreal. We also have a winter CSA program and provide 200 baskets on a bi-weekly basis from November until the end of April. We sell our surplus to restaurants and grocery stores and donate any unsellable produce to our local food security organizations.
We are a small team consisting of between 9 to 11 people, with people living both on and off the farm. Being a coop, we value communication and transparency between employees and coop members. We also like to have fun! There are many other local organic farms and we all like to get together once a month on different farms and share food and stories. We like to make time to hang out outside of work hours once a week, even if its just to have an ice cream or a beer together.
The farm is semi-mechanized. We have a transplanter, a machine for washing bunches of vegetables, a blade to lift rows of carrots and other fun machines but we still do plenty of tasks by hand, namely weeding and harvesting.
Our core mission is to grow delicious, flavorful fruits and vegetables for our community on 8 acres of certified organic land, but even more important is the spirit in which we do so. We value:
An open and supportive work environment:
Members support one another and are treated fairly. Open-mindedness guides decision-making.
Ecological / organic practices:
We strive to work using methods that respect nature.
Solidarity:
Members leave no one behind. The cooperative is a place where mutual aid, camaraderie, enjoyment of work, communication, appreciation, and shared responsibility prevail.
DESIRED QUALITIES
Skills Required:
- An open attitude is positive
- Enjoy being part of a team but able to manage and motivate yourself
- The ability to lift loads of 25 kg
- Punctual
- Ability to work in all kinds of temperatures (cold, hot, rain, snow!)
Training on equipment, techniques and protocols will be given to the selected person. Above all, we are looking for someone who loves learning, who wants to develop their farming skills and who loves vegetables!
POSITION TASKS
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Participate in weekly work meetings
- Participate in planting, fertilizing, maintaining, weeding and harvesting vegetables.
- Participate in the conditioning and packaging of vegetables for distribution
- Possibility of working in a greenhouse
- Other related tasks depending on the candidate’s interests and skills
POSITION DETAILS
Term: Last week of April to mid-November
Hours per week: 40 hours per week. They will also be asked to work 2 weekends. These weekends are just to maintain the farm and will include a short day of watering and harvesting zucchini and cucumbers as needed.
Wage: Salary$18/hour.
- One Friday off every three weeks
- One week of paid vacation with commitment for the entire season
- A free basket and all the unsaleable vegetables you want (think about preserving and freezing for the winter!)
- The opportunity to participate in numerous training courses at the start of the season
- The opportunity to participate in decision-making and train the skills necessary to take responsibility
- Some housing available
TO APPLY
Please send a resumé and letter of motivation to panier.resistance@gmail.com.
Deadline to apply: February 15th
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 Coop les Jardins de la Résistance
Website: www.cooplesjardinsdelaresistance.com
Facebook: facebook.com/jardinsdelaresistance/
Instagram: cooplesjardinsdelaresistance/