Fierce Love Farm in Qualicum Beach, BC is seeking a Farm hand!
ABOUT Fierce Love Farm
Fierce Love Farm is a small scale farm in beautiful Qualicum Beach, the territory of the Qualicum First Nation, Snaw-naw-as, and K’ómoks peoples. We grow our vegetables, berries, and flowers on 2 acres of sandy coastal soil, and sell at the local farmers’ market, which is one of the best and busiest markets on Vancouver Island, and to independent small grocers and local restaurants.
We are entering our 7th season running Fierce Love Farm, and love growing food for our small, charming, and friendly community. After farming on leased land for a number of years in Saanich, we moved to Qualicum in 2021. We have been actively working to regenerate what was a conventional row cropped vegetable farm for many decades into a healthy, thriving, mixed operation through ecological soil management, cover cropping, crop diversity, hedgerows, sustainable water management, and restoration of natural wetland micro-systems.
We are committed to agroecology and grow a large diversity of crops according to ecological management principles and practices. Between us we have many years of experience farming on certified organic farms around BC, from the Similkameen Valley to the Saanich peninsula, and are happy to share our knowledge and passion for agriculture! We work hard to provide a healthy working environment, and we strive to be a safe and engaging space for people of all communities to work and learn.
DESIRED QUALITIES
We are looking for people with the following skills and experience:
- Previous experience on a working vegetable farm preferred (but not required), or other experience in an outdoor, fast-paced environment
- Physical and mental fitness to work in difficult weather (regularly lift +40 pounds)
- Complete tasks in a quick & efficient manner while maintaining excellent attention to detail
- Open and engaged communication skills;
- Committed to contributing to a safe, healthy, and inclusive work environment
- Ability to work independently as well as with a team
- Able to jump in as needed and adapt to the diversity of tasks throughout the day
- Receive and incorporate training and feedback
- Maintain focus and efficiency while performing repetitive tasks
- Reliable, punctual, self-motivated
JOB TASKS
We are looking for keen individuals to assist with all areas of farm field work including:
- seeding
- transplanting
- weeding
- trellising/pruning greenhouse crops
- preparing and amending beds
- harvesting a wide variety of crops
- washing and packing for market and wholesale
We would love to find crew members who are interested in joining our farm for more than one season, and we are keen to build a team that brings different strengths and can all learn from each other.
JOB DETAILS
Term: Positions run from April to October, with some flexibility on start and end times.
Hours per week: We have positions available for 2-4 days per week. There is also the opportunity to work additional hours at our Saturday farmers’ market.
Wage: Our wage is $19-$21/hr, dependent on experience, and is supplemented with plenty of farm fresh food. We keep a structured workday and do not require/expect any overtime. Please note we do not currently have housing available at this time.
TO APPLY
More information about us, our farm, and job opportunities can be found on our website. If you’d like to apply, please send a resume/description of relevant experience and your availability for the season. We will contact folks for interviews (on-farm or Zoom), and are happy to provide employee references so you can get a sense of what it’s like to work with us!
Email: fiercelovefarm@gmail.com
When applying, please mention you saw this posting at youngagrarians.org
LEARN MORE ABOUT Fierce Love Farm
Website: https://www.fiercelovefarm.ca/work-with-us
Instagram: @fiercelovefarm
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