Kingfisher Farm Market in Surrey, BC is seeking a Farm Worker!
ABOUT Kingfisher Farm Market
We are a small farm in South Surrey BC sustainably growing vegetables and flowers. We run a weekly on-site farm market, do roadside sales as well as farmer’s boxes and restaurant sales. We cultivate about an acre of vegetables. We have a small crew of about 7 of us at the height of the season. The successful applicant for this position would be involved in a huge variety of aspects of vegetable production.
We have been growing on this plot of land for 20 years using sustainably methods. We are committed to regenerative and no-till methods of growing and employ tarping, cover-cropping, hand weeding and mulching as ways of maintaining soil health and managing weeds.
We value selling direct to customer and have cultivated a strong and vibrant market community where we can share our passion for eating seasonally and caring for the land.
DESIRED QUALITIES
- Hard worker
- Able to work independently after given appropriate instructions
- Able to stick with repetitive tasks, looking for ways to improve efficiency as competency is gained
- Positive attitude
- Attention to detail and maintaining quality standards
- Ability to increase pace of skills as the season goes
POSITION TASKS
- Field tasks of weeding, planting, harvesting
- Farm tasks of washing harvest bins, clean up from previous market day
- Engagement with market customers about vegetables and seasonal eating
- General farm tasks as needed
POSITION DETAILS
Term: Start date mid/late April
End date: End of August (with possibility of extending)
Hours per week: 40 hrs
Wage: $19/hr
TO APPLY
Please send resume and cover letter to 172streetfarm@gmail.com
When applying, please mention you saw this posting at youngagrarians.org
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LEARN MORE ABOUT Kingfisher Farm Market
Website: www.kingfisherfarmmarket.com
Facebook: @kingfisherfarmmarket
Instagram: @kingfisherfarmmarket
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