Fairmeade Farm in Township of Langley, BC is seeking a Farmer!
ABOUT Fairmeade Farm
Fairmeade was named in 1940 by the Galspie family from Vancouver’s Shaugnessy neighbourhood. Over time Mrs. Galaspie grew the show farm into a producer of championship diary cattle.
Today the 157 acre farm includes the 1940’s Farm Lodge, three workers cottages, a managers cottage, 12 stall livery, dairy barn, 5000 square foot brim, horse shed and outbuildings. The vineyard was recently expanded to 30 acres. Farm production includes vineyard, contracted hay and corn production and sales. The farm is bordered by one of the last open salmon streams in the lower mainland.
On site equipment includes farm tractor/tiller.
Our Values:
We respectfully acknowledge that we live no work on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish. We wish to acknowledge a growing relationship with the Kwantlen and Semiahmoo First Nations.
Fairmeade Farm strives to meet best practices for humane sustainable production practices. We encourage members of our growing farming community to meet and exceed all practical farming practices respecting the value of the land and its bounty for now and for the future.
DESIRED QUALITIES
We Seek the Following Qualities in Our First Farmer:
- a passion for sustainable farming and healthy living
- ability to hands on manual labour in a farming environment
- proficiency in operating and maintaining basic farming equipment, including machinery
- excellent communication skills
- bachelor level or equivalent in agriculture/animal science or equivalent experience
- management experience would be an asset
- excellent problem solving skills, even in stressful situations
- willingness to work overtime possibly on an irregular schedule
Fairmeade’s First Farmer Will Be Called Upon to:
- work from the ground up to create our first Farm to Table ‘Farmlets’ consisting of two one acre farm plots for produce and commercial flowers
- prepare budgets and plans for the farmlets
- conduct soil analysis and required amendments
- seedling development, daily care and harvesting
- assessing and targeting of markets for Fairmeade farm products
- creation of first year farm plan including schedules for planting and harvesting, and resources to ensure sustainable harvest and finances
- operate and maintain equipment to avoid delays in farm operation
- develop a network of local producers to support collaboration and knowledge exchange
- co-ordinating production, harvest and sales
POSITION TASKS
- a passion for sustainable farming and healthy living
- ability to hands on manual labour in a farming environment
- proficiency in operating and maintaining basic farming equipment, including machinery
- excellent communication skills
- bachelor level or equivalent in agriculture/animal science or equivalent experience
- management experience would be an asset
- excellent problem solving skills, even in stressful situations
- willingness to work overtime possibly on an irregular schedule
POSITION DETAILS
Term: Ideally our first farmer would be able to start this full time permanent position in the coming Spring of 2025.
Hours per week: As a full time position it is anticipated the work week to total 37.5 hrs, this may include working over weekends.
Wage: The base rate for this position is $18.25/hr., farm cottage housing is available.
TO APPLY
Those interested are invited to provide a personal cover letter as an expression of interest supported by a resume record of employment, education and related experience to srcprojects@telus.net.
Deadline to apply: February 28, 2025
When applying, please mention you saw this posting at youngagrarians.org
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