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City Beet Farm in Vancouver, BC is seeking a Farm Hand for the 2021 season!
ABOUT City Beet Farm
City Beet Farm is a small-scale urban farm located in Mount Pleasant, Riley Park, and Southlands in Vancouver. We grow vegetables and cut-flowers on 13 sites made up of front and backyards. We sell our produce and flowers through our weekly CSA, pop-up markets and select grocers. We look forward to sharing knowledge and providing a collaborative and supportive work environment. It’s City Beet’s ninth season but its first season with the current ownership, so it’s an exciting time to get onboard!
We use mostly hand tools and ecological farming practices that improve the long-term health of the soil. We work alongside many neighbours and our relationship with the local community is very important to us. As an urban farm, we’re highly visible and our produce is as local as it gets for our customers! We’re all about the opportunity this provides to engage the community in the food system.
DESIRED QUALITIES
We are looking for someone with previous farming experience and an interest in sustainable farming, building community and local food. A good work ethic and physical fitness are key, with the desire to work and learn in all weather. We are looking for someone who can work cooperatively in a team as well as independently, and can be self motivated when it comes to completing tasks.
The ideal farm hand would be reliable and dedicated with good communication skills and a sense of fun! We are a farm with many moving pieces and we are looking for someone who can learn our systems and work cohesively alongside us. A valid driver’s licence and experience driving with a trailer are an asset.
This is the farm’s first year under new ownership, so this is a great opportunity to learn about running the farm alongside us and be part of shaping the new City Beet! It also means some flexibility would be a great attribute for the farm hand to have as we find our rhythm together.
We strongly encourage people who are underrepresented in farming and related fields or face barriers to employment to apply, including new immigrants and refugees, applicants who have not completed high school or previously been employed, women, Indigenous youth, members of racialized communities, and LGBTQ2SIA+ youth.
JOB TASKS
Our farm hand will be involved in all aspects of our business from seeding to selling. You will work alongside us during the season with tasks such as weeding, bed prep, transplanting, seeding, harvesting, processing, market prep and other daily jobs at the farm. We may have volunteers and community members help out during the season, so the ability to take a leadership role and provide direction for volunteers is an asset. We’ll get an early start most days, and our CSA pickup is on Tuesdays from 4:00 – 6:30 pm.
JOB DETAILS
Term: Last week of May 2021 or first week of June, through October 2021
Hours per week: 35, but there’s also the possibility of two part/half-time positions instead of one full-time, or one full-time and one half-time.
Wage: $19.50/hr
TO APPLY
Please send cover letter and resume to info@citybeetfarm.com
Deadline to apply: May 14, 2021
When applying, please mention you saw this posting at youngagrarians.org
LEARN MORE ABOUT City Beet Farm
Website: citybeetfarm.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityBeetFarm/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/citybeetfarm/?hl=en