[Jamie Carr]

Jamie Carr

23/12/2022 at 9:27 pm #79125

Required: Seasonal Grower
Blacklands Organics, Westmill Farm, SN6 8TH

Blacklands Organics is looking for a seasonal grower to join our team, starting mid March 2023 till end of November.

We have a 10 acre Organic certified vegetable farm in the beautiful Vale of the White Horse in south Oxfordshire, entering our 7th year of production on an established site. On the farm we grow a full range of veg on an 8 acre field, in a 1 acre market garden and in 11 no dig polytunnels, we also raise all our own seedlings and have started saving our own seed. We sell our veg at a weekly farmers market, small box scheme and wholesale, we also have an honesty box shop onsite.

Currently we have four full time growers, including head grower Jamie, and one part time grower. The full time growers each have responsibility for an area of the farm, such as the tunnels or market garden. The seasonal grower would work across all areas of the farm and have responsibility for our onsite shop. We are looking for someone to come in with lots of energy and be happy working with different people and doing lots of different jobs. This would suit an ex trainee who wants to keep learning and gain more experience.

We are in the process of converting to a minimum tillage system and aim to practise regenerative farming – we are looking for someone to bring energy and enthusiasm with them and who is also interested in this style of growing. At Blacklands we try to be innovative and reactive, aware of the global climate challenges facing us and driving change to our local food environment for better health for soil, people and the planet. If you are also passionate about this then please apply.

This is a full time position of 40 hours per week with a contract of employment including sick leave, paid holiday and a pension scheme. Work is primarily growing but there is occasional delivery or market selling involved, mainly to cover holidays. Accommodation is not provided, although there is a conversation to be had if this is a problem for you, please be in touch.

Hourly rate of pay is £11

Applicants must have:
A full UK driving licence

Desirable
At least one years experience on a commercial veg farm

Please email Mary at office.blacklands@gmail.com for more info and with your CV and covering letter by midnight 22/1/23. Interviews will be held on Zoom or in person during the week beginning 23/1/23 with a start date of the 20th of March.