Grower At our Natural Farm in Somerset

Role: Grower
Work schedule: 4 day working week, depending on your preference
Salary: £27k/annum pro rata
Start: March/April
Location: Higher Farm, Sutton, BA4 6QF (Castle Cary, 5min drive, 15min walk)

Project overview
We are a 50 acre natural farm near Castle Cary, Somerset. Our farm grows food for our on-site restaurant, veg box scheme and natural products, together working towards our mission to support the regeneration of our food system. In its second year, our farm is focused around biodiversity, successional agroforestry and natural fertility through applying a toolkit of natural farming methods including Permaculture, Syntropics and Biodynamics. This year we will be continuing to develop our growing systems, looking to introduce poultry with a focus on geese, as well as continuing to grow our agroforestry market garden.

Job Description & responsibilities
We are looking for a grower to work across our farm, with a focus in our market garden. You will be growing and harvesting produce for our onsite cafe, weekly veg boxes, and our natural products.
● Cultivate the land, establishing our growing systems, bed building, transplanting, plant maintenance and managing the margins
● Propagation, transplanting, weeding, watering and plant maintenance
● Harvesting and packing
● Working as a member of a team

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To apply – Please send CV and cover letter to [email protected]