Organic Farming

Hiring: Land, Crop, and Facilities Manager
Farm: Foxglove Farm

Location: Salt Spring Island, BC
Housing: Private on-farm housing available

Want to work in one of the most "drop-dead" beautiful places on earth? Do you enjoy working independently and not having your boss breathing down your neck? Love to be outside in an amazing environment working with equally amazing people? Have a few basic skills in carpentry, plumbing, electrical, and farming/gardening?

If your answer is yes or even maybe to any of the above, read on.

Foxglove Farm is a 120-acre organic farm located on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Canada. The farm is located on one of the oldest homesteads on the island, surrounded by hundreds of acres of protected forest, pastures, and fields, bordering Maxwell Lake.

The farm produces berries, asparagus, melons, greens, roots, a wide range of annual Mediterranean vegetables, as well as diverse orchard fruits. We also produce grains and pulses and manage a small flock of pastured laying hens.

Foxglove Farm also offers accommodations and retreats in beautifully restored cottages and in the original log home on one of the island’s finest heritage working farm properties.

Position Description

The Land, Crop, and Facilities Manager will work with the farm’s owners in the management of all perennial crops, and in the maintainance of buildings, infrastructure, machinery, and grounds.

Specific responsibilities

• Care and oversight of small orchard and perrenial crops (asparagus, blueberries, raspberries, grapes) including weed control, irrigation, harvest, post-harvets,and direct marketing
• Management of all irrigation and irrigation system maintenance
• Weekly mowing and weed-whacking
• Care and oversight of small flock of chickens
• Some limited off-season forestry management
• Maintenance and basic repairs of all buildings and farm infrastructure
• Maintenance and basic repairs of all machinery, tools, and equipment
• Maintaining a clean and orderly environment

Skills and Requirements

• General farm experience, preferably with fruits and vegetables
• Basic mechanical, plumbing, carpenrty, and electrical experience

• Basic tractor and machinery operations/maintenenace experience
• Chainsaw safety, operations, and maintenance experience

• Good interpersonal skills
• Self motivated/directed and ability to work alone
• Strong organizational skills
• Sense of humor

Compensation/Housing/Term

• $22-$26/hour depending on experience

• May-November
• Private on-farm housing available
• Internet, laundry, and select farm products for personal use.

Please send a simple resume, three work related references, and a photograph of yourself to m.ableman@fieldsofplenty.com . Please put Land and Facilities Manager in the subject line of your email.

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