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Needed: Farm hands!
Employer: Seed of Life Farm
Eligibility: age 30 & under / summer
Dates: June-August (9 weeks - no extension possible)

Location: Surrey, Metro Vancouver BC
Housing: Unavailable. Farm is transit accessible.

ABOUT SEED OF LIFE FARM

Seed of Life Farm is a small scale farm located in North Surrey on a piece of heritage land.

We are a family of 3 (Jason, Krystyna and Maya), growing mixed vegetables, herbs, cut flowers and edible flowers on about 1.5 acres. We are Certified Naturally Grown, we use no-till methods and focus on soil health. We use mostly hand tools such a broadfork, hoes, rakes, etc and drilled power tools such as a tilther. For pest management we protect our crops with row cover and use beneficial insects. 

We are entering our 7th year of farming, 4th at this location, ready to have a bountiful season. We sell our produce and flowers at 2 Farmer’s Markets in Vancouver (Riley Park on Saturdays and Mount Pleasant on Sundays) through a collective stall. We also run a CSA program (approximately 30 shares), from June to October.

DESIRED QUALITIES

• You have an interest in growing organic food; previous farm work is an asset although not necessary.
• You are able to work outside in any type of weather, and will dress accordingly 
• You have great teamwork skills, but also can work alone
• You are able to learn a variety of tasks
• Although we try to do as much much weeding standing up, a lot of the tasks require the ability to work at ground level for extended period of time. 
• Ability to lift minimum 30 lbs, do repetitive tasks
• We do take the time to train you properly on each task, but we need you to keep up with a fast pace and have an efficient mindset. As the season goes, the work volume get heavier and it is important to keep up!
• Clear communication and respect for everyone is of out most importance
• Capable of using various hand tools (knives, hoes, rakes, weedwacker, tilther, broadfork)

SUMMER JOBS ELIGIBILITY

Candidate must be eligible for Canada Summer Job funding, which requires to be 15-30 years Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment.

JOB TASKS

• Soil/bed preparation / amendment and compost application
• Seeding /transplanting
• Watering
• Pruning / trellising
• Weeding by hand and with tools
• Harvesting, cleaning, sorting and packing
• Assembling orders and CSA boxes
• Landscape maintenance
• Irrigation maintenance
• Record keeping

JOB DETAILS

Since we are restricted by our funding, we can ony offer 9 weeks, 30 hours a week.

Term: Temporary/ seasonal
Dates: June-August (9 weeks - no extension possible)
Hours per week: 30hr per week (no overtime possible) , 6-7 hour days including 1 hour of lunch unpaid, workdays can be from Monday to Saturday, schedule will be determined according to availability
Wage: $18/hr or more depending on experience + 4% vacation pay & free veggies, herbs and flowers.

Housing: Unavailable. Farm is transit accessible.

TO APPLY

Please send a resume and a short paragraph about what motivates you to spend a season working on a farm to seedoflifefarm@gmail.com

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