Community Food Grower, Leamington Spa

Community Food Grower, Leamington Spa

Full-time position (will consider part-time or job share), salary £15,600 per annum pro rata (£8 per hour).

Canalside Community Food, a pioneering CSA based outside Leamington Spa, is looking for a new main grower. They are seeking an experienced grower to join the team producing organic vegetables throughout the year for the community of over 100 members. Currently the project has seven acres of field scale vegetables and five polytunnels for protected cropping and has also recently planted up a fruit field/forest garden. 

Closing date: 31st July 2010.

As well as working with two part-time growers and seasonal workers, the new grower will take a lead role in organising and leading volunteer work mornings and will take a role in the overall management and direction of the project. The project is seeking someone with a minimum of two years experience working on an organic farm or small holding. You will have had experience of growing a wide variety of vegetables from seed through to harvest, and been involved with the planning processes that go along with this. At the very least the grower is required to have basic experience of driving tractors and handling machinery, although ideally the successful applicant will be fully competent in the operation of tractors and the machinery used on the veg fields.

A confident and friendly approach to working with a wide range of volunteers is essential and experience of working with and managing volunteers would be advantageous.

More information about the organisation can be found at www.canalsidecommunityfood.org.uk

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A first round open day will be held in mid-August with interviews to follow. The post will begin sometime in September.