Lillooet Jobs, Local Food

Farm and Fermentation Assistant Needed!

Position: Farm and Fermentation Assistant
Employer: Seed to Culture

Location: Lillooet, BC
Accom.: On farm accommodation may be available if required.

At Seed to Culture we grow mixed vegetables using organic practices on over 1 acre of productive land in Lillooet BC. Everything is done by hand. We sell our vegetables at Farmers Markets and use our vegetables at our small food production facility to make sauerkraut and other fermented products.

We are looking for a motivated, upbeat, adaptable person to join our team! The job would start in early May and go until mid-December. This job is 4-5 days a week (this is flexible) and working 8-hour days. The schedule will be flexible and planned ahead so you know what each week will entail. We pay $18-$22/hr depending on experience and offer staff discounts on our vegetables and fermented products. On farm accommodation may be available if required.

Early in the season (May-July) the focus will be on the farm and growing the vegetables for the fermented products. From July-October the focus will be divided between the farm and the fermentation kitchen. From October-December the focus will be on fermentation and most days will be in the kitchen.

You will be involved in all stages of our business, which involves:

• Farm tasks – planting seedlings, weeding, irrigation, and harvesting vegetables
• Kitchen tasks – washing and chopping vegetables, filling barrels for fermentation, monitoring the fermented products, and packaging fermented foods
• Customer Service tasks – selling products at Farmers Markets

You will gain a diversity of skills and gain an appreciation for how to run a small business. You will learn how to farm on a small scale. You will gain experience in various fermentation techniques and be involved with selling the products at Farmers Markets.

Qualifications required for this job

• Valid drivers license
• High school education
• Physically able to lift 40lbs
• Positive attitude
• Eagerness to learn how to farm and to learn fermenting techniques
• Ability to get your Food Safe certification (we will pay for this)
• Customer Service and/or farm and/or kitchen experience is a benefit!

If you’re interested in joining our fun, enthusiastic and passionate team at the farm please send a resume to info@seedtoculture.ca . A cover letter is not required but is helpful.

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