Lillooet Jobs, Local Food

Farm and Fermentation Assistant Needed!

Hiring: Farm and Fermentation Assistant
Eligibility: age 30 & under (see below)
Employer: Seed to Culture
Location: Lillooet, BC

At Seed to Culture we grow mixed vegetables using organic practices on 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! Thanks to funding provided by the Canadian Government we are hiring a candidate that must be a Canadian citizen, and between 15-30 years old. The job would start in early May and go until late 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.

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

• Canadian citizen between 15-30 years old
• 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 please submit a resume and brief cover letter outlining what you love about farming, or what you would like to learn and your least favourite farm task and why, to info@seedtoculture.ca

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