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Interim Farm Manager

Kindling Farm
Merseyside

Posted: 16 Dec 2024

Deadline: 12 Jan 2025

Compensation: Salary Range from £24,570 – £33,150 pa (depending on experience)

Full-time Fixed term / contract

Job description

We are looking for someone to help us at this hugely exciting time to led our first growing season and help develop Kindling Farm into a flagship organic agroforestry enterprise.

We will be starting production gradually (while we build up our markets, team and infrastructure), so this first growing season will involve:

• Cultivation and production for field-scale veg (squash, brassicas, celery, radish, beetroot & beans etc.)
• ~1,000m2 of protective cropping (tomatoes, spring onions, radish, leafy greens etc. – with tunnel area increasing as finance allows)
• Establishing the first strawberry beds
• Working with us to deliver our Countryside Stewardship and Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements at a farm level.

We have developed our 2025 crop plans (field-scale and polytunnel) and are looking for the right person with the skills and experience to help us deliver these plans and get our first season off to a good start.   

Application information

Please send an up to date CV and a covering letter to: farm@kindling.org.uk

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