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Flourish Produce Grower with a focus on Poly Tunnels

Flourish Produce
Hildersham, Cambridgeshire

Posted: 20 Jan 2025

Deadline: 6 Mar 2025

Compensation: £12.50/ hour+

Paid Full-time

Job description

Grower with a focus on Poly Tunnels

About the farm: Flourish Produce is a certified organic farm located just South of Cambridge, 60 miles north of London.

We specialise in producing a diverse range of high-quality crops including many unusual varieties. Going into our 8th season, we are growing on approximately 80 acres, producing vegetables, herbs, salads, fruit, flowers and grain. We cultivate a range of perennials, have planted a 20 acre agroforestry site, integrate mob grazing of sheep, and have built a complex rotation including green manures in each of our fields to build soil organic matter. In September of 2025 we will attain our Biodynamic certification.

The majority of our produce is sold direct. We are passionate about nurturing very close relationships with the restaurants, bakers and florists who we supply, as well as our wholesale buyers, our own farm shop and to customers through our seasonal veg box scheme. Our team consists of 18 or more people depending on the time of year.

About the Job:

We’re looking for a kind, honest, motivated and positive individual to join us!

We are looking for a grower to help us look after the 1.8 acres of indoor polytunnels that we grow in- The crops will predominantly be salads, herbs and warm seasonal annuals such as tomatoes, cucumbers, aubergines, peppers and chillies, edible flowers and garnish.

This would be well suited to someone with experience market gardening or farming on a smaller scale.

This is a very hands on role and would be a good fit for someone who enjoys being physically active.

 We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills. Someone who is proactive and keen to take on a level of responsibility and ownership of this area of the farm with support from the wider team.

Someone with good attention to detail and strong organisational skills.

Work will involve:

1. Day-to-day horticultural jobs, such as planting, weeding, watering, pruning and trellising, managing pollinators, integrated pest management and organic fertilizer application.
2. Harvest and post harvest care of crops: packing and storage before sale
3. Conduct regular crop walks to monitor plant health and identify potential issues.
4. Manage production records and keep our spreadsheets up to date.
5. Work along side our current team of growers and machinery operators
6. Install and manage irrigation
7. Work closely with Harvest Supervisor, Pack Barn Manager and Office team to forecast upcoming yields and to reduce crop waste
8. Supervise seasonal workers
9. Maintain and repair poly tunnels, tools and equipment

Benefits:

This is a full time position with a salary

Discount in the farm shop

Access to fresh produce from the farm free of charge

Potential for shared on farm housing depending upon the candidates situation.

Application information

Email a CV and cover letter (explaining why you would like to join Flourish and how your past experience makes you most suitable for the role) to office@flourishproduce.co.uk

List 3 times and dates on Wednesday afternoon or Saturday when you are available for a call the week following your application submission.

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