Please note that Roots to Work will not request payment for listings on this platform.
Our goal is to connect good people with good food. We advertise sustainable food jobs and training opportunities to help jobseekers and employers find each other.
Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.
Five Acre Community Farm, Coventry
Wolston, near Coventry
Posted: 20 Jan 2025
Deadline: 3 Feb 2025
Compensation: £12.60 per hour
Ethnicity Confident scheme
Paid Fixed term / contract
Job description
Five Acre Community Farm CSA are hiring an assistant grower to join the team. We are looking for someone with experience of market gardening (preferably at field scale) who is keen to grow organic vegetables for a CSA - and is happy to work with our team of growers and volunteers in achieving this.
Where and what? Between Coventry and Rugby. We have been growing field scale organic veg and fruit for 12 years as an organic CSA on 8 acres. We don’t buy anything in, yet provide a share of the harvest all year round for a membership of 90 families, harvesting twice a week.
When and for how long? 3 days per week (approximately 7 hours a day) at the national living wage (£12.60 per hour) from March through October. The contract would include holiday pay and pension contributions.
What we offer in return: Team spirit and intermediate on-the-job training. The assistant grower would also receive a modest amount of freshly harvested produce for personal consumption on a weekly basis.
We’re a friendly bunch so if you like more information feel free to email info@fiveacrefarm.org.uk and we’d be happy to answer your questions. We’d welcome applications before the deadline of 3rd February 2025.
From Becca, Ed and all the team at Five Acre Community Farm.
Application information
In the first instance, refer to our website for the job description www.fiveacrefarm.org.uk. Then, if you feel inspired to apply please email your CV and a covering letter to info@fiveacrefarm.org.uk.
Please mention Roots to Work when applying for these jobs
About Five Acre Community Farm, Coventry
Five Acre Community Farm is a well-established CSA based outside of Coventry. We supply field scale organic veg to our members for 50 wks of the year from our field and polytunnels. We also have an orchard and perennial growing area.
Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter featuring job alerts and a monthly long read.
Roots to Work
C/o Sustain
The Green House
244-254 Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9DA
0203 5596 777
sustain@sustainweb.org
www.rootstowork.org
Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.
Registered charity (no. 1018643)
Site map
Data privacy & cookies
