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Kindling Farm
Merseyside
Posted: 20 Feb 2025
Deadline: 23 Feb 2025
Compensation: £24,570 per year
Paid Full-time Fixed term / contract
Job description
We have developed our 2025 crop plans (field-scale and polytunnel) and will be starting production gradually (while we build up our markets, team and infrastructure). This first growing season will involve cultivation and production for fieldscale 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; and working to deliver our Countryside Stewardship and Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements at a farm level.
We are looking for someone with practical experience of veg production at this scale (including use of machinery), to work with the support of the Kindling Farm team and guidance from our farm advisors who are a fountain of knowledge and experience.
The primary role of the grower will be:
Crop production in the tunnels and at a field scale. This will involve a mix of Tractor work for field scale cultivations, planting and weeding and tasks by hand e.g. planting, weeding, harvesting. The role will also involve irrigation, crop storage and transportation.
Other tasks will include working with the Farm team to carry out:
Application information
Please send an up to date CV and a covering letter to: farm@kindling.org.uk
Full Job Description can be found here
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About Kindling Farm
Kindling Farm was set up to create a fairer and more sustainable food and farming system for all. Last year we purchased a 31 hectare (78 acre) farm in Knowsley, to establish an organic fruit and veg based agroforestry system and show that climate and wildlife focused farming is an economically viable farming option.
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