Urban Farm Field Hand

7 days ago


Kingston, Ontario, Canada Main Street Urban Farm Full time

Urban Farm Field Hand 2023, job description

Main Street Urban Farm, Kingston ON
May 14th-October 14th 2023 (extendable)

Wage:
$15 (casual up to 20-26 hours/week)

Introduction
Main Street Urban Farm (MSUF) is a small family business in Kingston, Ontario. We grow and sell food within city limits, offering the freshest produce to Kingston-area eaters.

Conducting the majority of our business by bicycle within City limits allows us to best meet our economic, social and sustainability goals.


We serve the community by supporting local food programs; partnering with community gardens, farmers, and home gardeners; building a farmers' market; and providing hands-on agricultural, culinary and nutrition education.

Our business is developing an innovative model that is unusual in the food production industry: we are reclaiming urban space as a place to grow food

We are excited to grow, and train our staff to gain knowledge and skill in this emerging sector.

Tasks and Responsibilities
You will work closely with business owners and be intricately involved in most of the daily work.

As you discover your skills and growth areas you'll be advised to select tasks that contribute most to your career development and employability.

We see your overall well-being as contributing strength to our business, as well as your future.

You will

  • Report to and be supervised directly by one of the business owners
  • Work at most tasks in an urban vegetable production: bed preparation, seeding, transplanting, staking, weeding, harvesting seed saving, compost making and vermicomposting etcetera.
  • Deliver goods by bicycle

Helpful Assets

  • Ability to lift up to 22 kg
  • Familiar with local food movement

Required Personal equipment (employee should have with them on a daily basis)
- cell phone for communication with work team; bicycle & helmet; safety footwear; gloves; sun protection; rain gear; durable clothing

Outcomes (many transferable)
- can balance task completion and having fun while working
- able to work in team setting
- capacity to do work quickly and effectively alone & in a team
- able to report on work done, assess, and form new task list
- able to prioritize task list
- able to give direction to others
- awareness of own skills and growth areas
- understanding of importance of local agriculture to food system
- integration of environmental work into regular work life
- run a scalable small farm in urban/rural context

Additional information

  • Employees who continue until end of the season, showing aptitude, may be offered employment next season
  • Unpaid vacation time of up to a total of 7 days may be granted once during employment period
  • Unpaid sick day, notice 12 hours prior to absence, or as soon as possible, is requested
  • Arrival 10 minutes before until 5 minutes after start time is acceptable. If employee is aware they are running late, lateness should be communicated as long in advance of start time as possible, ideally 30 minutes or more
  • Daily lunchtime of 30 minutes is unpaid. Employees have 1 paid 10 minute break per day. To learn more about our agricultural process, products, and business practices, visit our website, like our Facebook page and follow us on Instagram

Duty Locations
Market Training Garden at Oak Street Community Garden, 2 Brant Avenue

Barn, 399 Division St

Memorial Centre Farmers' Market, 303 York Street

Delivery Locations
Memorial Centre Farmers' Market, 303 York Street

Kingston downtown, various

Application Process

Qualifications:

Any of these languages in intermediate fluency are acceptable: English, French, Spanish or Japanese

Additional Requirements:
cell phone

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