Farmer

**Job Title: Farmer**

Location: Burlington, ON

Position Type: Full-time (40 hours)Pay: $18-26 per hour

**At Everyday Micros Farm**
Everyday Micros Farm is a small urban farm growing indoors and outdoors dedicated to producing high-quality, culinary microgreens, herbs and edible flowers year-round growing for professional chefs, home cooks and health specialists in Burlington, ON. We utilize sustainable farming practices to cultivate a wide variety of microgreens, herbs and edible flowers 365 days a year even through the harsh Canadian winter.

**About the role**
We are a small but nimble team looking for a farmer that will help manage our current microgreens and edible flower production as well as design, grow, and optimize edible flower beds, plan site layouts, craft companion planting systems for our outdoor season and use innovative indoor growing methods to push the boundaries of sustainable farm production. This role blends hands-on cultivation with research and experimentation, it also includes developing scalable mushroom systems for summer. You’ll be part of a small, experimental farm that operates with the agility of a startup always testing, learning, and growing smarter.

**This role is for you if**:

- Like to move-this job requires being on your feet, lifting trays, and staying active
- Take pride in a job well done and don’t cut corners
- Energized by a fast-paced environment and like to keep busy
- You’re a team player but can stay focused and self-directed when needed
- Show up on time, ready to work, with a great attitude
- Experience in farming, gardening, kitchens, or physical labour is a plus—but not required
- Has a passion for food, creating dishes and finding innovation
- Can curate and grow specialty crops and microgreens tailored for culinary use.

**What you’ll do**:
**Farm Production & Layout Design**:Plan, plant, and maintain edible flower beds with a focus on aesthetics, flavour, yield, and continuous bloom cycles. Develop companion planting layouts that enhance flavor, pest resistance, and space efficiency**.**

**Outdoor Bed Site Planning**:Assist in designing and optimizing site layout for both indoor and outdoor production zones balancing workflow, airflow, and light access.

**Research & Innovation**:Conduct hands-on research and trials for new indoor growing methods, including lighting setups, substrates, and environmental controls. Explore and document methods for scalable mushroom cultivation suitable for an indoor microfarm context. Record data on growth rates, yields, and input efficiency to guide farm decisions. Stay up to date on innovations in regenerative agriculture, vertical farming, and controlled-environment systems.

**Microgreens, herbs and edible Flower cultivation**: Assist in the planting, watering, and harvesting of microgreens using hydroponic and/or soil-based growing methods. Our outdoor growing in the summer will require plant bed maintenance.

**Crop maintenance**: Observe and report on the health and growth of microgreens, identify and address any pest or disease issues, and ensure optimal growing conditions. Maintain high quality standards for all of our products.

**Seed Sowing**: Help sow seeds in trays or mixing growing mediums according to planting schedules and production requirements.

**Harvesting and packaging**: Harvest microgreens at the peak of freshness, carefully handle and package them for delivery to customers while maintaining product quality and presentation.

**Cleaning and sanitization**: Support maintaining cleanliness and sanitation standards in the growing area, including washing trays, equipment, and work surfaces.

**Follow Farm Procedures**: Follow established safety protocols and guidelines to ensure a safe working environment for yourself and others as well as developing systems to help with team efficiency

**To succeed in this role you must be able to do the following**
- Prepare soil into trays in a efficiently (Prepare 1 tray on average every 30 seconds)
- Measure and weigh all seeds in under 1 hour for a planting session
- Can wash 75 trays in an hour
- Can harvest effeciently without sacrificing quality to meet the harvesting schedule set by your manager on harvest days
- Be on your feet for whole shift
- this is an active job
- Heavy lifting of up to 50lbs
- Have a great attitude
- You’re a team player but can stay focused and self-directed when needed
- Can harvest efficiently on time with the schedule planned by your manager
- Track and show the percentage of edible flower beds producing at or above target yield and bloom rate targets set by your manager.
- Track and show through analytics that the square footage efficiency and yield per square foot or per shelf has increased or meets manager set target.
- Within 6 months, a functioning prototype with documented yields, input costs, and potential for scale for mushroom growing.
- 2-3 well-documented trials per month.
- Biweekly update reports with clear takeaw