We are looking for a field hand to join our team for the 2025 season (and potentially beyond!). Our ideal candidate is hard-working, likes to learn new things, is self-motivated, positive, flexible, and solutions-oriented. Whether you have agricultural experience or not, show us why you’re passionate about small-scale agriculture and how your skills align with what we’re looking for.
- Experience in vegetable farming (and ideally organic methods) is an asset, but not required
- Strong observation skills an asset
- Understands the importance of a well-made and consistent kale or carrot bunch
- Good time management, record keeping, and organizational skills
- Hard working
- Strong and clear communicator, and confidence to ask questions when tasks or expectations are unclear
- Be able to work in all weather conditions (rain, heat, smoke, mud, mosquitos), and must be able to lift 40lbs repeatedly
- Detail oriented
- Punctuality, accountability, awareness, follow-through in tasks and clean-up
- Quality and efficiency in every movement on the farm
POSITION TASKS
You’ll be working with our crops from seeding all the way to preparing to sell them.
- Seedlings – filling trays, seeding trays, tending to seedlings, hardening off, preparing for planting or selling
- Planting preparation in the field, cultivation, seeding, transplanting (by hand and tractor)
- Weeding – by hand, or with experience in a cultivating tractor or PowerOx
- Harvesting – by hand, greens harvester, undercutting, and tractor-based root harvester
- Post harvest – washing and packing vegetables, preparing for deliveries
- Cleaning Up from our daily tasks
ABOUT SHUSWAP ORGANICS
Shuswap Organics grows six acres of certified organic mixed vegetables on a sixteen acre farm on the banks of the Shuswap River in Grindrod, BC. Grindrod is about 15 minutes away from the town of Enderby, 20min from Salmon Arm, and 40min from Vernon. You can find a shady spot by the river to eat your lunch or have a quick dip to cool off at the end of the day. We grow and sell fresh crops (like greens, herbs, beets, carrots, cucumbers, etc) from May to October, and storage crops (potatoes, carrots, cabbage, etc) from October through March.
We use a combination of tractors and person powered tools; our goal is to work lightly on the land and reduce tillage, and reduce the impact on our bodies. For example, we’ll use basket weeders on a tractor to prepare and manage early weeds in the carrots, but we will also be in there with a wheel hoe and hand weeding at least once in the season.
We have a mix of sales channels, and sell most of our produce to chefs, independent grocery stores, and to our home delivery business – Nature Delivered.
We are certified organic, and believe in growing healthy fresh food for our community that also supports the health of our animals and the environment.
We strive to make every work day as efficient as possible. We expect our employees to show up on time and be ready to go. We foster a work environment that thrives on building leadership – we want our employees to learn, and build confidence and independence in the skills and tasks at hand.
Job Types: Full-time, Seasonal
Contract length: 6 months
Pay: $19.00-$21.00 per hour
Benefits:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Grindrod, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Language:
Work Location: In person
