Organic farms / Market gardens

Hiring: Harvest Support
Farm: Sundance Harvest

Location: near Mount Forest ON, one hour away from Guelph
Accom.: Optional on-site housing (see below)

Background:

After leasing land for the last 4 seasons, Sundance Harvest had the ability to purchase a farmhouse sitting on 3.5 acres along highway 89 in Mount Forest, Ontario. In 2025, we will be growing on two acres using organic practices. We will be growing vegetables, cut-flowers, perennials, flock of layer hens, culinary herbs and mushrooms. As we are farming more north, season extension is an important piece of our farm and we have 6 caterpillar tunnels, two greenhouses and a backyard small greenhouse. We farm with a focus on no-till management practices such as deep mulch composting, hedgerows, interplanting and soil web health. We sell to two farmers markets in Toronto, a weekly Community Supported Agriculture box with 80 members and to some wholesale accounts. If you have an interest in starting up your own farm operation one day (or doing so cooperatively) this is a great opportunity to see how we set up our new farm from scratch.

This posting is for the Sundance Harvest Mount Forest location. We are a first year farm so while we feel pretty good about our systems already, we are improving day to day which means we are looking for a staff member that would be happy to grow alongside us in this regard.

Hours: 4 days a week (can do 3 for the right person), 7.5-8 hour shifts

Start Time: 7am however the manager starts at 6am, so if someone wanted to start earlier this is an option

Season: July through September (with potential to extend)

Housing: Option to rent the upstairs floor which has it's own kitchen, full bathroom, two bedrooms and a living room

Hourly Rate: $21.30/hour (reflecting the living wage in the Mount Forest area)

Perks: Access to fresh, organic produce

Cost of living raise for returning team members

Main Responsibilities

Harvesting cut-flowers and vegetables is the main aspect with some of the work being related to transplanting and overall cultivation of crops.

Qualifications

• Healthy communicator and has the ability to demonstrate problem solving abilities
• Experience with physical labor or outdoor fast paced work
• Capable of repetitive physical tasks and + lifting 50 lbs in a safe manner
• Self-motivated and takes initiative
• Ability to work at a efficient pace in groups or alone
• Ability to work in all types of weather (hot, rainy, and cold)

You do not need previous farm experience, however you do need experience working in a fast paced environment, lifting heavy items (many bins of vegetables in our future!) and being reliable.

If interested, please e-mail your resume and a brief covering letter to Cheyenne, sundanceharvest@gmail.com . Subject: Harvest Support

If you have any questions, send Cheyenne a message at sundanceharvest@gmail.com

Only selected applicants will be contacted. We would have a video interview and then a in-person interview where you meet our team of three and ideally a trial shift that day. If this job posting is up, we are looking :)

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