Position: Organic Farm Apprentice
Organization: Merville Organics / Green Arrow Farm
Website: http://mervilleorganics.ca/
Location: Courtenay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Seeking a full-time organic farm apprentice at Green Arrow Farm,
Courtenay, Vancouver Island, BC
Commitment: 30-35 hours/week, May to October (shorter commitments will
be considered)
Compensation: Full room and board, plus $25
0/mth stipend, plus
end-of-season bonus
No experience required, however self-motivation and positive attitude a must!
Join a group of new and established organic farmers working together
to form a growers co-operative, Merville Organics Growers Co-op. Green
Arrow Farm is one of five Certified Organic farms near Courtenay, BC
working together to supply a 60-share vegetable CSA, 3 weekly farmers
markets and local and regional restaurants. We have over 30 years of
combined experience in organic agriculture.
You’ll learn everything you need to know to start your own successful
market-farming operation, e.g. crop planning, caring for seedlings,
seeding, transplanting, composting, weeding, disease and pest
management, harvesting, packing, managing a CSA program, selling at
farmers markets, marketing to chefs and restaurants, and more. I’m
also an avid seed saver, and grow seed crops for the other co-op
members.
Green Arrow Farm is a 1-acre market garden on a 26-acre farm near the
small community of Royston, just south of Courtenay, BC. The farm is
surrounded by rivers, mountains and ocean beaches, and many of our
neighbours also farm. You would have your own room in a 4-bedroom
house, shared with other apprentices, volunteers and farmers.
Please send resume and a cover letter to:
robin.sturley@gmail.com