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Job description

Flint Owl Farm is a 2 acre no dig market garden just outside Lewes, East Sussex. The garden was set up to provide a field to fork chain for our bakery kitchen at Flint Owl Bakery in Lewes. We grow vegetables, herbs and flowers without pesticides mainly for our production kitchen at the bakery and for retail at our 3 shops/cafes.

Ideally mid-late September start or before. . We are looking for a full time lead grower to join the team. Our focus is on heritage and unusual varieties and you will work with our head chef looking forwards to seasonal menu planning. You will be encouraged to select varieties for flavour and culinary use as opposed to yield. We also grow (on a small scale) and sell cut flowers for our shops. The position will require communication with our head chef and is an excellent opportunity to see how your produce is used and be a part of an amazing farm to fork operation.

Required skills:

Applicants will have more than 2-3 years practical growing experience in a market garden or similar small scale farm.

Have experience with no dig, regenerative farming, organic or biodynamic methods of growing. Have a genuine interest in a sustainable approach to the growing of food and flowers The role requires a high level of planning and organisation The role is physically demanding and involves outdoors work in all weathers Be able to multi-task and demonstrate good organisational skills and work alone some days You will require your own reliable transport, as public transport is extremely limited.

Main tasks:

Crop planning and selection of varieties for flavour Soil care and bed preparation Composting Green manures Wood chip paths Weed control Management of the crop lifecycle Propagation Planting Crop care Managing pests and diseases Harvesting

You will need your own transport due to rural site. Instagram @flintowlfarm

This is a full time position, immediate start, competetive salary depending on experience, either hourly or salary.

Application information

Please send your application, with a work history or CV and a covering letter with any other relevant information to flintowlfarm@gmail.com

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