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Our goal is to connect good people with good food. We advertise sustainable food jobs and training opportunities to help jobseekers and employers find each other.

Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.

Mushroom Consultant

edge
Remote working with travel to sites occassionally

Posted: 21 Jan 2026

Deadline: 6 Mar 2026

Compensation: £40 per hour DOE

Paid Flexible hours Remote working

Job description

We are seeking someone to assist with our mushroom farm design and consultancy work, on a flexible and freelance basis.  This role is home based (with occasional site visits) and not full-time, although future growth may lead to this.

You will need to have comprehensive knowledge of mushroom production (a god number of species), conditions needed and set up processes already, and be prepared to visit sites, have calls with clients and support the edge team.

Access to a vehicle is essential as most of our sites are not easy to access with public transport.

If you have no experience of commercial mushroom growing, please do not apply.  

This is a great opportunity for the right person with ambition, and a willingness to work as part of a team.

You must be committed to regen ag / organic practices.  

Whilst we are based in Berkshire, we are working with multiple sites across the UK.

Application information

Please send an email to grow@edgelandscaping.uk with details of your experience, one example design and ambitions for your career.

Please include a CV WITHOUT YOUR NAME or any personal details on. This is part of our fair and indiscriminate recruitment process.

We will interview via Zoom on a rolling basis.

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