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Job description

Grower - Wedmore Farm Charity

About Us:

Wedmore Farm is a five-acre community farm and food charity based in Wedmore, Somerset.

Operating on a regenerative farming system, we run a thriving market garden that produces food for our own on-farm events in our Pack House Kitchen and a local veg box scheme.

Importantly, our market garden forms the centrepiece of our “Farm to Fork” food education programme with local schools and colleges.

What the Role Involves:

Working with our existing team, this is a hands-on role involving all stages of vegetable production, from propagation through to harvest and post-harvest tasks.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working in a commercial market garden and ideally running a veg box scheme.

We are looking for somebody to join our team asap.

Key parts of the role will include:

• Planning and prioritising weekly tasks.
• Supervising and working alongside volunteers.
• Propagating, bed preparation, planting, weeding, and watering.
• Harvesting and processing produce to our high quality-control standards and packing individual veg bags.
• Support our general manager/chair in relevant meetings with grant providers & sponsors and assist in sales and marketing activities for the market garden. 

Key Details:

Hours: Up to 32 hours,4 days per week.

Pay: £18.00 per hour, this role is a freelance, self-employed position. You will be responsible for declaring this work to HMRC. You will raise a monthly invoice to the farm charity for payment via BACS.   

Reporting: This role will report to our Chair/ General Manager.

Location: On-site at Wedmore Farm, Plud Street, Wedmore, Somerset BS28 4BH.

 

Attributes & Skills we are looking for:

• A passion for growing and eating good food.
• A straightforward, honest personality and a team player willing to get stick-in and help-out.
• At least 2-year’s experience in vegetable production/market gardening, ideally including a veg box scheme
• Good knowledge of plants, pests, diseases, and chemical-free growing principles
• Practical, hard-working mindset, with the willingness to work outside in all weathers.
• Experience of managing others to assist in the market garden and with harvesting, including our hardworking team of volunteers.
• Due to our charity working with school children, you MUST have/ be willing to get an Enhanced DBS Check. This requirement is non negotiable. However, we will reinburse you the full cost of this if you need to apply for a DBS Check.
• Full UK driving licence & access to your own vehicle.

Application information

How to Apply:

Please send a CV and a short covering email setting out why you would be right for the job. This should be marked for the attention of our chair, Jason Mills. The email address is: biggerdevelopments@hotmail.com

Applications will be shortlisted for interviews by Friday the 15th of May 2026, with interviews planned for the following week.  

We are looking to get the new Grower in place asap.

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