Lead Grower and Manager

Canalside Community Food, a pioneering CSA based outside Leamington Spa, is offering an exciting opportunity for a person who can take a lead role in creatively developing the potential of our community owned land.

We are seeking an experienced grower to join our team producing organic vegetables and fruit throughout the year for our community of nearly 200 members. The successful candidate will work to ensure the realisation of our core mission: to produce seasonal, organic, locally grown vegetables and fruit, and to involve local people in the process of producing the food that they eat. They will take a key role in organising and leading the day-to-day management of the 12 acre horticulture farm and for bringing new energy to our desire to reinforce our future sustainability by incorporating best regenerative agricultural practice at the heart of the farm activities. They will also seek to actively involve our members in this activity whilst fully engaging with the wider community (local, regional and national) who are interested in promoting this ethos.

The role will work in collaboration with the assistant growers, administration team and seasonal staff to deliver our desired goals but also with our members who play an active role on the farm. The basic salary offered is £24,544 (0.87 FTE), with statutory holiday allowance and a pension offered.

Full details and job description are on the link above.

We are looking to recruit as soon as we find the right candidate. Therefore, there is no application deadline set; interviews will be arranged on a rolling basis but we expect the successful candidate to actively engage in the recruitment process to demonstrate their commitment.

• Potatoes
• Onions
• Carrots
• Beetroot
• Spring greens
• Spring onions
• Sugar snap peas (purple and green)
• Dwarf French beans
• Kohlrabi
• Courgettes
• Cucumber
• Lettuce