Job opportunity: Assistant Grower for six months at Chagford CSA

Date Published: 21st October 2024

Chagford CSA is a ten-acre community-supported market garden on the north-east edge of Dartmoor supplying 130 CSA veg-shares a week to local households. We’re going into our sixteenth growing-season and looking to recruit a part-time Assistant Grower for six-months from mid April – mid October 2025. We have recently moved onto a new growing site where we are developing a silvo-horticultural system using woodchip and biochar from our coppice woodland to build fertility and soil-carbon within our rotation.

The position will support all aspects of running a commercial community supported market garden, from propagation to cultivation, transplanting, weeding, organic crop husbandry, harvesting and managing volunteers. The role is paid at £12/hour for 22-hours/week – across four days Monday-Thursday. Caravan accommodation – or space to park-up – on one of our growing sites is also available. We’re looking for someone who doesn’t take themselves too seriously – who can be enthusiastic, practical and willing to learn and work as part of a team. A season’s experience on a commercial market garden is desirable but not essential.

Applicants should send an email to chagfood@gmail.com outlining why you’re interested in the position, what experience – if any – you have in market gardening and what qualities you think you will bring to our team. Deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 29th November – interviews will take place during the week of the 9th December.
Please feel free to circulate the position to anyone who might be interested. Any questions contact Ed on 07858 381539