Part-Time Positions Available

Position: Organic Farming
Farm: BeetBox Co-operative Farm
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Eligibility: 30 or younger
Term: early August to mid-October, 2-3 days/week

BeetBox is looking for part-time workers to join our team of young organic vegetable farmers this summer and fall! Come work hard doing something good in a beautiful setting close to home.

 About the Job:

Tasks:

• Harvesting, washing, and packing vegetables.
• Planting, weeding, and irrigating crops in the field and greenhouses.
• Set up of the farm store
• Property maintenance
• Other varied tasks around the farm as appropriate

Schedule and Remuneration

• Early August to mid-October
• 2-4 weekdays / week, Thursdays and Fridays required
• 7:00 AM starts
• $15/h

Requirements

• Experience in farming or other outdoor physical work
• Happy working solo or in a team
• Good physical fitness and stamina – lots of bending, crouching, and lifting required
• Able to do repetitive tasks quickly and precisely
• Happy working in all weather conditions
• Bilingualism is an asset

To qualify, you must be:

• between the ages of 15 and 30 inclusive when the job starts;
• student, unemployed or underemployed;
• a Canadian citizen, permanent resident of Canada or a refugee under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

Benefits

• Our farm is surrounded by forest, right beside the Ottawa river, in Ottawa’s Greenbelt between Nepean and Kanata North
• Learn how to grow food with and for your community
• Stay in shape without going to the gym
• We’ll definitely have extra fresh produce to share with you!
• Opportunity for future employment
• Possibility of becoming a member of the co-op (farm co-owner) within a year or two

How to apply

Send us your resume and 2 references to jeremy@beetbox.ca as soon as possible. We need and expect the positions to be filled quickly.

Who is BeetBox?

We are a farmer-owned workers co-operative growing high quality vegetables, ecologically. In 2018, we established a CSA for the lovely people of West Ottawa. In 2019 we started a Farm Store at our location off of Carling. In 2020 we started a seedling sale and community farm and in 2021 we are expanding the farm store with micro-greens, preserves & prepared foods!

The co-op was established in 2017 by three young agrarians: Jeremy Colbeck, Lise-Anne Léveillé, and David Mazur-Goulet. 

What makes us different?

• 110 acres right in the city
• Surrounded by forest and a short walk from the very swimmable Ottawa River
• A farm that is financed by its members and the community at large
• Opportunities that lie beyond the six month contract as we grow year after year
• Possibility of living on the farm