The Landworkers’ Alliance is a union of farmers, growers, foresters and land-based workers.

Feedback for us

If you have any comments, critiques, considerations, compliments, complaints, about anything the Landworkers Alliance is or isn't up to, do let us know your thought. We love feedback, it keeps a system healthy. Please fill in this quick form.

Membership / Supporter / Donation Queries

Please contact Lauren.Simpson@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk

Requests for work, volunteering or internships

We are currently not recruiting for any roles but please read our newsletters for any announcements. We currently do not offer any volunteer or internship placements directly with the LWA, but keep an eye out in the newsletter or on the forum for any members looking for volunteers or workers.

Academic/Research Enquiries

Please look at the Agroecology Research Collaboration to see if it fits your area of research/work.

Membership Support / Advice

Currently the LWA does not have capacity or resources to help individual members or potential members on their specific projects, farms or programmes. We get a lot of requests for individual support and would love to have the time to respond to each request in full. We are fundraising for a new role for somebody to focus on membership support and services as we have identified it is a gap in our offering so please watch this space. Having said that, if your query is critical and urgent please email info@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk including the word URGENT in the subject header and it will get picked up and we can try our best to help.

Contacting Individual Staff

Please take the time to explore our staff page here to see who the most relevant contact for your enquiry is. Our addresses format is firstname.lastname@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk Please bear in mind we all work part time and have limited capacity to respond to enquiries outside our core areas of work. You can also find information under the About Us header about branch and regional organising, and identity groups within the LWA membership.

Press/Media Enquiries:

For any queries relating to press please email press@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk

Merchandise/calendar Enquiries

For any enquiries to do with shop sales including the calendar please email merchandise@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk

To Include an Item in Our Newsletter:

You can fill in this quick form to submit it to be included in the next bulletin/newsletter. The deadline to submit is the end of Friday each week for the following week’s member bulletin. With the same form you can also submit to the monthly non-member newsletter which goes out in the first week of the month.

All Other Enquiries:

For any other enquiries that are URGENT please email info@staging.landworkersalliance.org.uk with the word 'urgent' in the subject header and we will do our best to help.

Follow Us

Job advert – Assistant Grower at Pitney Farm Market Garden, South Somerset

Viewing 1 post (of 1 total)
  • 04/10/2022 at 1:22 pm #74218

    Job: Assistant Grower at Pitney Farm Market Garden, South Somerset
    Dates: Early February 2023 – January 2024 (with potential for extension).
    Wage: £10.20/hour PAYE inc. statutory holiday pay, sick pay and pension contributions.
    Hours: 4 days a week, averaging 32 hours over the year (more hours negotiable).
    Application deadline: 31 October 2022. Please send a cover letter (maximum one side of A4) and CV to pitneyfarmmarketgarden@gmail.com incl. references.
    Accomodation: Onsite self-contained mobile home available (£60/month to cover utilities)

    Job Role:
    The Assistant Grower will be responsible for assisting in the management of all aspects of organic vegetable production in the field, propagation area, polytunnels and pack shed. (Job share considered for the right applicants).

    Job Description:
    The successful applicant will be working as part of a small team under the instruction of the head grower. They will be involved in every stage of organic vegetable production including propagation, vegetable husbandry, record keeping, harvesting and post-harvest activities. They will be helping to produce high quality vegetables utilising several different styles of production, from field-scale tractor based tillage, planting and weeding, to hand planting high density plantings, successional cropping, and no-dig polytunnels. They will be expected to help oversee seasonal and part time workers.
    We believe in empowering our staff. We will support the successful applicant to develop their skills as a grower. We are committed to regular check-ins and to having open streams of communication so we can work with our assistant grower to develop the job role to ensure it is as satisfying and rewarding as possible.

    Farm description:
    The organic certified market garden is 4.5 acres plus 650m2 of no-dig polytunnel space. It’s situated on a traditional 100 acre mixed organic farm, with whom we work very closely.
    We are a wholesale operation with a passion for ecology, soil health and efficient working systems. Our primary customer is a popular on-site farm shop and cafe which serves the local community. We also sell to local vegbox schemes, market stalls, greengrocers, cafes and high end restaurants.
    We are a four season farm producing a large range of crops year round. We grow 150 different varieties of over 50 different crop types, from maincrop potatoes to peashoots. The production systems utilise both hand tools and tractor mounted machinery.

    Who we are:
    The market garden is run by Adi & Rita; both are first generation farmers who have almost 20 years combined organic horticultural experience. Our ethos is to produce high quality, fresh vegetables for the local community whilst caring for the climate, biodiversity and the soil. Both are members of the Organic Growers Alliance and the Landworkers’ Alliance.

    Essential traits/skills:
    A minimum of two seasons experience in commercial vegetable production.
    Self motivated with an ability to work independently.
    Drivers licence and vehicle.

    Desirable traits/skills:
    A passion for the environment, biodiversity, soil, and plants.
    A quick learner who can work efficiently to a high standard.
    Someone who enjoys problem solving, multi-tasking, and is proactive and uses their initiative.
    Precise in their work, with a keen eye for detail and an awareness of good quality.
    Someone with a positive attitude, who is passionate about working outside in all weather.
    Willingness to put energy into clear and honest communication, and to working well as part of a team.
    Tractor driving experience (on the job training will be given).

    We welcome applications from all (including growers who are women, non-binary, Black and People of Colour).

    To find out more about Pitney Farm Market Garden, feel free to email questions to pitneyfarmmarketgarden@gmail.com.
    See our Instagram feed @PitneyFarmMarketGarden, and these two webinars we were invited to talk on last year: Growing the Staples, Four Season Growing

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by Lauren S.
Viewing 1 post (of 1 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.

Please subscribe to our e-newsletter.

This information will never be shared with a third party