Little Fields Farm

867207 Township Road 10 Bright, ON, N0J 1B0 Canada

226-927-4440

A diverse small-scale farm growing vegetables, cut flowers, pasture-raised chicken, turkey, pork, and eggs using ecological and regenerative farming practices.

You can sign up for our CSA to get a share of the harvest, or order from our online store and pickup on the farm or at one of our partner locations: Cafe Pyrus Outpost in Waterloo, Storm Stayed Brewing Company in London, and Willibald Distillery and Brewery in Ayr.

Farm Worker Position

  • Part Time (27-30 hours/week)

  • Wednesday-Friday (flexible) 7am -5pm

  • $18.75 per hour

  • 3-4 Months (May-September - flexible start/end dates)

We are excited to offer this opportunity to live out your passion for farming!

Our farm consists of 1 acre of vegetables, as well as 1 acre of cover crop for the following year’s vegetables, on which we pasture our laying hens in moveable shelters each summer. We also manage about 4 acres of pasture where we raise our turkeys (50), broiler chickens (2x150), and pigs (4-8). All told, together with the house and treed yard, we rent about 10 acres, though the property itself is nearly 200 acres – primarily organic hay and cash crops farmed by a neighbour as well as about 10 acres of woodlot and marshland.

You can find information about us, Farmers Claire and Adam, on our homepage.

Shared Responsibilities

Farm staff join in the work of tending the animals and vegetable crops. A typical day begins with feeding and watering the pigs, chickens, and turkeys, before transitioning to work in the fields. Our farm thrives on cooperative work, and we are looking for a committed self-starter who can join our team and share some of our responsibilities in the field. These include:

  • Planting

    • Preparing beds

    • Transplanting

    • Installing trellising, drip-line irrigation, hoops, and row cover

    • Laying landscape fabric

  • Weeding and Tending Crops

    • Hoeing, wheel hoeing, and hand weeding

    • Pruning and thinning

    • Managing pests

  • Harvesting

    • Picking, forking, and bunching

    • Ensuring proper sizing and quality

    • Washing and packing

    • Tracking inventory

  • Tending Animals

    • feeding and watering livestock twice/day, including hauling feed (50lbs+)

    • moving chicken shelters twice weekly

Requirements

  • No previous farming experience necessary

  • Able to work quickly and efficiently, both in a team and independently

  • Able to cope with the physically-demanding nature of the work, including lifting 50+ pound bags of feed and bins of harvested vegetables

  • Comfortable working in the rain, cold, and heat

  • Enthusiasm for sustainable agriculture and a love of working outdoors!

  • Our rural location necessitates your own car

To Apply Please Email Cover Letter and Resume to claire@littlefields.farm