Organic farming

Organic Farms

ABOUT Shuswap Organics

Shuswap Organics grows six acres of certified organic mixed vegetables on a sixteen acre farm on the banks of the Shuswap River in Grindrod, BC. Grindrod is about 15 minutes away from the town of Enderby, 20min from Salmon Arm, and 40min from Vernon. You can find a shady spot by the river to eat your lunch or have a quick dip to cool off at the end of the day. We grow and sell fresh crops (like greens, herbs, beets, carrots, cucumbers, etc) from May to October, and storage crops (potatoes, carrots, cabbage, etc) from October through March.

We use a combination of tractors and person powered tools; our goal is to work lightly on the land and reduce tillage, and reduce the impact on our bodies. For example, we’ll use basket weeders on a tractor to prepare and manage early weeds in the carrots, but we will also be in there with a wheel hoe and hand weeding at least once in the season. We have a mix of sales channels, and sell most of our produce to chefs, independent grocery stores, and to our home delivery business – Nature Delivered. We are certified organic, and believe in growing healthy fresh food for our community that also supports the health of our animals and the environment.

We strive to make every work day as efficient as possible. We expect our employees to show up on time and be ready to go. We foster a work environment that thrives on building skills – we want our employees to learn, and build confidence and independence in the skills and tasks at hand.

DESIRED QUALITIES

We are looking for three field hands to join our team for the 2026 season (and potentially beyond!). Our ideal candidate is hard-working, likes to learn new things, is self-motivated, positive, flexible, and solutions-oriented. Whether you have agricultural experience or not, show us why you’re passionate about small-scale agriculture and how your skills align with what we’re looking for.

• Experience in vegetable farming (and ideally organic methods) is an asset, but not required
• Strong observation skills an asset
• Understands the importance of a well-made and consistent kale or carrot bunch
• Good time management, record keeping, and organizational skills
• Hard working
• Strong and clear communicator, and confidence to ask questions when tasks or expectations are unclear
• Be able to work in all weather conditions (rain, heat, smoke, mud, mosquitos), and must be able to lift 40lbs repeatedly
• Detail oriented
• Punctuality, accountability, awareness, follow-through in tasks and clean-up
• Quality and efficiency in every movement on the farm

POSITION TASKS

You’ll be working with our crops from seeding all the way to preparing to sell them.

• Seedlings – filling trays, seeding trays, tending to seedlings, hardening off, preparing for planting or selling
• Planting preparation in the field, cultivation, seeding, transplanting (by hand and tractor)
• Weeding – by hand, or with experience in a cultivating tractor or PowerOx
• Harvesting – by hand, greens harvester, undercutting, and tractor-based root harvester
• Post harvest – washing and packing vegetables, preparing for deliveries
• Cleaning Up from our daily tasks

POSITION DETAILS

Term: Early to mid May start date, and finish at the end of October. If you’re only available for part of the season, feel free to contact us to see if we have a shorter term position available. If you’re interested in year-round work, please let us know as we have winter employment available in the pack house. The nature of winter work is less varied, but it is still a vital part of strengthening the small scale food system!

Hours per week: 40 hours per week, 5 days a week, Monday to Friday. There is the option to work additional hours during peak season July-September, but it is not an expectation. Workdays start at 5:30-7AM depending on time of season and weather (ex. early spring and late fall we start later in the morning, during a heat wave we start as early as possible).

Wage: $20/hour.

TO APPLY

Please submit your resume (maximum 2 pages), at least 2 professional references, and a 1 page (MAXIMUM) letter of interest answering the following questions to orders@naturedelivered.ca :

• Why do you want to farm?
• Explain how you know that you can/like to work in all weather conditions and physically demanding work environments.
• What do you need to thrive in your work environment?
• What would you bring to our team?
• Please mention you saw this at FoodWork.ca.

Email to orders@naturedelivered.ca as soon as possible (we will continue to accept applications until positions are filled).

While we thank all those who apply, only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted. ONLY applications from Canadian residents or people with a current and valid work visa will be considered.

Deadline to apply: April 1, 2026