Work with us!
Are you looking for adventureas well as a sound base in commercial organic vegetable production? Are you someone who loves to work outdoors and committed to a better social and environmental future?
We are seeking an energetic, highly motivated person to join our dynamic team at Zsámboki Biokert, Hungary as a general vegetable grower with particular responsibility for
seedling production (propagation).
Zsámboki Biokert is a well-established organic-market garden and webshop-based organic vegetable box business, 60km east of Budapest, Hungary. We have a stable, experienced, dedicated production team, and are looking for someone to complete our team. We are highly-committed to regenerative organic vegetable production and farming.
We consider it possible to combine top-quality organic vegetable production with environmental and soil conservation. Our production is based around bio-intensive permanent beds, both outside and in high-tunnels, but we are also increasing our mechanised winter storage vegetable production. We are influenced by agroecological, bio-dynamic, permaculture and regenerative organic principles, but we are not dogmatic adherents to any particular stream - just dedicated to sound soil health and good production outcomes.
We occasionally take on a new trainee organic vegetable production assistant, to learn (through practice) all aspects of organic vegetable production.
We are looking for an energetic, highly-motivated person to learn a range of tasks, including:
Seedling/transplant propagation
Bed preparation on biointensive beds
Sowing and transplanting
Harvesting
Post-harvest crop preparation
We are offering a full-time, year-round position (hours depending on the season) - we start with a 3 month probationary period, which if successfully completed will roll into a 2 year contract, and
possibly subsequently a permanent position following a 2 year training period. The salary will be based on experience. We will offer full supervision and practical training by members of our permanent, experienced vegetable production staff.
Accomodation is available on-site. It is important that the candidates undertake to take on weekend rota duties (1 weekend in 4). The candidates need to be flexible about work times, based around the agricultural seasons.
The sucessful candidates will be physically very fit and with good stamina, and flexibility, to willingly take on a wide range of tasks and responsibilities. We work hard and intensively, in a friendly and supportive team. We are very committed to regenerative organic production, and are looking for team members with similar commitments.
We are looking for candidates to start as soon as possible, for an initial training period.
The successful candidate would ideally have (but are not essential):
a current, full driving license
knowledge (or at least and active interest) of ecological farming system
some real-life farming work experience
The salary will be based on experience.
Please apply by sending your CV and a motivational letter to:
Matthew Hayes
info@zsambokibiokert.hu
Closing date for applications: 5 June, 2025.
www.zsambokibiokert.hu
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