Sales Associate Positions

Thank you for your interest in Foster Family Farm.

We require both harvest hands and sales associates, listed below is a short description of the sales associate position. If you are interested in the harvest hand position, please let us know and we will send you information about that job.

We are located in the village of North Gower which is a 20 minutes drive south of Barrhaven in the City of Ottawa. A valid driver’s licence is required for this job. Please note that there is no public transportation to our farm, therefore you will need to provide your own transportation to and from the farm each day.

Outlined below is the type of sales work we have to offer on our farm.

Crops to be Sold:
  • Strawberries
  • Sweet Corn
  • Vegetables
  • Edible Beans
  • Squash & Pumpkins
Season beginning and ending time:

Our strawberries are ready for sale mid June and ends early to the middle July depending on the year.  The sweet corn, vegetable and edible bean harvest starts between the middle of July and the end of July and normally runs until the end of September.  The pumpkin harvest starts during the middle of September and ends on the 31st of October.

Hours of Operations:

We require our sales staff to be at the farm ready to start work at 9:00am, Monday to Friday and 8:00am on Saturdays. A normal work day would end at 7:00pm Monday to Friday and 6:00pm on Saturdays. These hours are the same for each of the crops we sell.

We require both full time and part time help on our farm.

Full time

The staff’s normal work week is a five day week; we do not work on Sundays so all staff will have every Sunday off plus another day during the week, to be arranged with the owner(s). Saturdays are a very busy day with our farming business so please understand that all staff cannot have every Saturday off.

Part time

The staff’s normal work week is one to four full days per week, because of our type of business we cannot offer part day workdays.  We do not work on Sundays so all staff will have every Sunday off.  We try to work around our part time staff’s schedule the best we can.  The weekly schedule is arranged by the owner(s). Saturdays are a very busy day with our farming business so please understand that all staff cannot have every Saturday off.

NOTE: If you only want to work on Saturdays we want to talk to you.

If you would like to set up an interview please reply to this email with your availability.

Thank you for your interest in Foster Family Farm.