Jobs for 2024 and beyond!

Full time growers / general assistants: To help with all aspects growing and running of the box scheme 25k/pa. email [email protected] for a job description with application form and include a covering letter.

Head grower: We've never really had a head grower before, but it is now time for myself to take more of a back seat, so that I can focus on other parts of the business. The farm covers 120acres over two sites and we grow crops on about 30 acres, including 5000m2 polytunnels. We also have pigs, sheep and alpacas. We deliver over 1600 boxes a week and supply other box schemes, retail outlets and our own farm shop. We have a great talented team, but think we would benefit from someone that has good agricultural experience. We have our established ways of working but we are always open to new methods and enjoy experimentation. Most of our field operations are mechanised and we have a wide range of tractor mounted implements. Harvest work is machine assisted but largely done by hand.
This is a great opportunity to join Scotland’s largest box scheme and will suit someone with a wide range of practical skills who is excited by the prospect and challenges of field-scale organic production.
Normal working hours are 8am to 5pm
Some weekend work will be required occasionally.
Salary depending on experience.
Essential qualities and experience are:
• Ability to work as part of a team, but also to lead the team and think ahead with tasks.
• At least 2 years experience in commercial organic growing or farming or similar industry on a similar scale.
• A knowledge of propagation and management of vegetable crops.
• An enthusiastic interest in the environment, soil, plants, biodiversity, tractors and machinery.
• A wide range of practical skills, including basic carpentry and workshop skills.
• A good natured, cheerful and patient team player, despite what the weather or equipment throws at you.
• An ability to adapt to established growing and harvest methods.
• Supervising colleagues in the field to ensure field or harvest work is carried out efficiently and to the re-quired standard.
• Tractor driving and routine maintenance
Desirable experience:
• Knowledge of vegetable crop pests and diseases and organic approaches to their management.
• Operating machinery to carry out manuring, cultivations, weeding and harvest operations.
• An understanding of machinery and the ability to make adjustments in the field to get the best out of equipment.
• Machinery and equipment maintenance.
• Welding
• Fencing
• Polytunnel construction
Send CV and covering letter to [email protected] FAO Mike

News 27/11/23

Good afternoon, all!

Juicing Apples and Pears
Our orchard has been fully harvested this year, so now it’s last chance to grab Juicing Apples or Juicing Pears with you veg box, £5 for 5kg! Great for juices, smoothies, and desserts.

Gift Boxes
As the festive season approaches, you may want to order veg boxes as a surprise gift for a friend. If you would like to do so, please get in touch to let us know your account details, which box you would like to send and the name + address of your recipient. Phone: 07444 472667 Email: [email protected].

Christmas Gifts

We also have a new Christmas Gifts section on the top banner of the East Coast Organics website.  Get ahead of the game with East Coast Organics coffee mugs, Vouchers, or a Christmas Hamper containing a £50 mixture of organic snacks, drinks, spreads, sauces and more!


Proposed basic items this week.
Veg: Potatoes, Carrots, Onions, Mushrooms, Tomatoes, Chard, Leeks, Parsnips, Kale, Red Pepper, Garlic.
Fruit: Apples, Pears, Bananas, Clementines
Extras in big box: Eggs, Fennel, Butternut Squash, Sweet Potatoes.

Best wishes!

East Coast Organics