Now accepting applications !
Job openings for the 2025 season:
FARM CREW
ASSISTANT FARM MANAGER(Barber Market Farm)
FLOWER ASSISTANT
ABOUT BURNS BLOSSOM FARM:
BURNS BLOSSOM FARM is certified organic by the REAL ORGANIC PROJECT, C.C.O.F. & U.S.D.A. Owned and operated by Mel MacTavish & Kyle Forrest Burns, with a combined 23 years of market farming experience under their belts. Our diversified farm enterprise spans two distinct locations less than 2 miles apart. We are driven by our passion for farming, food, and family. Our work is guided by a commitment to cultivating a highly diverse, regenerative, and thriving farm that nourishes both the land and our neighbors. We strive to create a farm culture rooted in purpose by the joy of growing and sharing good food. Our goal is to be a beacon of resilient, responsible farming where hard work, deep respect for the land, and a love for great food come together.
BURNS BLOSSOM FARM HAS TWO LOCATIONS.
THE BARBER MARKET FARM
Our Barber Market Farm is nestled in the cute Barber neighborhood, a mere stone's throw from Downtown Chico and the expansive Bidwell Park. This farm is dedicated to intensive vegetable production resulting in an immense amount of produce grown year-round, with a focus on diverse market vegetables with 3/4 acre of production and six caterpillar tunnels. The blue metal barn houses the wash/pack/storage for the farm.
This farm serves as a centralized location for events, diversified production, and a showcase of what is possible on a small footprint.
THE BARBER FARM
SANTA CLARA AVE. FARM
In addition, our second location, the Santa Clara Ave. Farm was purchased in September of 2023 and lies just beyond city limits, maintaining a close proximity to CSU Chico campus. This larger farm affords us the opportunity to cultivate certain crops at scale, with a special focus on seed garlic, berries, cut-flowers and lots of heirloom tomatoes. We utilize three caterpillar tunnels and a 1/2 acre shade structure/trellis support for organic raspberries & thornless blackberry production. We are currently in the process of building a high tunnel greenhouse and wash/pack barn in the middle of the field. The farm is 2 miles from the Barber Farm.
This farm serves as a dynamic space for experimentation, where we delve into innovative practices like grown-in-situ mulch, cover cropping, occultation, and the ongoing refinement of no-till and low-till methods on 4 acres of land.
SANTA CLARA AVE. FARM
