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JOB: Operations Manager at New Produce Start-Up

Submitted by gabrielle on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 17:36

A startup produce operation will process and deliver regionally grown produce to food manufacturers and food service institutions in New York City.  The company partners with regional farmers and food hubs to source high quality, seasonal produce.  At the New York City facility, the company sorts, repacks, and coordinates delivery through distribution partners and the company fleet, and as needed, washes, cuts, and bags produce according to customer specification.  The company is a social enterprise founded to create jobs for folks who are rebuilding their lives after periods of incarceration.  Though it’s goal is to create a minimum of 100 jobs in the next 5 years, the Operations Manager will initially have between 2- 6 direct reports. The company is seeking a passionate, self-starter with experience in food processing to join their team as operations manager. 

JOB: Farm Intern Opportunity at Hook Mountain Growers, Hudson Valley

Submitted by gabrielle on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 17:25

Opportunity for a farm intern for Hook Mountain Growers microfarm in
the Hudson Valley (Nyack). For more information on this 4-season
microfarm, see http://www.hookmountaingrowers.com/

This is an outstanding opportunity for an intern to intern at this
organic, biodynamically influenced, microfarm- only the size of a
tennis court yet expected to yield 1800# of produce in 2012! The
growers grow food for themselves and sell to farmers markets and local
restaurants.

Survey: Paid Internships for Healthy Food

Submitted by gabrielle on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 17:06


Background:
The Center for Economic Opportunity was established to decrease poverty in New York City, and works with different city agencies to accomplish its mission.  The Office of the Food Policy Coordinator supports and develops policies and programs to increase healthy food access, promote food security, and improve food system sustainability in New York City.  

Our offices are exploring opportunities for expanded partnerships to support food-focused paid internships for low-income or disconnected youth. Specifically, we are seeking input from potential work sites with an interest in hosting paid interns. The following is a short survey to gauge interest and help inform our understanding of this opportunity.

Register Now! AFT's Albany No Farms No Food Rally

Submitted by gabrielle on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 00:35

Join the growing movement and register for the American Farmland Trust's No Farms No Food Rally, February 15, at the State Capitol, in Albany. Unite with farmers, local foods advocates, community leaders and others to tell Governor Cuomo and the state legislature how much we care about local farms and food!
 
Meet in person with our legislators and urge them to support funding and legislation to:
·        Strengthen New York’s Farm & Food Economy
·        Protect Farmland & the Environment
·        Increase Access to Locally Grown Food
 
A local foods lunch will be served!
 
Bus transportation roundtrip from New York City to Albany is available!

Volunteer Opportunity: NY Agricultural Literacy Week

Submitted by gabrielle on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 00:23

At Spoons Across America®, they are excited to kick off the New Year with more of their terrific programming and ask you to join them-- Their winter volunteer opportunity is here! They are looking for volunteers to read and lead curriculum during their upcoming program for New York City public school second graders, Agriculture Literacy Week (ALW), happening during the week of March 19th, 2012.

JOB: Development & Operations Coordinator at Slow Food USA

Submitted by gabrielle on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 00:14

JOB TITLE: Development & Operations Coordinator
DATE: February 1, 2012
LOCATION: Brooklyn, New York
REPORTS TO: Director of Development, Slow Food USA

POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Slow Food USA is a small organization with ambitious plans to help create a world where all people have access to food that is good for them, good for the people who grow it and good for the planet. The four-person development department is also expanding and increasing its sophistication to support the organization’s ambitions. We seek a motivated, energetic Development and Operations Coordinator to support our efforts to increase the number and giving level of Slow Food USA’s donor pool.

The Development and Operations Coordinator will provide support basic operations of the development office and support major donor stewardship and membership giving campaigns. A critical part of this work entails managing Slow Food USA’s fundraising database, including maintaining records, providing reports, and generating lists of donors for cultivation events, stewardship activities and solicitations. The Coordinator may also have opportunities to help develop stewardship and solicitation materials, including grant proposals and reports. In addition to a primary portfolio of development activities, the Coordinator will also provide assistance to Slow Food USA’s operations team.

Specific job duties are outlined below, but given the small size and collaborative nature of our organization, the ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about participating in all areas of development as needs warrant.

Call Now! Free Farm-to-Fork Training Program from Family Cook Productions

Submitted by gabrielle on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 17:38

Thanks to the ingenuity of renowned “placemakers’ Urban Space, downtown Brooklyn has a fabulous new gathering place that’s all about local and sustainable and community: Dekalb Market!  And because Dekalb Market exists to support entrepreneurship and  economic development in Brooklyn, we are excited to announce a Career Training Program!  The lead educational partner is FamilyCook Productions a non-profit with stellar youth development and career training.  In concert with Market Share who help incubate small retail food producers, the Food 360 Program, as it will be called, will offer 100 hours of farm-to-fork job training following by paid, part-time internships with a local food business, followed by a full time apprenticeship.

There are still a few slots left for the next month-long training session starting Tuesday January 17th!

For more info: 212-867-3929 or email Jessica Scheer at jbscheer@gmail.com.

CLASS: Policy for New York Food System Change

Submitted by gabrielle on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 14:12

By Thomas Forster

This month a New School continuing education course that provides citizen activists and working professionals with a foundation in food and farm policy change for New York, the nation and our world will begin its fifth season. “Food Policy for the Local Food Revolution” is taught by former farmer and policy campaigner Thomas Forster over 15 Monday evenings at 6 pm from January 23 to May 14. This course gives tools through readings, discussion and guest lectures to policy learners from beginning to advanced levels so they may comprehend and engage city, state, national and international food and farm policy processes.

Winter and spring 2012 is a critical year for food and agriculture policy. The class will learn about NYC City Council FoodWorks agenda and about new interest in the resilience of the food system at City Hall. The federal food and farm bill will be debated in Congress during this class, and students will learn just how important New York is to the national debate on the future of food.  At the international level the UN headquarters in New York will be the venue for a global debate about the nexus of food security, climate change and economic volatility. This class gives students much more than an armchair view of these linked processes, bringing them up close to policy actors and organizations in real time policy research and action.

For more information about this and other New School continuing education classes, visit the online catalogue at http://ceregistration.newschool.edu/register/index.cfm

MIT Food Boot Camp

Submitted by gabrielle on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 16:16

Food Boot Camp
March 27-30, 2012 - Cambridge, MA

MIT's Knight Science Journalism Program is now  accepting applications for their Food Boot Camp which will be held on the MIT campus from Tuesday, March 27 to Friday, March 30, 2012.

From lethal baby formula to tainted peanut butter, from biofuel bonanzas to food riots, from lean and local organics to fat-loaded meals for children, food is now routinely in the news. Researchers are speaking in terms of dramatic change and possible crises on topics of how food is grown, distributed and consumed. To help journalists explain the facts to readers, the Knight Science Journalism at MIT is offering a four-day course on some of the most important food-related issues.

Twelve journalists will be chosen to attend the Boot Camp, joining the twelve Knight Fellows already in residence at MIT. Applicants may be journalists who already cover science, medicine or health, or those who wish to prepare themselves to cover these fields. Applicants may be reporters, writers, editors or producers and must have at least three years of full-time experience in journalism.

If selected, we will reimburse you for up to $750 of your travel expenses to Cambridge and pay for your hotel room and most meals. Participants are required to attend all sessions, which begin on Tuesday, March 27 and end on Friday, March 30.

JOB: President at Glynwood Center Inc.

Submitted by gabrielle on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 15:48

Job Position: President (chief executive) of Glynwood Center, Inc.
Submission Deadline: February 10, 2012

Glynwood Center, Inc. is one of the nation’s premier nonprofit organizations in the field of sustainable agriculture and rural community development. We are now seeking a new President (chief executive) to take us into our next era of growth and expansion, building on a remarkable 17-year history of creative successes.

About Glynwood.

Glynwood’s mission is to enhance and strengthen the regional food system in the greater Hudson River Valley. Our home-base is a 225 acre farm and homestead in Cold Spring NY (approximately 90 minutes north of New York City in Putnam County), which encompasses a fully working demonstration farm with livestock, crops, an apprentice program and CSA; offices and meeting rooms (in former stables); and several homes and houses (staff housing and conference facility).

In addition to farming, educational and public activities at our facilities in Cold Spring, Glynwood also conducts a number of outreach programs, and develops model pilot projects. All our efforts are designed to improve the quality and expand the capacity of the regional food system, and to engender a rural community context in which local agriculture and its culture can flourish. Over the years, we have built a large and loyal network of people, organizations and communities -- local, regional, national, and international -- that turns to Glynwood for leadership, guidance and information about the growth and development of regional food systems and rural community development.

Glynwood’s immediate service region, the Greater Hudson River Valley, extends from the tri-state metro area of New York City, north to the state’s capital region in Albany and beyond; and from the Catskill Mountains to Western Massachusetts. Currently, we maintain a staff of 13 full-time and 3 part-time employees, and have an annual budget of approximately $2.9 million. Our endowment draw is applied toward our site operations, and we maintain an active ongoing resource and fund development program.

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