NC: The Raleigh Downtown Farmer’s Market seeks Intern

Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

Hours: Wednesdays, 7 am – 3:30 pm; plus additional hours during the week (approximately 10 hours/week)

Mid April – October

This position will assist in the marketing and operations of the Raleigh Downtown Farmers Market, a program produced by the Downtown Raleigh Alliance. The intern will have the opportunity to learn about farmers’ market management, event planning and management, volunteer management, social networking, customer service, and community development. It is also a physical job, and eligible applicants need to be able to be outside, lift heavy objects, and be on their feet for the duration of the market.

Minnesota: PRI Cold Climate seeks Program Director

Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota

Job Title: Program Director

Type: Part Time

Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota

Deadline: 4/23/2010

Through research, education, demonstration, and community-building, PRI Cold Climate catalyzes and fosters the creation of an abundant and restorative culture for living in northern temperate climates. PRI Cold Climate is a membership based organization with staff, volunteers and programs including Education and Outreach, Backyard Harvest, Research and Demonstration and the Collaborative.

The Program Director oversees the coordination and administration of all aspects of an ongoing program including planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and maintaining oversight of program activities.

FRESH seeks Blog Coordinator Interns

Location: Telecommute

Farm to Table Food Blog Coordinator (unpaid internship, non-location specific) – STARTS IMMEDIATELY

FRESH is looking for TWO interns to coordinate food bloggers to cover FRESH’s Farm to Table Dinners in cities all across the U.S. (from April through June). This position starts immediately and lasts for at least 3 months, possibly longer.

FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.

California: Frog Hollow Farm seeks Administrative Assistant

Location: Brentwood, California

If you have top-notch customer service skills, are highly motivated, and have a passion for organic food and where it comes from, we’d like to talk with you.
Frog Hollow Farm, one of the Bay area’s first, oldest, and finest organic orchards is seeking an Administrative Assistant to support our eCommerce, Mail Order, and Order Fulfillment divisions.  The right applicant will be organized with a strong work ethic and ability to learn fast.  Must be able to manage multiple priorities and projects, meet deadlines, and pay close attention to details.  Must be proficient in MS Excel, Word, and Publisher and familiar with QuickBooks.  Bi-Lingual (Spanish) is a plus.

Alabama: Hampstead Farm seeks Manager

Location: Montgomery, Alabama

Hampstead Farm is a traditional neighborhood development in Montgomery, Alabama that includes a multi-acre farm with barn facility known as Hampstead Farms.  The farm is seeking a farm manager who embraces and uses sustainable farming practices for immediate employment.

Vermont: The Youth Agriculture Project seeks Summer Crew Leaders

Location: Manchester, Vermont

The Youth Agriculture Project seeks Summer Crew Leaders to help young people build life and job skills through hands-on learning about food, nutrition
and agriculture. The Youth Agriculture Project is a 4-H program of the University of Vermont Extension. Summer Work and Learn is a summer job-training program for older teenagers. For many, this is their first paid job. The Youth Agriculture Project uses farming as a vehicle to help youth develop life and job skills such as communication, teambuilding, and leadership. Youth grow food crops together, sell their crops at the farmers’ market, donate to local food
shelves, and visit other farms. Crew Leaders are expected to have – and to model – solid work ethics, willingness to learn, and the ability to work as a member of a team. Youth Ag’s interns are a vital part of the program, so a background in farming and/or working with youth is preferred.

San Francisco: CUESA seeks Market/Event Assistant and Administrative Assistant

Location: San Francisco, California

The Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA) is now hiring a part-time Market & Event Assistant and a part-time Administrative Assistant through the special San Francisco County Stimulus Program jobs.  Job Seekers must be eligible for ARRA Stimulus Funding to apply. To be eligible job seeker must:  be a San Francisco Resident; have a child under the age of 18; be unemployed or low income. If you meet these requirements please call 1(877) JOB1-NOW 1(877) 562-1669 or visit their website. If you have already been certified, contact your Jobs Now Case Manager for instructions on how to apply. Application must not come directly to CUESA, and must go through the Jobs Now program office.

NYC: Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project LDC seeks Program Manager

Location: Brooklyn, New York

Organization: Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project LDC
Title: Program Manager, Food Access Initiatives
Report to: Director, Community Development
Location: Fort Greene & Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, NY
Position Available: mid-late May 2010

Application Deadline: April 19, 2010

The Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project Local Development Corporation (MARP) is a not-for-profit, 501(c)3 organization incorporated in January 1999, founded with the mission to restore the “Main Street” of the Fort Greene and Clinton Hill community to a bustling, economically vital neighborhood commercial corridor that provides entrepreneurial, cultural, recreational, and employment opportunities for all those who live, work, study or have an interest in the area. On the economic development side, MARP serves a diverse community of approximately 150 merchants, with 97% of businesses locally-owned and 78% minority or woman-owned. Of the 30,000+ residents in the community, roughly 8,500 residents live in the Whitman and Ingersoll public housing developments, which front Myrtle Avenue. Attracting new small businesses, improving the mix of retail goods and services, and fostering job creation on the avenue helps to alleviate the separation of the middle income “brownstoners” from lower-income neighborhood residents and creates a safer and more thriving commercial district. MARP oversees programs in community-based planning, small business assistance and recruitment, historic preservation, environmental stewardship and greening initiatives, financial assistance for building rehabilitation, and other initiatives that seek to improve overall quality of life.

Metro DC: growing SOUL seeks Volunteers

Location: Ashton, Maryland

Note: These positions are currently on a volunteer basis.

growing SOUL — Sustainable Opportunities for Universal Learning — is a new volunteer run non-profit in the DC metropolitan area.  We are working with Will Allen on creating a Sustainable Foods Training Center that teaches Compost-to-table Zero-Waste food production as well as recording our work of preserving the Culinary Arts in our virtual “Culinerati Files.”  We were just written up in the Washington Post and AARP Bulletin along with Anna Lappe and her new book, “Diet for a Hot Planet” and are rapidly gaining traction with several sites in Montgomery county.

We are seeking someone experienced with aquaponics and closed-loop nitrogen cycles to head up our growing model. The model includes field crop growing as well. This is currently a part-time volunteer position that we are growing funding for so that it will become one of our first salaried positions along with our Director of Composting, Volunteer Coordinator and Director of Operations.  We are also seeking bloggers who would like an outlet for sharing the progress of the Good Food Revolution and someone to keep a calendar on all of the local Food related events.

Real Food Challenge seeks Organizers and Interns

Location: Various locations across the United States

Deadline: April 4, 2010

The Real Food Challenge seeks young leaders for the open positions of Field Organizers, National Team and Summer Interns. The Real Food Challenge is national organization of youth and students uniting for a just and sustainable food system.  We’re building a movement on college campuses across the country–working to shift $1 billion of college food purchases to “real food” by 2020–food that is community based, fair, ecologically sound, and humane.  The RFC is a diverse community of young change-makers–the positions below are volunteer (stipend-ed) and one year in length.  Apply today! The deadline is fast approaching.

Minnesota: Gardening Matters seeks Program Director

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Accepting applications until April 23, 2010

Gardening Matters provides training and resources to support successful and sustainable community gardens.  We connect gardeners to each other and to their communities through community organizing.

The Program Director is responsible for developing and delivering Gardening Matters’ educational and community engagement programming, and works closely with the Executive Director to ensure that the organization is meeting its mission and goals.

Urban Oaks Organic Farm seeks Wholesale Coordinator and Retail/CSA Coordinator

Location: New Britain, Connecticut

Urban Oaks Organic Farm is located in the city of New Britain, CT on the former site of the Sandelli greenhouses.  Our  3 acre nonprofit farmhas 16,000 square feet of greenhouse space.  We grow year round specializing in organic greens, herbs and heirloom crops. Our produce is sold to area restaurants, stores and we operate a farm stand onsite year round along with a winter and summer CSA.

Community Design Center of Minnesota seeks Summer Garden Corps Supervisor

Location: St. Paul, Minnesota

Deadline: March 26, 2010

The Community Design Center of Minnesota, a 40-year-old nonprofit organization, seeks a full-time, seasonal, committed person to provide hands-on gardening education and management of teenage interns as a part of its Garden Corps Internship Program. This position engages youth in sustainable urban agriculture through the growing and marketing of fresh organic produce, flowers, herbs, and other products. Youth develop work skills, explore careers, learn about gardening, entrepreneurship and nutrition, and practice stewardship and community service.

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The Organic School Project seeks Interns

Location: Chicago, Illinois

The Organic School Project seeks a Feed Intern, Grow Intern and Strategist Intern.

FarmPlate seeks Mid-Level Developer

Location: Vermont

FarmPlate is an ambitious start-up seeking a talented mid-level developer to help us build out the next phase of our website utilizing a custom LAMP platform. With senior level oversight provided by an experienced, outsourced, development and design team the ideal candidate needs to be self-motivated, self-disciplined and creative. With an aggressive timetable of less than 6 months to launch, the project offers the possibility for a permanent, salaried, full-benefits position upon project completion.

The FARM Institute seeks Executive Director

Location: Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts

Deadline: May 1, 2010

The FARM Institute (TFI) was founded in 2000 as a teaching farm located in Edgartown, Massachusetts on Martha’s Vineyard. Its mission is to educate and engage children and adults in sustainable agriculture through the diverse operations of a working farm. It is a teaching farm that provides year-round educational programs to over 1000 children annually.

The ED will be responsible for the consistent achievement of TFI’s mission, strategies, policies, programs and financial objectives.  S/he will supervise day-to-day activities of all TFI functions, lead the development effort and participate actively in all development events and activities. The successful candidate will be a dynamic spokesperson, serving as a catalyst for TFI’s fundraising activities and community relations.  Excellent organizational and communication skills, strong work ethic, tenacity and high energy with a commitment to working in a collaborative environment are a must.

Community Action Duluth seeks Summer Garden Coordinator

Location: Duluth, Minnesota

Deadline: April 9, 2010

Part-time Temporary Position April – September (20-30 hours per week)

This is a grant funded position. Additional hours or months of employment may be possible.

Community Action Duluth seeks a Summer Garden Coordinator to work with low-income people to grow food. The purpose of this project is to help people and communities learn about and start to practice sustainable agriculture through gardening and to increase access to affordable and healthy food. Supervising 4 Youth Employment Service workers low-income youth ages 18-21 and community volunteers , the garden coordinator will develop a plan to grow food on urban vacant lots, teach gardening skills to people, create a marketing plan for the project, oversee the process of planting, weeding and harvesting the gardens, and find opportunities to increase neighborhood resident’s involvement in the gardens. The garden coordinator will work with restaurants in the community to develop markets for garden produce.

Newton Community Farm seeks Farm Educator/Coordinator

Location: Newton, Massachusetts

Newton Community Farm, Inc., a vital, five year-old organization dedicated to teaching and modeling sustainable agricultural and environmental practices, is seeking an energetic self-starter to help grow our educational programming. The Farm Educator/Coordinator (FEC) works with the Farm Manager and our volunteer Education Committee to plan and implement our educational offerings. The FEC is responsible for coordinating educational programs, including but not limited to processing of registrations and working with and leading volunteer teachers. The FEC will also help coordinate the publicity for educational programming.

Mill City Farmer’s Market seeks Kitchen Coordinator & Market Day Staff

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Deadline: March 31, 2010

Mill City Farmer’s Market seeks a Kitchen Coordinator and Market Day Staff.