NYC: The Lantern Group seeks Summer Analyst

The Lantern Group, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization that was established in 1997 to increase the supply of affordable permanent housing. Since then, the organization has successfully created over $170 million in affordable housing assets, translating to the development of more than 1,300 rental units in over nine completed developments, three developments in construction, and seven developments in the early stages of planning and financing. Lantern provides affordable housing to low income individuals and families and special needs populations, including formerly homeless individuals and families.

This position will play a key role in helping to develop a new affiliated entity, Lantern Social Ventures (LSV) and will report to the Director of Lantern Social Ventures. Designed to promote economic opportunity and independence of Lantern Tenants, Lantern Social Ventures is forming a series of businesses that will provide job training and placement. These businesses should be profitable, sustainable enterprises, and will be food-related. They may include a culinary training program, a food service business, as well as several small retail operations.

Virginia: Virginia Tech seeks Farm Education Coordinator

Location: Blacksburg, Virginia

Working Title:   Virginia Tech Farm Education Coordinator

Role Title:   Agricultural Specialist IV

Posting Number:   0100237

Place: Blacksburg, VA

Position Summary:

Take the lead on development and planning for the Kentland Farm Organic Garden (includes budgeting, inventory, supply purchasing, and greenhouse/cold frame planning/construction, schedules/propagation, bed preparation and soil development, equipment use and storage, daily operations, harvest planning and implementation, etc.) and support undergraduate experiential teaching in civic agriculture and food systems.

Vermont: Merck Forest & Farmland Center seeks Farm Manager

Location: Rupert, Vermont

The Farm Manager is responsible for all operations, production, and research of the organic farm program at a multidimensional outdoor education center.   The position oversees farm staff and helps to train & educate interns.  Education of school children and program participants is a critical aspect of the job.  Coordination of research  projects by outside professionals and participation with other programs at Merck Forest are integral aspects of the position.  The Farm Manager will help the Executive Director to define the role of the Farm within the composite operations of the organization.

Boston: The Student Conservation Association seeks Interns

Location: Boston area, Massachusetts

This year SCA is offering a new sustainability program to host interns who can live locally in Boston for the summer and serve at an internship focused on some aspect of sustainability.

The interns are required to have local housing and will receive a $250 subsistence allowance to help with general living expenses and commuting costs. The interns are also eligible for AmeriCorps Education Awards upon completion of service that can be used towards future education or current loans. The award amount varies depending on number of hours served. Most positions are 10-11 weeks in length, but some are as long as a year.

Below is a list of all the positions to review, with dates. Please insure that you will have housing and that your dates align with that of the position. You can add any of these positions to your application at www.thesca.org.

Colorado: C.S.U. Extension seeks Small Farm State Specialist

Location: Front Range – I-25 Corridor in Colorado – specific location TBD

Deadline: Noon (Mountain Time) on May 12, 2010

Colorado State University Extension is seeking a qualified applicant for a Small Farm¹ State Specialist.  This is a fixed-term, three-year, 12-month appointment.

Colorado State University is a leading public research university and the land-grant university for Colorado.  Current enrollment is more than 25,000 regular, on-campus students.  The Colorado State University campus is located in the city of Fort Collins, the county seat of Larimer County.

Colorado State University Extension is a major component of the University’s outreach organization with offices in 59 of Colorado’s 64 counties.  Through its county, state, and federal partnership Extension currently focuses its efforts in seven areas: Strong Families and Healthy Homes; Nutrition, Health and Food Safety; 4-H Youth Development; Sustainable Community Development; Natural Resources and the Environment; Clean Energy; and Competitive and Sustainable Agriculture Systems.  Working closely with local and state advisory groups to determine local program needs and direction, Extension draws on the resources of 13 different departments in five colleges to provide non-credit educational programs based on research-generated knowledge.  

North Carolina: The University of North Carolina seeks Researchers

Location: North Carolina

Hiring opportunity for 2-3 researchers with MA or PhD level training or experience in the social sciences.   This NSF-funded research project addresses the Alternative Agri-Food Movements in the US.  The project is an ethnographic and social network study of food action networks in four locales in North Carolina.    The research associates will conduct ethnographic field research and documentary analysis relevant to the research questions of the project.  Research Associates will also liaise with community-based researchers employed on the project.  

Hawaii: Honaunau Farm seeks Interns

Location: Big Island, Hawaii

Honaunau Farm is a sustainable farm that is focused on modeling diversity, and self sufficiency. We grow dozens of different types of plants and all of our animals systems add to the holistic management of our farm.  Our animals systems include poultry, ducks, rabbits, sheep and goats. One of our main focuses at Honaunau farm right now is our goat dairy operation. We have had lots of kids (baby goats) this season and we are busy raising our next generation of milkers.

Oregon: Organic Materials Review Institute seeks Executive Director

Location: Eugene, Oregon

Deadline: May 10, 2010

The Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) is a leading national nonprofit organization that reviews and lists input products for use in producing, processing and handling organic food and fiber. OMRI Listed products are deemed appropriate to be used in operations that are certified as organic under the USDA National Organic Program. OMRI has a dynamic staff of 17 professionals. The Executive Director reports to and receives guidance from a national Board of Directors.

OMRI is at a pivotal point in our growth as an organization. As demand for our services soars, and need for expanded third party verification of organic inputs grows, this is a very exciting and potentially impactful time.

OMRI is looking for a proven, dynamic and entrepreneurial leader with a successful track record in the following areas to help us strategically grow quickly, yet intelligently.

Washington State: King County Food and Fitness Initiative seeks Program Manager

Location: King County, Washington

The King County Food and Fitness Initiative (KCFFI) is seeking a .70 Program Manager. The goal of the KCFFI is to support healthy eating and active living among vulnerable children and their families by promoting environments that support healthy behaviors. KCFFI is funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. The Program Manager has primary responsibility and decision making authority for managing the implementation of KCFFI’s Community Action Plan (CAP). Responsibilities include: stewarding and overseeing the CAP activities, representing KCFFI in policy development and implementation activities, coordinating and integrating activities of collaborating agencies and organizations including program evaluation, monitoring the performance of subcontractors, staffing the coalition leadership and facilitating meetings.

Massachusetts: Take Back the Kitchen at Haley House seeks Chef Instructor

Location: Roxbury, Massachusetts

We are seeking a part-time, experienced Chef to lead our afternoon and evening cooking classes in our commercial kitchen in Roxbury, MA. Classes may be for children, teenagers or adults and focus on eating whole foods and cooking from scratch while empowering students from the inner city with information about food justice. Our classes are vegetable focused, but not completely vegetarian and the recipes must be healthful, delicious, replicable and affordable. The Chef Instructor must be able to integrate our pre-existing curriculum with creative recipes.

Massachusetts: Nuestras Raices Farm seeks Market Manager

Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts

Deadline: May 1, 2010

Manage the collective marketing of products from 18 small farmers at Nuestras Raíces community farm.

Nuestras Raíces Farm is a 30 acre urban community farm consisting of a beginning farmer training program, small business development, and educational activities. While farmers are responsible for marketing their own produce, we are in need of a market manager to facilitate the cooperative sale of produce from the 18 farmers to large retail markets in the area, as well as provide support and training to the beginning farmers.

Seattle: Harvest Against Hunger seeks Intern

Location: Seattle, Washington

Deadline: May 24, 2010

Harvest Against Hunger, a program of Rotary First Harvest, seeks a part-time intern June 28 through September 24, 2010. This is a great opportunity to work with an innovative organization whose mission is to act as a conduit between food producers and hunger relief agencies in the state of Washington.  Harvest Against Hunger connects surplus produce from farms, markets, and backyard gardeners with hunger relief efforts in local communities throughout Washington.

This internship position will focus on maintaining and developing food recovery projects on farms in King and Snohomish Counties and from farmers markets in Seattle.

Kentucky: Appalachian Alternative Agriculture of Jackson County, Inc. seeks Operations Manager

Location: Annville, Kentucky

Base Pay:  $40,000 – $45,000 plus incentives

Employee Type: Full-time

Industry:  Food manufacturing

Manages others: Yes

Job Type:  Managing/manufacturing

Education:  4 yr degree. (BSc.)

Experience:  at least 3 years

3AJC, a community development organization, has an immediate opening for an operations manager at our Annville, KY facility.

DC: Neighborhood Farm Initiative seeks Volunteer Assistant Team Leaders

Location: Washington, D.C.

Deadline: May 17, 2010

Neighborhood Farm Initiative (NFI) is a non-profit project of the America the Beautiful Fund, a national 501(c)3 based in Washington, DC.  Now in our second season, we’re excited to be working in partnership with the Mayor’s Green Summer Job Corps!  We’ll have a team of 12 teens working at our Ward 5 half-acre garden site near Fort Totten, who will learn through field-based training each step in organic vegetable gardening, how organic practices benefit their own health and the health of the ecosystem as a whole.  Additionally, youth will learn about healthy eating and nutrition while interacting with professionals working in the arenas of health and wellness, culinary arts, and at farmers’ markets, thus increasing their exposure to additional relevant green job skills and opportunities.

Connecticut: ADAMAH seeks Program Coordinator

Location: Falls Village, Connecticut

ADAMAH/Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center is seeking a full-time Program Coordinator to manage the day-to-day scheduling of the Adamah Fellowship and other Adamah programs, to teach classes and lead morning prayer services, and provide general program support. Ideal start date is May 15, 2010. Staff housing is available if needed.  Please apply ASAP!  This is a full-time position.

Adamah is a farm-based Jewish educational program located at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, CT.  Learn more about Adamah and Isabella Freedman at this website.

Minneapolis: Cherry Tree House Mushrooms seeks Intern

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cherry Tree House Mushrooms, our small urban farm, provides for our needs as much as possible, while providing a surplus to share and profit from. Our practices are organic and as sustainable as we can manage – thrifty and with thought to the post-peak oil long term.

My main focus is on mushroom cultivation, mostly shiitake on oak logs, but I have started experimenting with oyster, nameko, and stropharia varieties. This summer I hope to sell between 50 and 100 lbs. to a restaurant or grocery, and next year may be twice that. I also sell logs and inoculated logs to individuals growing their own mushrooms. Finally, earlier this spring I gave workshops in mushroom cultivation, and plan to do the same in coming years.

In addition to mushroom cultivation, we have several projects or practices for self-sufficiency or for a small profit. At this point we have a small laying flock of chickens that we keep for eggs – and an ever-growing annual garden. This spring we are starting a forest garden of fruit and nut shrubs and trees, and in the next year we plan to add meat rabbits and honey bees to the mix.

Kansas: Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture seeks Program Assistant

Location: Kansas City, Kansas

Deadline: May 14 2010

The Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture is hiring a full-time Program Assistant.  KCCUA  is a non-profit organization that promotes entrepreneurial food production in metropolitan  Kansas City.  Our organization is growing; this new position will assist with all aspects of the
organization’s programs, marketing, fundraising, and administration.

North Carolina: Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) seeks Program Coordinator

Location: Asheville, North Carolina

TITLE: Program Coordinator

POSITION: Full time

REPORTS TO: Program Director

The Program Coordinator is responsible for organizing and managing various ASAP events and projects and will serve as volunteer coordinator for the organization. Projects will include the web-based Farm and Food Trip Planner, the Family Farm Tour, the Marketing Opportunities for Farmers conference, the Kids Corner Market, and ASAP events and projects and all volunteer events.

Flexible: School Food FOCUS seeks School Food Learning Lab Manager

Location: New York City preferred, but not required – could telecommute

Position: School Food Learning Lab Manager (Applied Research and Program Development)

School Food FOCUS seeks a dynamic, organized team leader for the Learning Lab. The selected candidate will direct this fast growing participatory action research program that currently works with two large school districts to improve procurement practices. Relocation to New York City is not required. The Learning Lab Manager works closely with selected school districts to discover what it takes on the ground level to transform food options for children in schools and to make procurement changes. The Learning Lab Manager also ensures that innovations are shared with a national network of 29 districts and their community partners, and is responsible for integrating the Learning Lab with FOCUS policy work and communications.

School Food FOCUS is a national initiative that helps large school districts (with 40,000 or more students) procure more healthful, more sustainably produced and regionally sourced food, so that children may perform better in school and be healthier in life. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and launched in late 2008, FOCUS works with food service and other stakeholder groups to collect, analyze, and use food system data and peer-tested research to spur change in procurement methods. 

Vermont: Food Works at Two Rivers Center seeks three Site Coordinators

Location: Barre, Vermont

Food Works at Two Rivers Center is seeking (3) part-time (15-20 hrs/week) energetic Site Coordinators for its summer Gardens for Learning Day Camp located at the Barre City Elementary & Middle School, Green Acres Housing Site and Highgate Housing Site in Barre, Vermont. The Site Coordinator will plan and implement a six to eight-week gardening, cooking, and nutrition education curriculum for children ages 5 – 17, along with additional employees, community partners and site interns.  The position runs from May through the end of August. Additional duties include promoting the program, preparing and caring for the sites raised-bed garden plots, and coordinating community guest teachers.