Vermont: Sterling College seeks Garden Manager/Sustainable Agriculture Faculty

Sterling College, a small experiential and ecologically focused liberal
arts college in Craftsbury Common, Vermont, invites applications for one
full-time position in Sustainable Agriculture. We welcome applications
from inspired educators with strong academic and applied skills who wish
to teach and work in a small environmentally and community centered
college.

Michigan: Springport Public Schools seeks Nutrition Education Project Coordinator

Description: Springport Public Schools is seeking a candidate for the position of Program Coordinator to manage Springport’s Nutrition Education through Gardening program. 

Connecticut: Working Lands Alliance seeks Project Director

New England Office – Connecticut

American Farmland Trust (AFT) seeks an energetic self-starter to direct the Working Lands Alliance (WLA) in Connecticut.   A diverse coalition of individuals and more than 200 businesses and organizations established in 2000 and dedicated to preserving Connecticut’s remaining working lands, WLA has raised over $50 million in public funding for farmland protection and successfully championed several visionary pieces of state legislation.

Minnesota: Mill City Farmer’s Market seeks Executive Director

The Mill City Farmers Market is seeking an executive director to help lead this growing organization and build on the successes of the first five years.  Since the first season, the market has more than tripled the number of vendors, increased average attendance to 3,000-5,500/week, become Minnesota’s first ‘Zero Waste’ farmers market, and been voted City Pages ‘Best Farmers Market’ two years in a row.  As the market moves to the next phase of organizational growth the board is looking for an executive director to grow the organization through strong fundraising and strategic collaborations, while maintaining the commitment to sustainability and exceptional vendor/product quality.    

Washington State: PCC Farmland Trust seeks Development and Administrative Assistant

PCC Farmland Trust secures, preserves and stewards threatened farmland in the Northwest, ensuring that generations of local farmers productively farm using sustainable, organic growing methods.  The Trust is a community-supported 501(c) 3 non-profit founded in 1999 by Seattle-based PCC Natural Markets (the nation’s largest natural retail foods cooperative) and is operated independently with separate offices, staff, Board and administrative functions. 

Vermont: UVM Extension seeks Assistant Professor

 UVM Extension Assistant Professor – Agricultural Financial Management Specialist.

The University of Vermont (UVM) Extension Division invites applications for a 12-month, 0.80 FTE non tenure track position to be located in central Vermont to teach agricultural financial management subject matter to diverse audiences in a non-credit, informal and off campus setting that contributes to institutional investments in a transdisciplinary effort focused on Food Systems. 

Michigan: Growing Hope seeks to fill Several Positions

Growing Hope– a gardening, urban agriculture, farmers’ market, and food access nonprofit in Ypsilanti, Michigan– is currently recruiting for staff, intern, and Americorps*VISTA positions both at our organization and at other partner Washtenaw County programs!  

DC: The Center for Science in the Public Interest seeks Director of National Project on America’s Food System

Director, National Project on America’s Food System
 
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) seeks an experienced organizer with strong knowledge of how America’s food system affects health, the environment, animal welfare, and other matters.  This is a unique opportunity for someone to organize a major national project that will stimulate events and activities throughout the country.  The goals of the project will be to educate the public and advance local and national policy proposals.

California: Bay Worms seeks Treasurer and Board Member

The Bay Worms is an organization dedicated to replenishing the earth’s soil through worm composting, turning organic material into worm castings, nature’s fertilizer. The Bay Worms collects organic scraps for composting in one of its self-harvesting worm compost systems in Alameda, keeping waste out of landfills and producing an invaluable product for gardeners.

Oregon: Multnomah County Health Department seeks Food Policy Specialist

The Multnomah County Health Department’s Community Wellness and Prevention Program is recruiting a highly qualified, creative person for a Food Policy Specialist position.

The position is a part of Multnomah County Health Department’s Community Wellness and Prevention Program’s CDC-funded Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) Grant Initiative. The Communities Putting Prevention to Work Initiative develops and implements policy, environment, and systems-based change strategies to slow and reduce rates of obesity and overweight in school and community settings. This position will focus on policy, environment, and systems-based strategies to promote healthy eating and access to healthy, affordable, culturally-relevant food in a variety of community settings such as worksites and convenience stores.

Colorado: The Cook for America Program seeks Chefs

The Cook for America(tm) Program sponsored by LiveWell Colorado is looking for qualified chefs to apply for the Cook for America(tm) Culinary Boot Camp Instructor Training Program being held this January in Denver, Colorado. Chefs should live in the state of Colorado and be interested in using their expertise to work on school lunch reform across the state. Accepted candidates will be trained to become Cook for America(tm) Culinary Boot Camp Instructors and Mobile Chef Advisors for the state of Colorado.

New Feature! College and Beyond

It’s here! The College and Beyond section of the SFJ blog officially launched today. It provides a list of current Bachelor Programs, Master’s and Ph.D. Programs and Certificate Programs in the United States that specialize in sustainable food and agriculture. You can find its tab on the top of the home page, or just click here!

Oregon: EMO seeks Congregational Wellness Project Coordinator

PURPOSE: To work with and continue to grow a coalition of faith communities and community partners aimed at preventing childhood obesity and obesity-related health conditions through changes to the congregational environment (policies and guidelines promoting healthy eating and physical activity, building and land use, and fostering leadership and a culture of wellness).  The Corvallis-area Interfaith Wellness Coalition will also work on community-level and policy advocacy, sometimes in conjunction with the Portland Interfaith Wellness Coalition.

This position will complete a pilot project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called “Faith-based Advocacy: Galvanizing Communities to End Childhood Obesity” and promote the use of the Congregational Health Index (CHI) assessment tool and planning guide, primarily to Latino congregations in Linn, Marion, and Benton Counties. It will involve similar work under another grant. The project is being undertaken by Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon’s (EMO’s) Interfaith Food and Farms
Partnership (IFFP).

California: Full Circle Farm seeks AmeriCorps Farm Crew and Garden/Farm Educators

Full Circle Farm is an 11-acre urban, educational farm nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley. Located on Santa Clara Unified School District land, our goals are to inspire curiosity about the natural world, cultivate environmental leadership, promote meaningful physical activity and a deep appreciation of fresh, healthy foods.  Full Circle Farm is a project of the non-profit organization of Sustainable Community Gardens.  Visit www.fullcirclesunnyvale.org or www.sustainablecommunitygardens.org to learn more.

Full Circle Farm is pleased to announce Silicon Valley HealthCorps (AmeriCorps) positions related to farm production and garden/farm education. 

Washington State: Harvest Against Hunger seeks Okanogan County AmeriCorps*VISTA Gleaning Coordinator

 

 This is a great opportunity to work with the Okanogan County Community Action Council and Rotary First Harvest to make more fresh fruits and vegetables available to feed the hungry. This AmeriCorps*VISTA position will increase volunteer efforts for local gleaning projects, produce donations, fundraising, and gardening and nutrition classes.

Washington State: Harvest Against Hunger seeks AmeriCorps*VISTA Volunteer Program Coordinator

 

 This is an opportunity to work with an innovative organization whose project mission is to act as a conduit between food producers and hunger relief agencies in the state of Washington. This position will build the volunteer capacity for local gleaning and farm projects and increase the quantity and variety of produce donations for Skagit County food banks, Meal Programs and others fighting hunger in Skagit County. If you are a highly organized, self-directed person with strong communication skills and are passionate about building community and working to address issues of hunger, Harvest Against Hunger has an AmeriCorps*VISTA position for you! Help increase capacity and inspire more people to volunteer to feed the hungry.

Washington State: Harvest Against Hunger seeks AmeriCorps*VISTA Gleaning Coordinator

AmeriCorps*VISTA Gleaning Coordinator

This is a great opportunity to work with Northwest Harvest staff and Rotary First Harvest staff to develop the Harvest Against Hunger program and spearhead increased volunteer efforts for Yakima Valley gleaning projects and food bank support.

Washington State: Harvest Against Hunger seeks AmeriCorps*VISTA Plant-a-Row Program Coordinator

AmeriCorps*VISTA Plant-a-Row Program Coordinator

This is a great opportunity to work as a Plant-a-Row Program Coordinator with an innovative organization that is building connections between food growers and producers and hunger relief agencies in eastern Washington.

Maryland: Real Food Farm seeks AmeriCorps Assistant Farm Manager

Real Food Farm is Civic Works’ innovative urban agricultural enterprise engaged in growing fresh produce on six acres of land in Clifton Park in northeast Baltimore. Real Food Farm works toward a just and sustainable food system by improving neighborhood access to healthy food, providing experience-based education, and developing an economically viable, environmentally responsible local agriculture sector. Visit real-food-farm for more information.

San Francisco or DC: Seedling Projects seeks Intern

Dates: September 13- Dec 13 40 hours a week

Location: San Francisco, South Park Office or Washington, DC

Seedling Projects is offering a full-time internship designed for passionate young people wishing to gain experience at the intersection of food, sustainability, education and event planning. The intern will work closely with Seedling Projects founders Sarah Weiner, its Executive Director and Dominic Phillips, its Executive Producer, on movement building, model creation and event production. This internship is a unique opportunity to engage with the community of food producers, chefs, and leaders that have shaped the food movement over the last two decades and those that are leading the way to the future.