Makin' It Happen
The Lettuce Link Program works to create access to fresh organic produce and gardening resources for low-income individuals in Seattle. The Lettuce Link Program Manager is responsible for the operation, direction and strategic planning of the program, including staff and volunteer supervision, budgeting, contract management, program evaluation and collaboration with community partners.
Gain experience in:
· Youth Development – teens and middle schoolers
· Environmental restoration, urban agriculture, and trail building
· Social/Transformative Justice and Environmental Justice Curriculum
· CPR/First Aid Certification and Ropes Course Certification
· Leadership skills
Some of our sites include: Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands, green belts and watersheds around Seattle, P-patches – such as Garfield Community Center Community Garden, Marra Farm, and the UW Farm!
This summer, co-teach nutrition and gardening while growing kid-centered urban agriculture!
At Marra Farm and the Seattle Community Farm, assist Lettuce Link’s farm manager and education coordinator in preparing soil/beds, planting & harvesting vegetables, and designing/creating educational signage in the respective gardens. Offer assistance for planning and staffing “Family Work Parties” for families from the local elementary school. Assist in co-leading large field trips.
St. Croix’s Ridge to Reef Farm is looking to fill an immediate opening for its agricultural internship position. The organic farm operates a 100-family share Community Supported Agriculture program, educational farm tours, and visitor programs. Vegetables, tropical fruits, and a small animal program encompass the farms’ primary production. This 6 month position includes providing guest services for daytime and overnight visits, hosting events, leading farm tours, maintaining inventory, cleaning, cooking, gardening, and administrative record keeping and communications. We ask for 8 hours a day for 5 days a week until the end of the internship session, with one week of vacation outside of group visits. Must be a self-motivated organized team player with an open mind and good attitude willing and able to jump between various tasks from physical labor to computer networking. Most of the work is not glamorous, and can be repetitive and hectic at times as we host groups from 3 to 200 persons. An ideal candidate is one equally passionate about local organic food systems and providing quality-driven hospitality while interacting with new people. Candidates with strong communication and computer skills with an eye for landscape beauty and feng shui are preferred. Farming background and interest to become a professional in the field of agritourism are not required but a plus. Intern is rewarded with experience in running and improving a premier agritourism operation, an education about tropical farming, and is offered room and board on the property with our standard internship fee waived for the duration of the session. We are looking to fill this asap, but you can also apply ahead for the next session starting in October. Please, serious inquiries only, contact info@visfi.org or 340-220-0466 for more information and application materials.
Join us for an exciting semester at the epicenter of the Fair Food movement by interning with Just Harvest, the Student/Farmworker Alliance, or Interfaith Action! Come organize for a movement that was recently heralded as, “one of the most powerful and inspiring worker-led movements that is transforming not only an industry but the consciousness of a nation.”
The Neighborhood Farmers Markets are seeking 2 exceptional Market Assistants for the 2013 season to assist the Market Managers with site set-up and take down, special events, vendor issues (health department checks, rules enforcement, etc.), and customer service. 12-20 hours per week, seasonal; possible opportunities for year round work at reduced hours.
Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) is a volunteer-led, grassroots organization in Seattle dedicated to working locally for justice in the global economy, with a particular focus on food justice, here and around the world. We are looking for interns and volunteers to help organize our 7th annual summer fundraising event, the “Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere” (SLEE) Dinner. Over 300 people participate annually in SLEE, which in 2013 will take place September 7th with the theme “Food Chain Workers.” Interns and volunteers will have the opportunity to get involved with the food justice community in Seattle as well as to gain fundraising and event planning experience.
PROUT Institute provides people and communities with empowering resources to envision and enact sustainable and equitable solutions to social, economic, and ecological challenges.
FareStart has an immediate opening for an energetic and experienced Manager for our culinary training program. This position is responsible for the direct management and support of training team and consistency and quality of both classroom and on-the-job kitchen training with the goal of full job-readiness for our students.
Our experiential education programs based out of the Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands (RBUFW) and the Rainier Beach Learning Garden (RBLG), are key to that work. Our education programs offer opportunities for children to connect with their environment and learn where food comes from through activities embedded in school-day curriculum, fieldtrips for students, immersive summer camp experiences and more. This position will be responsible for organic landscape and vegetable garden planning and maintenance, implementing garden and cooking activities, coordination with teachers and staff at South Seattle schools on curriculum integration, activity planning, and field trips.
The Harvest Coordinator is responsible for coordinating our Community Fruit Tree Harvest and Growing and Giving Projects- two projects that reduce food waste, build community, increase awareness about hunger, preserve the urban forest, and improve access to fresh food among low-income communities. The Harvest Coordinator promotes neighborhood fruit trees and community gardens as food resources, solicits produce donations, helps to coordinate donations to food banks and meal programs, and recruits, trains and coordinates volunteers. The Harvest Coordinator works with food banks, schools, gardeners, neighborhood groups, meal programs, senior centers, and universities to accomplish goals.
Carnation Farmers Market is located in the heart of downtown Carnation, one block east of Highway 203/Tolt Avenue on Bird Street.
Internship/Project Based Opportunities (10 week minimum comittment)
FoodCorps recruits talented leaders for a year of paid public service building healthy school food environments in high-obesity, limited-resource communities.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
FoodCorps service members implement a three-ingredient recipe for healthy kids:
- TEACH children about what healthy food is and where it comes from
- BUILD and tend school gardens
- BRING quality local food into public school cafeterias
The Seattle Urban Farm Company specializes in designing, installing and maintaining edible landscapes, vegetable gardens, urban livestock pens, and other food production systems in Seattle and its surrounding neighborhoods.
The Installation Manager will be responsible for overseeing SUFCo’s residential hardscape and garden installation projects from start to finish. This position is combination of structure building, client management, site assessment, project budget management and directing a crew in the field. The size and scope of our projects varies greatly.
Slow Money NW is seeking an intern to perform business research to identify growth sectors of the pacific northwest’s regional food economy. The goal of this work is to better understand which regional food and farm businesses, primarily within WA and OR, are trying to expand their products and/or services, and determine their ability to accept business development services, their readiness for financing, and their financing need.
