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Food Security and Education AmeriCorps
 
 
 
Farm Fresh Rhode Island seeks an outgoing and enthusiastic Food Security and Education Direct Service member with demonstrated initiative and clear organizational communication skills to increase awareness and understanding on how to access and use local foods to support local agriculture and food businesses. Farm Fresh RI believes that the root cause of hunger is poverty, and therefore increasing local economic opportunities must be a part of hunger relief solutions. This position offers a unique opportunity to educate families and individuals as well as partner agencies on how to access and use local foods, creating more jobs and healthier, more resilient communities. Farm Fresh Rhode Island is a 501(c)3 nonprofit with a mission to grow a local food system that values the environment, health and quality of life of RI farmers and eaters. Our vision is a New England abundant with diverse family farms and fertile soils, with locally and honestly produced foods and flavors at the heart of every dinner table. Farm Fresh operates a wide range of marketplace programs (retail, wholesale, processing) that engage and connect tens of thousands of RI, MA and CT eaters with thousands of RI, MA and CT farmers. Originally inspired over a decade ago by a Brown University student project, we were founded in 2004, incorporated in 2006, and received 501(c)3 nonprofit status in 2007. Farm Fresh has grown briskly to capture the public interest in locally grown food and translate it into sales for RI farmers and producers. Strongly mission-driven, Farm Fresh has implemented a variety of programs to enhance the local food system of the Rhode Island region, with particular attention to farm viability and low-income access to fresh food.
 
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Member Duties : The Food Security and Education AmeriCorps member will work with our Farmers Market Team to operate USDA food assistance programs at our farmers markets. This includes processing credit, debit, and EBT/SNAP customer transactions, recording customer transactions at FFRI Welcome Tables, and assisting in the assembly of data on statewide SNAP use at farmers markets. It also includes supporting market accounting and data management tasks. They will also design and implement local food and nutrition education activities alongside staff and volunteers. This includes supporting cooking classes, taste tests, farmers market programming, garden programs, in-school and after school education program series among other exciting opportunities to bring local food and agriculture knowledge and access to the community.
 
Program Benefits : Mileage reimbursement ,  Stipend ,  Training ,  Education award upon successful completion of service . 
 
Terms :
Permits working at another job during off hours ,  Permits attendance at school during off hours ,  Car recommended . 
 
Service Areas :
Environment ,  Community and Economic Development ,  Education ,  Community Outreach ,  Hunger ,  Health ,  Children/Youth . 
 
Skills :
Environment ,  Education ,  Youth Development ,  Public Health ,  Team Work ,  Fine Arts/Crafts ,  Community Organization ,  Conflict Resolution ,  Communications ,  Public Speaking ,  Teaching/Tutoring . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps State / National
Program
Food Security and Education AmeriCorps
Program Start/End Date
12/06/2021  -   08/28/2022
Work Schedule Part Time
Education level
High school diploma/GED
Age Requirement
Minimum:  17    Maximum:  None
Program Locations RHODE ISLAND  
Languages
Spanish preferred
English
Accepting Applications
From  11/02/2021  To  11/26/2021 
Contact Cara Mitchell
10 Sims Ave
Providence   RI   02809
401-312-4250
cara@farmfreshri.org
www.farmfreshri.org
Listing ID 108035

       

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