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Regional Food Business Center Capacity Building VISTA
 
 
 
The Regional Food Business Center is not an actual physical location, but rather a network of food distribution centers in Appalachia who work to support local agriculture. The VISTA in this role will assist in the work to connect mid-scale and specialty farmers to market opportunities. This will require research to identify farmers, research to identify market opportunities, and marketing to connect the two together. This is a marketing-heavy role that will require graphic arts experience in first creating documents to recruit farmers, and then to help farmers promote their goods to buyers. This role will also support the work of ASD's Appalachian Harvest Food Hub, which is already doing this same scope of work but with larger-scale farmers and producers. The ideal candidate will be able to both do research to identify farmers and market opportunities, and also create marketing materials to support the work. The role will report to the Marketing Manager, and will also do marketing work to support the organization as a whole as it relates to the RFBC efforts. This work supports the anti-poverty goal of Community Economic Development, by helping individuals with barriers to entry in agriculture including historically marginalized and low-income individuals enter the agriculture sector have more equitable opportunities for food sovereignty.
 
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Member Duties : Member Activity 1: Cultivate an online presence for the Regional Food Business Center by preparing content that is approachable to farmers and can be used for social media, the ASD website, and other online avenues. Member Activity 2: Expand community knowledge of the Regional Food Business Center through the regional network by A) coordinating with partners in the network to foster relationships B) coordinating meetings between partners to facilitate expansion of the program.
 
Program Benefits : Education award upon successful completion of service ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Health Coverage* ,  Training . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours ,  Car recommended ,  Permits working at another job during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Education ,  Entrepreneur/Business ,  Community Outreach ,  Hunger ,  Environment ,  Community and Economic Development . 
 
Skills :
General Skills ,  Writing/Editing ,  Computers/Technology ,  Communications ,  Community Organization ,  Recruitment ,  Team Work . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
Regional Food Business Center Capacity Building VISTA
Program Start/End Date
07/29/2024  -   08/30/2025
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
High school diploma/GED
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations TENNESSEE ,  VIRGINIA  
Languages
English
Accepting Applications
From  06/17/2024  To  09/15/2024 
Contact Debbie Browning
PO Box 475
Duffield   VA   24244
2762742816
dbrowning@asdevelop.org
asdevelop.org
Listing ID 123187

       

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