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North End Community Improvement Collaborative- Local Foods

The North End Local Foods Initiative (NELFI) will increase NECIC’s capacity to improve the health and economic status of North End residents through a Market Garden Incubator Program & Local Foods Hub. The VISTA Member who joins NELFI team will build capacity by developing resources (such as toolkits, curriculum, funding), building partnerships, increasing fresh food access opportunities, and developing evaluation tools. The Market Garden Incubator Program will enable an interested gardener to launch a successful growing venture and to produce fruits and vegetables for local markets. An organized program will be developed to provide market growers with education and technical assistance, infrastructure and equipment needs, business support and networking, and market development and promotion. The Incubator Program will help participants access common resources such as land, tools, seeds, compost, etc. The development of outlets for sale is critical to provide income and to ensure the long-term success and sustainability of gardening ventures. A new North End Farmers Market will be started as an outlet for the produce of local growers and market gardeners, and to increase the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables to North End residents. The VISTA Member will also play an integral role in the startup of a Local Food Hub, which will create avenues for local growers to market, distribute and sell for profit. It will serve to connect local buyers and sellers via the web and possibly in-store location. Identifying local institutional and restaurant buyers will increase the potential growth of local food efforts and market outlets.

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This listing is currently not accepting applications.

Member Duties : Develop resources for the Market Garden Incubator Program, targeting low- to moderate-income growers. Gather resources and create toolkits/handbooks; develop training curriculum and organize training workshops; identify suitable funding opportunities and collaborate on grant applications. Increase capacity by building partnerships and collaborations to support urban agriculture and healthy local foods projects. Identify a network of local market growers;recruit and organize volunteers;identify a network of institutional and individual fresh food buyers. Increase access to fresh food by developing new outlets for local market growers. Specific duties include: assess the feasibility of adding new markets; develop resources and best practice models for on-site stands for market growers; investigate the feasibility of an online virtual food hub. Develop evaluation tools to assess the household, program and community impact of market gardens/urban agriculture enterprises

Program Benefits : Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Health Coverage* , Relocation Allowance , Living Allowance .


*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.

Terms : Prohibits paid work outside of the sponsoring agency at any time .

Service Areas : Hunger , Health , Community and Economic Development .

Skills : General Skills , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Writing/Editing , Business/Entrepreneur , Public Health , Teaching/Tutoring , Communications , Community Organization , Recruitment , Education , Conflict Resolution , Public Speaking , Leadership , Computers/Technology .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
North End Community Improvement Collaborative- Local Foods

Program Start/End Date
06/27/2014 - 06/26/2015

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
High school diploma/GED

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	OHIO

Accepting Applications
From 03/05/2014 To 04/30/2014

Contact	Jean Taddie
199 N Main St
Mansfield OH 44902
419-525-3101
cbierman@ohiocdc.org

Listing ID	53554


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