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Job Location
Real Food Farm - Baltimore, MD
Salary Range
$15.00 - $15.00 Hourly
Description
Position / Title : Local Food Ambassador
Full Time (40 hours / week) - This is a 10 months long position
Estimated Start and End Date : September 2024 - July 2025
Fellows must be a Maryland State High School graduate, and have graduated within the past 3 years.
Position Summary :
Alongside the Civic Works' Real Food Farm staff, the Local Food Ambassador will play an important role in advancing Real Food Farm's mission to expand access to healthy food and experience-based education for community members within Baltimore's Healthy Food Priority areas.
This individual will actively participate in food distribution via the Mobile Farmers Market, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), and the Affordable Produce Delivery Program.
They will also support food production activities at the urban farm site such as planting and crop maintenance.
The Local Food Ambassador will also have the opportunity to support capacity building efforts for the Real Food Farm program, including the following :
Community Engagement : Engaging with organizations, community members and volunteers and serving as an ambassador to further increase awareness and education about Civic Works' Real Food Farm programs, and sustainable farming practices.
This also includes outreach through Real Food Farm's food access programs, through farm education programs and events, and at local markets.
The Food Ambassador will also attend outreach and tabling events.
Program Planning and Development : Collaborate with program staff to plan for the upcoming growing season and farm-based educational programming.
This includes curriculum development, event planning, volunteer recruitment, and Food Safety Plan modification to reflect the new distribution space.
Organization and Program Description :
Civic Works strengthens Baltimore's communities through education, skills development, and community service. Civic Works' goals are to Build Brighter Futures through education and job training, grow Healthy Food and Green Communities, and create Safe and Affordable Housing.
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.
Since 2009, Real Food Farm has grown over 60,000 lbs of food and educated over 3,000 people.
Days / Hours of Service :
40 Hours per Week (Monday-Friday; 8am-4pm), 12pm-8pm on Market Days
Benefits
Essential Functions of Position :
Additional Non-Essential Duties :
Qualifications
DESIRED (but not needed) :
Last updated : 2024-04-23
Full Time
Professional Associations
$29k-37k (estimate)
04/25/2024
05/12/2024
civicworks.com
BALTIMORE, MD
25 - 50
1993
ELI ALLEN
$10M - $50M
Professional Associations
Civic Works strengthens Baltimores communities through education, skills development, and community service. Our key program areas include community improvement, workforce development, education, and green programs. Civic Works AmeriCorps members tutor and mentor students, create community parks and gardens, help homeowners conserve energy, grow food for low-income residents, rehabilitate abandoned houses, involve families in Baltimore City schools, make homes safer for older adults, and recruit volunteers. Civic Works also trains Baltimore residents for employment in the healthcare and green ...job industries.
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