The Food Access/ Distribution Intern’s primary project will be expanding our current food distribution and working to enhance and eliminate barriers in food access. This project will be building on the work, and success, of the 2019-2020 UCBI intern and will work closely with farm staff, community members, and various community organizations to further develop a dynamic and equitable food distribution model.
The work will include a lot of networking with community organizations and partners that we currently know and wish to deepen engagement with, and working with farm staff to determine best means and model of distribution that works in tandem with and complimentary to our educational programming.
With the amount of uncertainty in how systems will change and shift based on a world that is very quickly changing, a lot of the work of the intern will have to be flexible to meet changing needs of our community and evolving models of distribution and access under a COVID and potentially post-COVID world.
Responsibilities
- Connect various potential produce outlets and community partners
- Research various distribution models of similar farms
- Develop a distribution plan and schedule in collaboration with farm staff
- Work closely with the farm team to develop a dynamic business and distribution plan in accordance with the overall organizational mission and address a constantly evolving world
The student may have the opportunity to: help apply for, track, and maintain records and communications for grant funding or contract purchasing with food access outlets
Qualifications
- Self-motivated
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Schedule: Virtual project work is flexible. Check-ins with the project supervisor, or eventual in-person work on the 21 Acres campus, is limited to our campus schedule, Tuesday-Saturday: 9 am – 4 pm.
Email jobs@21acres.org for more info