Looking for a canvas to express your love of permaculture? Enter the Sustainable Suburban Design Competition!
The canvass: A one acre site near downtown Keene with a gutted house and lawn.
Competition organizers shared, “We believe that the property has the potential to serve as a great model for sustainable suburban design, including backyard food production and capturing renewable resources, in Keene and the northeast.”
Learn more about Keene Community Garden Connections
Via Monadnock Farm & Community Coalition
Those at the March forum responded overwhelmingly that more officials, lawmakers and representatives need to be at the table in order to grow a vibrant, safe and efficient local food system that:
Therefore, this forum addresses the policy-focused goal of our region’s Strategic Plan.
Meet State Representatives, National Advocates, Local Leaders and Agricultural Commission Members who are already involved with local food. Hear examples of food policy at work right here!
Find out why and how we can impact their work, so they can impact our work in a positive way.
Share your experience making, changing, or being affected by policy on any level.
Highlight laws and programs that help or hurt our work, and take action to:
Our work is for naught if we don’t show those making the laws that bind us what is important to us both as individuals and as a Coalition.
TO LEARN MORE visit www.MFCCoalition.org
Agenda for Wednesday, July 10th
8:40 – Registration
9 am – Welcome & Introduction to MFCC
9:20 am – Healthy Helpings of Local Participation with
Beth Hodge of Cheshire County Farm Bureau and Rhett Lamb who supports Keene’s Agricultural Commission & Town Planning Board.
9:50 am – National and State on Your Plate with
Tara Sad, NH State Representative and Chair of the Agriculture and Energy Committee and Roger Noonan of New England Farmers Union
10:20 – Break
10:35 – Action Planning
11:35 – Report Out
11:45 – MFCC Members report on progress since March Forum
Noon – Networking Lunch
As a coalition we are more than the sum of our parts. We each hold a piece to the puzzle and can support and enhance each other’s work to make life better for all Monadnock Citizens.
The Community Kitchen, Inc.
Gleaning Coordinator – Job Description
Position Summary
To work effectively within The Community Kitchen providing farms and CSAs with professionally coordinated gleaning services while engaging community partners in the hands-on rescue and distribution of farm fresh surplus foods.
Duties
Consisting of but not limited to the following:
· Program Promotion; tabling, phone calls, e-mails, in person meetings, presentations
· Farm Relations; calls, e-mails, introductory meetings maintaining consistent season long contact and providing professional level food rescue and gleaning service
· Volunteer Management; recruitment, training, retention, safety
· Crew Management and Leadership; organizing and oversight of gleaning crews and other volunteer tasks, orientation and training, maintaining safety
· Harvest Techniques and Fresh Food Handling; teaching, directing and correcting to ensure high quality, safe product
· Storage and Distribution; guiding and overseeing the appropriate packing for specific crops, understanding storage needs and time frames, organizing distribution and serving community agencies/sites
· Data Tracking; recording volunteer involvement, tracking farm and crop specific harvest/collection information
· Admin Responsibilities; e-mail and phone communication, maintaining paperwork for volunteers and data tracking
· TCK Communication; regular communication with co-workers, department heads and supervisors
Qualifications:
The applicant must be self-motivated, disciplined and committed to being both part of a team and a team leader.
· Self-discipline, self-starter, interested in the work of TCK
· An interest and experience in agriculture, resource management, knowledge of farming practices and produce handling
· Proven ability to supervise and engage with people of all ages
· Ability to engage with the community to address food loss and basic food needs
· Maintaining a positive attitude under adverse circumstances
· Ability to follow direction and embrace critiques of work performance
· Record keeping, communication, marketing, writing, phone and public relation skills
· Valid NH driver’s license and clean driving record
· Ability to lift 50 pounds
Schedule:
An applicant considering the Gleaning Coordinator position must be able to manage an every changing schedule based upon the demands of the farms being served and the surplus available. The position would average 30 hours a week, however during the early and late months of the season hours will be less than 30 and during peak months the hours would likely exceed 30. Every effort would be made to make this a year round position, to ensure continuity and consistency work in the Pantry Program would be available after harvest time. During harvest time there would be no set schedule and self-management would be expected.
There is also a possibility of TCK having its own Community Garden for produce and this position would be the coordinator for that.
When applying please feel free to add your resume and send to: Phoebe Bray <pbray@thecommunitykitchen.onmicrosoft.com>
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