Join entomologists Vic Izzo and Scott Lewins to discuss emerging strategies to deal with some of the region’s most challenging pests: Swede midge, Colorado potato beetle, leek moth, and wire worm. They’ll share current participatory action research they are conducting with farmers to develop management techniques such as scouting and delayed planting.
Burnt Rock farm is a certified organic farm in the Huntington River Valley that specializes in winter storage crops and summer greenhouse crops. This workshop will focus on specialized equipment for vegetable production, especially for accurate fertilizer application, and water management.
Heart’s Ease Farm is a small farm in Danville, VT. Barn/land space and housing available now for new farmers while they work towards finding their own place. Please see the posting on Vermont Land Link for more details and/or contact Jo Oliver, [email protected].
Experienced, young farming couple seeking land lease beginning in 2025 for start-up poultry/vegetable operation. Open to a variety of acreage and tenure agreements. Would like to be in Windsor County. Please reach out with any leads or to discuss any opportunities!
The Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE), based in Hardwick, VT, seeks a Database & Communications Coordinator to support organization-wide communications systems, social media, and events. This is a new position that engages in outward-facing communications activities as well as developing internal communications systems that support our staff across the organization. This role will be responsible for developing and improving our back-end systems, for example, developing web forms that feed into our CRM database; importing external contact lists; and setting up automated workflows. Outward-facing communications duties include developing and posting social media content, supporting program-related communications needs, and supporting in-person events. The Database & Communications Coordinator is a translator and a bridge who will do back-end work, help staff get relevant information into our systems, and work well with people.
The Database & Communications Coordinator is part of the Development & Communications Team and reports to the Communications Manager. This role can be fully in person, or a hybrid position. The team generally works in person in Hardwick 2-3 days a week. There will be occasional afternoon and weekend events. The ideal candidate would have a strong comfort and excitement about technology, enjoy creative problem solving, love to learn and connect effectively with our community at in-person events or online.
JOB DESCRIPTION
REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
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HIRING PROCESS
The job application deadline is July 22, 2023. The hiring process is led by a team of CAE staff. After an initial review of materials, selected applicants will have an initial phone interview (15-20 minutes), which may be followed by an in-person interview (1-1.5 hour) and a tour of CAE spaces. Candidates who go on to interview with us will be asked to provide 3 references, a short writing sample, and a design sample if you have a graphic design background. Interview questions will be shared ahead of time and will be conducted by a team of 3-5 CAE staff. We will begin holding interviews in early August with an ideal start date in mid-September.
CAE is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. CAE will make any reasonable accommodations needed for individuals with disabilities during the interview process and for our staff. For accommodation inquiries, please contact our Admin Operations Coordinator at [email protected].
TO APPLY
Please check out our full job description on our website. Email [email protected] with your resume, a cover letter, and please include ‘Database and Communications Coordinator’ in your email subject line. In your cover letter, please address why you are interested in working with CAE, why you are interested in this particular role, and how you feel your skills and experiences align with the responsibilities described here. We encourage you to showcase your personal writing style and include anything you feel is relevant to the position and want to share. Lived experience has value to us whether on or off your resume.
Let us know if you have any questions!
The Regeneration Corps is hiring two new positions!
The Regeneration Corps:
Our mission is to empower youth with the knowledge to mitigate and respond to climate change and its constituent impacts, while building community resilience and strengthening local food systems. Through a Just Transition framework, we teach the intersections of Regenerative Agriculture, Climate Change Resilience, and Racial & Social Justice.
As a learning movement for land justice we enable students to earn credit through the Flexible Pathways program in the following areas:
Our model presents regenerative food systems as a key element of addressing climate change and socio-economic resilience. Our scholastic and organizational partners train participants in agricultural literacy, community organizing, social justice, and a broad spectrum of hands-on and place-based content. This is an opportunity for youth to earn credit and/or satisfy proficiency based learning requirements and further academic studies while building life skills and a regenerative future across the region. We are dedicated to working with schools and students to make sure that this program is accessible to all by helping to overcome obstacles to participation on a case-by-case basis.
How We Work:
We are a horizontally organized collective that is working to dismantle dominant systems of oppression. We do that by sharing power, decision making and acknowledging that regardless of the role we have in the collective, all are equal and valuable. We acknowledge the places where we hold privilege whether it is in race, class, gender, creed, learning style, longevity with the collective, social capital and otherwise. We can not do this work without each other; we uplift everyone for what they bring. When we speak of our successes, we honor all those that come before us and after us in the work for liberation. We base our work on love for each other and Earth.
The Lead Educator works horizontally with the Core Team to perform all responsibilities related to curriculum development, outreach, program implementation and organizational development. This position is primarily responsible for developing and implementing RC curriculum and programming to our partnering schools, currently approximately 10 schools around the Upper Valley.
The ideal candidate will have experience and proficiency in the following areas:
The Lead Educator will work horizontally with the Staff Collective to perform all responsibilities.
The Youth Empowerment and Action Coordinator is a flexible, part time, remote position based in the Upper Valley of Vermont. This position is one member of a team that works closely together to develop and implement curricular and experiential academic experiences steeped in Climate Justice to youth in the region.
The Youth Empowerment and Action Coordinator works horizontally with the Core Team to perform all responsibilities related to facilitating the group, Youth Empowerment and Action.
While food insecurity rates in Vermont have always been serious, the COVID-19 pandemic magni
Join for the next workshop in the Intervale Center's Garden Like a Farmer series with Vermont Garden Network to explore succession planting and get into the nitty-gritty of scheduling your direct sowing and transplanting to make the most of the growing season.
Join for the next workshop in the Intervale Center's Garden Like a Farmer series with Vermont Garden Network to learn about different weeding strategies and how to identify common garden weeds, including those that are edible and medicinal.
Summervale is back! Join the Intervale Center every Thursday from July 6th to August 24th from 5:30-8 pm for live music, local food and drink, activities, raffles, and more.
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