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Technical Assistance Program (TAP) Coordinator
Northeast SARE The TAP is designed to promote equity in participation and success with our grant programs. The TAP will build on and complement the technical assistance (TA) ... that staff and state coordinators already provide. Increasing and improving the type and extent of TA we provide to applicants and grantees is a key to the successful implementation of several aspects of our strategic plan for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ).
This program will initially support applicants and grantees in the new BIPOC Communities Grant Program (BCGP)*. This will be the first program for which expanded TA is available, in late summer 2024. The next phase will be for Farmer Grants and Partnership Grants in 2025, followed by Research and Education (RE), Novel Approaches, Professional Development Program (PDP) Grants. Lessons learned in each phase will be used to improve the program.
Our work is guided by this Outcome Statement: Northeast agricultural communities honor the holistic connection among land, water, air, and all living beings. Agriculture in the Northeast is accessible, sustainable, and just, addressing historic and current inequities so all farmers and farm employees can steward resources to ensure sustainability, resilience, economic viability, and a high quality of life.
Congress has funded the SARE program for 35 years. Northeast SARE’s current annual budget is $10.80 million. The Northeast SARE Administrative Council has initially allocated $3 million for the BCGP.
* Northeast SARE understands BIPOC to align with the USDA definition of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers as those belonging to groups that have been subject to racial or ethnic prejudice, including but not limited to farmers who are Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Hispanic or Latino, and Asian or Pacific Islander.
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Grant Program Administrator
Northeast SARE The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program seeks an administrator for our new BIPOC* Communities Grant Program (BCGP). Join the Northeas... t SARE team and help us launch an exciting new effort and assist in continuing existing programing!
The new BCGP is designed to address systemic/structural barriers to access that disproportionately limit the ability of BIPOC communities to fully participate in SARE programs. This grant program will fund projects that create farming and food system opportunities for BIPOC communities and prioritize work engaged by and led by people with experience serving those communities.
Our work is guided by this Outcome Statement: Northeast agricultural communities honor the holistic connection among land, water, air, and all living beings. Agriculture in the Northeast is accessible, sustainable, and just, addressing historic and current inequities so all farmers and farm employees can steward resources to ensure sustainability, resilience, economic viability, and a high quality of life.
Congress has funded the SARE program for 35 years. Northeast SARE’s current annual budget is $10.80 million. The Northeast SARE Administrative Council has initially allocated $3 million for the BCGP.
* Northeast SARE understands BIPOC to align with the USDA definition of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers as those belonging to groups that have been subject to racial or ethnic prejudice, including but not limited to farmers who are Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Hispanic or Latino, and Asian or Pacific Islander.
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Postdoc: Transforming Regional Food Systems through Agroecology, the Right to Food and Just Transitions
University of Vermont Institute for Agroecology Join Our Team!
The UVM Institute for Agroecology is hiring a postdoctoral researcher for an exciting participatory action research project.
Dive into the heart of re... gional governance and support just transitions in New England's food systems. The postdoc, working with the Institute for Agroecology and Food Solutions New England, will lead a project to study historic and current regional governance initiatives and examine the complementarity of two frameworks – the Right to Food (RtF) and Agroecology (AE) – in the governance of food system transformation.
To learn more about this two year position and apply, visit the link below. Applications are due July 8, 2024.
Montgomery County Community College The Food Sustainability Fellow will work in the Hospitality Institute at Montgomery County Community College. In 2023, our first-year fellow developed & implemented the MC... 3 Food Recovery Program (FRP) which recovers, repurposes, packages & delivers food to our on-campus food pantry, located in the Wellness Center. This program was created to reduce food waste, fight food insecurity & lessen our contributions to climate change. We are passionate about making a positive impact on the planet and our community & we want you to share the same.
PhD position - Social Implications Of Soil Carbon Sequestration
University of Illinois I’m recruiting a PhD student to work on a newly funded USDA-NIFA project titled “Social Implications Of Soil Carbon Sequestration Technologies In Voluntary Carbon Markets.” ... >The student would conduct participatory qualitative research with farmers and other actors in the agricultural carbon market value chain. They will join a collaborative team with expertise in agricultural law and policy, environmental communication, participatory modeling, soil science, and Extension. The project aims to create participatory processes, legal best practice documents, policy recommendations, and bolstered Extension capacity regarding emerging soil carbon markets.
The PhD program is Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. Start date is Spring or Fall semester, 2025.
Field to family Field to Family is an Iowa City-based nonprofit food hub and market powered by dedicated growers and community members who want to increase access to and education around healthy ... and local food. Cultivating connections and partnerships across Johnson County and Eastern Iowa, Field to Family partners with regional growers and producers so all people can eat local and eat well. Over the past three years, the organization has experienced exciting programmatic growth. We currently deliver local food from Iowa farmers and producers to 36 school districts, operate an online market where community members can access local food year-round, and provide local food education for students, educators, and community members. Field to Family purchased food from 93 producers in 2023 and continues to expand partnerships with local growers. To continue to build on this momentum and further garner support for our mission, Field to Family seeks an enthusiastic fundraising consultant to work with our team on a project basis to help the organization develop its fundraising strategy. This role will support the Field to Family Executive Director in crafting an annual giving plan, developing key donor materials, securing more corporate sponsorships, and strategizing ways to engage more people in Field to Family’s mission. This position presents an exciting opportunity to help pave the way for a thriving future for Field to Family and the institutions, farms, producers, and communities we serve. This is a temporary contract, with potential to continue at the conclusion of the initial contract period. Timelines for specific projects and deliverables, as presented below, will be determined in collaboration with the Executive Director.
University of Missouri, Center for Regenerative Agriculture Conduct qualitative research and manage interdisciplianry team for the the following NIFA-AFRI project for following: With increased calls for farmers to adopt climate-smart ag... riculture, agriculture systems and technology must be enabling and help reduce barriers to adoption. A range of cost-share and incentive payment programs exist to support farmers transition to climate-smart systems, but usage remains low and farmers report confusion over how to apply and an overly cumbersome process. In 2023, the University of Missouri will implement a $25million, 5-year Missouri-wide Missouri CRCL project: half of these funds will go towards incentive payments to support specific climate-smart practices. The project is developing a software application to facilitate participation among a diverse range of Missouri producers. To enhance the useability, access, and inclusivity, this proposed AFRI research project will complement the development of this digital technology (priority area 5: agriculture systems and technology). Guided by a Responsible Innovation framework, we will work closely with the app developers, project partners, and farmers (intended end users) to conduct participatory research that will directly inform the development, dissemination, and refinement of the app (Obj. 1). We will further evaluate the socio-economic, ethical, and environmental impacts of this app for different producers in Missouri (Obj. 2). Finally, findings will be put in a broader context to identify and share recommendations for digital innovators to increase access to and inclusivity of incentive programs in climate-smart agriculture (Obj. 3). We will meet these objectives through three phases of mixed methods data collection and feedback with farmers and farm partners, app developers, and Missouri CRCL project partners. https://cra.missouri.edu/ Link:https://cra.missouri.edu/See More >>
Postdoc - Soil health
University of Missouri, Center for Regenerative Agriculture Recruit geospatial expertise in a postdoc to support the following NIFA-AFRI project: This project will catalyze further adoption and maintenance of soil health building practi... ces among U.S. Corn Belt farmers, helping farmers restore degraded soil and adapt to climate change. Working directly with farmers and resource professionals, we will collaboratively develop a soil health information platform and decision support tool to improve usefulness and applicability of existing soil health indicator data for farmers, with the ultimate goal of increasing adoption—and maintenance—of soil health practices on farm. This platform will serve as an essential alternative source of information for farmers to substantiate that implementation of soil health practices are meeting desired ecosystem services, even before changes are visible to the eye. Specific objectives: 1. Perform a stakeholder needs assessment on the desired characteristics of a soil health information platform. 2. Use an existing database to construct a predictive model of localized management outcomes. 3. Design and co-create soil health information platform with stakeholders
