The Greater Lansing Food Bank is a non-profit organization that provides emergency food to individuals and families in need in Ingham, Eaton, Clinton, Shiawassee, Clare, Isabella and Gratiot counties. Food is distributed through an extensive network of food pantries and community kitchens located throughout the region. The Food Bank annually serves tens of thousands of people, many of them seniors and children. Our recipients also include the “working poor,” those individuals who are employed but don’t earn enough to meet housing, health, transportation and food needs.
Lansing Roots, a new program under the Greater Lansing Food Bank, is designed to help limited resource and/or historically under-served individuals from the greater Lansing area begin successful market gardening and farming enterprises through an incubator farm setting. Participants of Lansing Roots receive a small plot of land to start their own farms and are provided workshops focused around practical skills in agriculture and business and a collaborative network through which to market and sell the food produced.
We are currently seeking interns to fulfill various roles within the Lansing Roots program for the upcoming 2014 Summer/Fall positions:
· Community Farm Horticulture Assistant
· Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program Assistant
· Community Liaison for Refugee and Immigrant Farmers
· Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Newsletter Assistant
· Farm Marketing and Sales Assistant
Positions are expected to be filled by May 2014; however, applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
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Katie Kabot | AmeriCorps Fresh Foods Volunteer Coordinator
greater lansing food bank
mailing: p.o. box 16224 | lansing, mi 48901
office: 919 filley | lansing, mi 48906
Serving Eaton, Ingham, Clinton, Shiawassee, Gratiot, Isabella & Clare counties.