Franklinton Gardens: Columbus, Ohio
July 2014-June 2015
CLOSES on APRIL 30, 2014
Needed: Highly motivated individual with farm experience, solid job history, passion for food advocacy, ability to work in a team, with engineering, designing, and building aptitude. The position focuses on farm system coordination and will bring attention to identifying and improving inefficienices in farming practices. This is a rapidly evolving non-profit organization in a rapidly changing 15,000-person urban Appalachian neighborhood. Application is open until April 30, 2014.
Franklinton Gardens is a nonprofit healthy food advocacy organization anchored by a 1.5 acre urban farm. The organization serves the Franklinton community by increasing access to healthy foods, educating about the benefits of healthy nutrition, and converting neglected space into aesthetically pleasing edible gardens. Franklinton Gardens was established in 2007 as a neighbor-organized community garden. The initiative has since grown to 7 edible garden sites that employ a wide variety of annual and perennial food production practices. The organization is a community anchor for food advocacy in Franklinton, and uses the produce from its gardens to inspire greater community action around gardening and healthier lifestyles. Franklinton Gardens sells the produce it grows at 2 Food Stamp friendly markets that the organization helped create in Franklinton. Produce also is directed to food-nutrition educational endeavors, after-school meals for youth, community meals, and area food pantries/
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Thanks,
Michelle
(Board Member, Franklinton Gardens)
Michelle L. Kaiser, MSW, MPH, PhD Assistant Professor
The Ohio State University
College of Social Work
1947 College Road
Columbus, OH 43210
614-688-8363
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