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Executive Director - Growing Hope - Ypsilanti Are you an excellent leader of people and programs? Are you looking for an opportunity to be a key part of the local food system and Ypsilanti community? If so, please keep reading! About Growing Hope Growing Hope’s mission is to help people improve their lives and communities through gardening and increasing access to healthy food. Growing Hope has been empowering local communities to grow fresh produce, to revitalize neighborhoods, and to teach one another the beauty and hope that comes from nurturing soil, seeds and self as a federally recognized 501c3 nonprofit organization since 2003. Growing Hope began with the vision of using community and school gardens—and the education that they provide—as vehicles for positive social, economic, environmental, and neighborhood change. In 2005, recognizing that food insecurity is a key issue for many in the Ypsilanti area, we expanded the ways Growing Hope was providing access to and education around healthy food. Our work now includes supporting gardening in home, school, and community settings; managing and advocating for farmers markets and farm stands; increasing economic development through food and agriculture; and engaging 300 youth and teens each year in healthy cooking, nutrition, and gardening; and advocating for local to national policy change to support healthy schools, families, and communities. For more information, visit the position posting here: https://www.amycelltalent.com/job-seeker-programs/browse-job-postings/id-20180404-1223/ <https://www.amycelltalent.com/job-seeker-programs/browse-job-postings/id-20180404-1223/>