Ending Hunger Corps Maine Meat & Food Justice VISTA 2024

The Ending Hunger Corps Maine Meat & Food Justice VISTA 2024 position at AmeriCorps focuses on increasing access to nutritious local foods for low-income families in Maine, particularly among recent immigrant and refugee communities. The VISTA member will develop training programs for local farmers and youth, enhance food program sustainability, and support local food economy initiatives. This is a full-time role based in Augusta, ME.
The activities of the VISTA member will help disrupt the cycle of poverty by increasing access to nutritious, culturally appropriate local foods for low income families within ethnically based recent immigrant and refugee communities in Maine through building a stronger local food economy that creates training, income, and employment opportunities in the local meat value chain. The VISTA will build capacity for infrastructure development, marketing and communications, training opportunities, and fundraising efforts related to CCFSC’s Maine Meat Initiative (MMI).

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Member Duties : The VISTA will develop a sustainable training program that enables local, economically disadvantaged farmers to increase the size of herds raised for meat production in accord with culturally appropriate methods. They will develop and institute a farm training program for economically disadvantaged youth, and research and apply to applicable funding resources relating to culturally appropriate food programs within CCFSC that affect economically disadvantaged people to increase overall culturally appropriate food program sustainability.

Program Benefits : Living Allowance , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Childcare assistance if eligible , Stipend , Education award upon successful completion of service , Relocation Allowance .
• For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits .

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Service Areas

Health , Community and Economic Development , Community Outreach .

Skills

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Summary

Program Type:

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program

Ending Hunger Corps Maine Meat & Food Justice VISTA 2024

Program Start/End Date

06/30/2024 - 06/28/2025

Work Schedule Full Time

Education level

Some college

Age Requirement

Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations MAINE

Languages

English

Accepting Applications

From 04/09/2024 To 10/15/2025

Contact Isabelle Newman

90 Blossom Ln

Augusta ME 04333

2074084656

isabelle.newman@maine.gov

Listing ID 123363