KCD: Community Food Systems Specialist Summer Associate

The KCD: Community Food Systems Specialist Summer Associate at AmeriCorps in Seattle, WA, focuses on addressing food insecurity for vulnerable populations. Responsibilities include assisting with planting, harvesting, and delivering food to local banks, recruiting volunteers, and coordinating with farmers. The role supports sustainable practices and community food security initiatives over a 10-week service term, offering benefits like an education award or stipend and training opportunities.
The Kitsap emergency food system serves the county’s most vulnerable populations, including low-income individuals and families facing barriers to healthy food choices. The Kitsap Conservation District addresses food insecurity by distributing 50,000 pounds of healthy, culturally appreciated fresh foods annually to food banks. The District’s GRACE Program accomplishes this via the Farm to Food Pantry (F2FP) and Farm to Freezer (F2FR) programs and in collaboration with hunger relief partners, farmers, and community organizations. Intensely focused on sustainable practices, all programming addresses food insecurity while reducing the economic and environmental impacts of food waste to ensure all community members are nourished. Kitsap Conservation District partners with Harvest Against Hunger through the Harvest VISTA program, which mobilizes AmeriCorps members to develop and strengthen community food security programs. As part of this effort, AmeriCorps Summer Associate program supports Harvest Against Hunger’s mission to cultivate, strengthen and connect food system partners to ensure healthy food for people in need. Over a 10-week service term, Summer Associates help reduce food waste and expand access to nutritious food during the growing season.





















Member Duties : The Summer Associate will be responsible for assisting with the Grace Program that includes planting, harvesting, packaging, and delivering vegetables and processed foods to local food banks. They will assist food banks serving clients seeking food assistance, grocery rescue activities and daily operations and recruit and orient volunteers to assist in the Grace Program food access and hunger relief activities. They will contact Farm to Food Pantry farmers bi-weekly about produce availability and delivery, and coordinate produce distribution with partner organizations. They will support the Kitsap Farm to Freezer Program by processing donated, gleaned, rescued food into frozen RTE soups, sauces and salsas. They will also gather, tabulate, and report program data on food access activities and assist with community education and program outreach.









Program Benefits : Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Living Allowance , Education award upon successful completion of service , Training .









Terms :


Car recommended .









Service Areas :


Health , Environment , Hunger , Community Outreach .









Skills :


Team Work , Leadership , Public Speaking , Writing/Editing , Communications , General Skills .
























SUMMARY






Program Type:






AmeriCorps VISTA













Program






KCD: Community Food Systems Specialist Summer Associate













Program Start/End Date






06/29/2026 - 09/06/2026













Work Schedule


Summer













Age Requirement






Minimum: 18 Maximum: None













Program Locations


WASHINGTON Seattle/Tacoma/Bremerton













Accepting Applications






From 04/20/2026 To 05/29/2026













Contact


Maria Mendez-Francisco






1201 1st Ave S






Seattle WA 98134






206-236-0408






maria@harvestagainsthunger.org













Listing ID


129332