Farm2School Program Farm Outreach Coordinator

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ABOUT US:

Darshan2Divinity (D2D) is a California non-profit religious corporation with 501 (c)(3) tax exempt status. D2D is a spiritual organization which provides individuals the spiritual knowledge and practical experience to promote simple living, bring communal harmony and encourage social responsibility. The organization uses the teachings of Bhagavad Gita, Thirukural and other great spiritual knowledge from throughout the world to uplift oneself as well as the society. The organization teaches the way of simple living through various activities like singing/bhajans, volunteering/services to the society, nature/animal protection, alms giving, potluck etc. Through meditation, breathing, grounding, healing and yoga practices, the organization helps the individual to identify their purpose of life.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES;

This person will be responsible for identifying potential farms for running the Farm2School (F2S) program. This
person will closely coordinate with the Outside2Inside (O2I) Farm2School program manager and help with
identifying farms, researching the food waste problem in farms and developing solutions to solve them.

1. To come up with a list of potential farms in and around bay area to partner with O2I in F2S program.
2. Research on local farms in bay area based on large scale/small scale and create a farmers database with
details like farm name, address, contact information, produce harvested etc.
3. Reach out to the farms, understand the food waste problem in those farms/ or techniques implemented to
address food waste and report on the findings.
4. Report out the top 5 food waste problems in farms. Provide solutions/recommendations to address these
challenges.
5. Identify criteria’s and provide recommendations to establish partnership with these farms.
6. Identify food waste, organic farming, and agriculture experts within Berkeley and outside of Berkeley to
serve as short term/long term advisors to help solve the challenges found during the farm visits/study.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
A Basic understanding the Food Chain and its stakeholders.

PREFERRED SKILLS:
 Teamplayer with strong organizational and communicational skills.
 Interest in Food waste awareness
 Computer expertise
 Commitment to the mission & vision of O2I
 Documentation and Reporting skills
 Internet Researching Skills
 Public Relations
 Interpersonal Skills - Critical Thinking, Multi-tasking, Networking,
 Project Management - Reporting, Data Collection & Analysis.
 People Management - People Skills, Relationship Management & Volunteer Coordination