- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
Farm Volunteer Groups during Summer & Fall
ORGANIZATION: New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
Purpose: Is your school, workplace, office, or other group looking for meaningful ways to get involved in your community? Look no further! New Entry Sustainable Farming Project is looking for groups to volunteer at our farm sites in Dracut, MA this summer. Spend a day outside at one of our two picturesque, rural New England farm sites. Farm projects include (but are not limited to) farm maintenance work like repairs, weeding, spreading gravel and removing brush, or even planting, harvesting and packing produce alongside our beginning farmers.
Qualifications: Due to the physical nature of the work, volunteers should be able bodied and be able to work outside in the heat for a few hours.
Time frame: Volunteer project are available from mid-June through the fall. Other than that we are flexible and can work with your schedule!
Site/Supervision: Farm projects will take place directly at either the Smith or Ogonowski Incubator Farm Site in Dracut, MA. Volunteers will work with direct supervision from the Volunteer Coordinator, Farm Manager, or Farmers.
Benefits: Learn about local and sustainable New England agriculture and farming practices while feeling good about helping beginning farmers in your community.
New Entry’s Mission: The New Entry Sustainable Farming Project is a non-profit whose mission is to improve our local and regional food systems by training the next generation of farmers to produce food that is sustainable, nutritious, and culturally-appropriate and making this food accessible to individuals regardless of age, mobility, ethnicity, or socio-economic status. In doing this work, we provide critical training, career development, and economic opportunity to new farmers.
Contact Info/Next Steps: To inquire about this volunteer position, email courtney.spivey@tufts.edu
More opportunities with New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
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About New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
Location:
45 Merrimack Street, 5th Floor, Lowell, MA 01852, US
Mission Statement
The New Entry Sustainable Farming Project’s (New Entry) mission is to improve our local and regional food systems by training the next generation of farmers to produce food that is sustainable, nutritious, and culturally-appropriate and making this food accessible to individuals regardless of age, mobility, ethnicity, or socio-economic status. In doing this work, we provide critical training, career development, and economic opportunity to new farmers. World PEAS Food Hub expands on New Entry's mission by building long term economic self-reliance and food security among farmers in eastern Massachusetts and their communities, and to increase access of healthy and culturally appropriate foods in underserved areas through production of locally-grown foods.
Description
World PEAS began as a cooperative in 2005, with the goal to help beginning, immigrant and refugee farmers connect with local consumers seeking fresh produce. Most participating farmers do not have a large enough volume, means of transportation, time, or English language skills to effectively access viable, living wage markets on their own. By forming a cooperative, small, beginning, immigrant and refugee farmers are able to combine their products to more efficiently and effectively connect with local consumers. In June 2013, World PEAS opened a physical warehouse space, transforming the program from a cooperative into a true Food Hub. World PEAS aggregates and distributes vegetables grown by over 30 beginning, immigrant and refugee farmers who use organic growing practices. Additional fruits and vegetables are sourced from farms within 100 miles of Boston that use certified organic practices, as well as farms that use integrated pest management. This produce serves over 300 World PEAS CSA shareholders and over 2,000 low-income individuals though local shelters and food banks, schools and institutions, and SNAP-eligible Lowell residents.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
126 Jones AveDracut, MA 01826
DATE POSTED
June 21, 2018
SKILLS
- Landscaping
- Group Facilitation
- Gardening
- Farming
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 15