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4 people are interested
Field Trip Volunteer - Good Food Days
ORGANIZATION: EAT SOUTH
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4 people are interested
Good Food Day Volunteer Facilitator Job Description
E.A.T. south offers an interactive field trip where participants interact with our farm in many ways. During their field trip, students gain hands-on experience and enjoy an amazing day outside on our beautiful farm. Groups have the option of selecting their program as well as how long their trip lasts. Half Days are 1.5 hours and a Full Day is 3 hours. Teachers and group leaders can request specific farm lessons.
Volunteers assist by teaching or co-teaching one learning station of the field trip. Students rotate through learning stations. Volunteers enjoy plugging into their interest areas such as gardening or raising chickens or tending to bee hives. Other volunteers are floaters and may teach one or two or three different learning stations in a given season. All of our volunteers benefit from meeting new people in the community, engaging with their community in a unique and beautiful setting and also glean nutritional benefit by taking home items such as freshly picked vegetables, a carton of eggs and plants for their home gardens.
Volunteering is a time commitment. Our field trips typically take place weekday mornings. If you have room in your schedule for us, we would love to have you on board!
More opportunities with EAT SOUTH
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About EAT SOUTH
Location:
PO BOX 74, MONTGOMERY, AL 36101, US
Mission Statement
EAT South is an urban teaching farm that engages our local community by gathering around, learning about and growing food. We empower people to change the way food travels from the ground to our plates.
Description
We envision a food system where people can access fresh food from farmers, grow and prepare their own food, and are healthy as a result. We believe that a thriving local food system includes: healthy soil, air and water, profitable farms and other food-related businesses, access to seasonal produce, access to information about growing and preparing your own food, a healthier community, access to land, capital and resources by people previously excluded from food and farming systems.
Last year, EAT South participated in over 50 community events, maintained 37 business partnerships and added 19 new local partnerships; we sustained local school gardens by training 70 teachers through the Sprouts Teacher Training Program and over 200 people attended workshops for families, gardeners and everyone in between; our farm engaged over 400 volunteers that contributed over 1400 hours to continue our efforts throughout the city of Montgomery.
We provide hands-on experiences that give the community actionable lessons that they can apply to their own lifestyles. The farm engages visitors through all five senses, encouraging education through immersion and practice. We encourage access to knowledge on the local food system, farm bills and other government oversight so that citizens can effectively engage in the policies that dictate the food that we consume every day, combat food insecurity and encourage individual sustainability.
Your support is essential to continuing our outreach and we are so grateful for it.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
485 Molton StreetMontgomeryMontgomery, AL 36104
DATE POSTED
July 8, 2019
SKILLS
- General Education
- Math / Science Instruction
- Environmental Education
- Farming
- Gardening
- STEM
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training