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13 people are interested
Lead a hunger & food waste initiative in your local community! Join us as a member or State Director
ORGANIZATION: Grains of Hope
Please visit the new page to apply.
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13 people are interested
Hey all! We're looking for volunteers across the US to help us solve various food systems challenges.
Join us as a member, and there are a variety of ways you can help that you may choose from based on your interests!
- Volunteer at local hunger, food waste, and sustainability nonprofits in your local area
- Our combined volunteer efforts around the country will make an impact!
- Host seminars educating on topics ranging from food systems, agriculture, and nutrition
- Grains of Hope has prepared a curriculum ready for local teachers like you to present! We'll support you with resources, and feel free to customize them to suit your teaching style.
- If there's a particular topic you're interested in, you can also help write educational materials for our club
- Help us organize community campaigns to advocate for change in food policy.
You may also want to initiate your own activities in your local area. Grains of Hope will support local teams who lead their own branch by gathering together resources and experience to help get you started.
- Find new ways to reduce food waste in your school cafeteria, farmers markets, or restaurants and redistribute to local homeless shelters and hunger nonprofits
- Host your own series of food sustainability educational workshops at your school or local community
- Start a community garden in your school or neighborhood, experiment with new sustainable farming approaches
- Start any initiative of interest relating to our food systems theme
Our website: https://grainsofhope.us/
Join us by filling out this quick application form: https://grainsofhope.us/join-us/
More opportunities with Grains of Hope
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Grains of Hope
Location:
3 CLOVERLEAF LN, FRANKLIN, MA 02038, US
Mission Statement
The modern field of food systems and agriculture is being revolutionized by new technological advances. However, our current food systems are inadequate to feed and nourish the ever-increasing population and do not provide healthy, affordable food for all. We would like to explore the food that we consume, such as where the food comes from and the challenges throughout the supply chain from farm to table. We aim to tackle problems with the current food systems, which includes food insecurity, food waste, malnutrition, unhealthy diets, food safety, efficiency of distribution channels, and long-term sustainability of food systems. Our mission is to raise awareness in our school and local communities about food related challenges, to promote food waste reduction, alleviate hunger, promote healthy diets, well-balanced nutrition, and food safety, and explore techniques to improve food system efficiency and sustainability.
Description
Founded by high school students from various states across the US, we are a vibrant and welcoming community that campaigns to solve food systems related challenges. As a diverse group with members coming from many backgrounds, we welcome members with varying interests to contribute to this cause, as we take both humanities and STEM approaches to further our mission.
We have expanded our organization branches to 5 states in the US, with each branch led by a local team carrying out a unique approach that best addresses food system challenges in its local community.
Please visit our website: https://grainsofhope.us/
Join us by filling out our application form here: https://grainsofhope.us/join-us/
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
October 8, 2022
SKILLS
- Teaching / Instruction
- Environmental Education
- Event Planning / Management
- Food Delivery / Distribution
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 30-min weekly meetings. other than that, volunteering on your own time and pace so it's flexible!