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ORGANIZATION: Farm Discovery at Live Earth

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Eat a Rainbow



Help kids learn about food systems, farming, animals and the environment as a Field Trip Docent.

Farm Discovery at Live Earth is a nonprofit organization working in the Pajaro Valley community to empower youth and families to build and sustain healthy food, farming, social and natural systems. Additionally, Farm Discovery offers educational programs that inspire youth and families to transform their relationship to food, farming and nature.

Local schools bring students to the farm and docents welcome school groups, help lead educational tours, and run educational stations at the farm working with 12-15 students at a time.

Training and support are provided to all volunteers. You can also take fresh veggies from the farm home with you!

Volunteers must be self-motivated, detail oriented and have superb verbal communication skills when presenting to kids. Volunteers work independently at their stations and as a part of a team for leading large groups - so dependability and flexability are important.

Volunteers are also expected to uphold the ethical standards of the program, maintain confidentiality of students and act with integrity.

Volunteer shifts are available Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am - 12pm, March-June.

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About Farm Discovery at Live Earth

Location:

PO Box 3490, Freedom, CA 95019, US

Mission Statement

Farm Discovery at Live Earth is a nonprofit organization working in the Pajaro Valley community to empower youth and families to build and sustain healthy food, farming, social and natural systems. Our home, Live Earth Farm, is a 150 acre patchwork of working organic farm, riparian corridor, oak and redwood forest in the Pajaro Valley of Santa Cruz County, California. Discovery Docents are needed to help lead groups of students through our organic farm education activities Mondays and Fridays 8:30-12:30 during the school year. Special Events Volunteers table and lead activities at community events throughout the year.

Description

We believe that we can transform personal and community health and improve our impact on earth by building and sustaining collaborative agricultural, ecological and social systems. We believe that communities equipped with knowledge and the skills of inquiry can transform food, farming and natural systems for the better.

* Farm Discovery offers educational programs that inspire youth and families to transform their relationship to food, farming and nature.
* We steward our working farm and its wild spaces as an environmentally and economically viable piece of the food system and a learning space.
* We grow and deliver nutritious, organic food with students for community members most in need - seniors, veterans, foster youth, farmworkers and more * We collaborate with community partners to learn from each other and extend our collective impact in the community.

CAUSE AREAS

Animals
Children & Youth
Education & Literacy
Animals, Children & Youth, Education & Literacy

WHEN

Thu Oct 20, 2022 - Mon Oct 20, 2025
12:01 AM - 11:59 PM

WHERE

172 Litchfield LaneWatsonville, CA 95076

(36.9817,-121.78458)
 

SKILLS

  • Teaching / Instruction
  • Child Care
  • Environmental Education
  • Farming
  • Gardening
  • Outdoor Recreation

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Orientation or Training

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