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Education & Outreach Summer Assistant position

Boone Street Farm and Whitelock Community Farm are community supported urban farming projects in Baltimore. These projects aim to provide affordable, sustainable fresh food in their neighborhoods and promote healthy eating habits, greening and positive community activity.

These farms are both members of the Farm Alliance of Baltimore City and grow produce for neighborhood farm stands, CSA’s, the Waverly Farmer’s market, and local restaurants.

We are seeking a dynamic individual to act as an Education and Outreach Summer Assistant for the 2016 season. The Education and Outreach Summer Assistant will work alongside farm staff and volunteers to implement educational programming within our communities. They will be exposed to a broad range of activities that go into establishing a community farm as a neighborhood institution. They will also become familiar with sustainable growing practices through hands-on experience.

When:

• This job starts in June and ends in mid-August.  The education and outreach summer assistant will work 30 hours per week for 10 weeks.  Requires availability Mon- Fri.

Responsibilities include:

• Assist daily with implementing YouthWorks program for 6 weeks - brainstorm and plan activities designed to introduce youth to farm tasks and the citywide local food movement.
• Co-facilitate garden/farm activities, cooking classes, and educational workshops with neighborhood youth
• Assist with advertising and running educational community workshops
• Advertise farm events and outreach to community
• Provide leadership and act as a role model for all youth program participants

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Submit resume and cover letter by Friday May 27th
• Responsible for their transportation to work and must show up on time
• Previous youth work experience is preferred, teaching experience is a plus
• Previous farm experience is a plus but not required
• Able to complete manual labor including sitting, bending, lifting, and/or moving items weighing from 20-50+ pounds
• Must be comfortable working outside in various weather conditions for extended periods of time
• Must be flexible and energetic, and have good decision making skills and a strong work ethic

Compensation:

• $10/hr
• Take home farm produce as available
• Opportunity to be an integral part of a community focused organization

Youthworks Deadline Extended until March 10!

Community Garden Interest Meeting March 15th!

Summer Youthworks Opportunities at Boone Street Farm

In order to participate in the Urban Agriculture and Environmental Landscaping program you must:

• Be 15-18 years old, a Baltimore City resident and enrolled in a public Baltimore high school
• Complete an online registration through YouthWorks by March 4th https://youthworks.oedworks.com/#youth
• Present a social security card, birth certificate and valid state photo identification in a youthworks interview and pass a criminal history background check if you are 18+.
• Attend a working interview at Boone Street Farm (a staff member will call to schedule an interview)
• Obtain a work permit, separate from YouthWorks work permit (you can request a work permit from your principal’s or guidance counselor’s office)
• Fill out an application and medical forms by March 4th. Application available here 
• Be able to commit to an 8 week program without a break for vacation.

2016 CSA Registration Open

Thank you for a successful season and Fundraiser

We want to sincerely thank everyone that was involved in making our Second Annual Growing up Green Fundraiser an amazing success! Without the help of our dedicated volunteers, performers, chefs, sponsors, donors, and guests we could not have made this event happen.    We were able to raise over $4000 that will be put towards our Cecil Elementary School Garden club program!! Special thanks to the following people for making this event happen:   Chefs: Sarah Morton and Billy McCarthy, Kevin Brown, Krystal Mack, Jen Doll Food: Boone Street Farm, Hawks Hill Creamery, South Mountain Creamery, HEX Ferments, Atwaters Bakery, Real Food Farm, The Mushroom Stand, Two Boots Farm, City-Hydro, Really Raw Honey, Reids Orchard Silent Auction: Metta Integrative Wellness Center, The Wine Market, Rothwell Law, Blue Pit BBQ and Whiskey Bar, Xquistite Catering, Friends and Farms, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, The Breadery, Charm City Yoga, Pablo Machioli, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, The Charmery, Zensations Apothecary, Woodberry Kitchen, Artifact Coffee, Ron William, Leah Livengood Performers: La Rose and the Buttes, Catalina Byrd Venue: Peabody Heights Brewery Sponsors: Coppin State University, Roland Park Country School, Sweetgreen, University of Baltimore, The Restaurant Store, Rouse Foundation Poster Artwork: Sara Lautman Volunteers: Raychiel, Ellie, Jon, Natanya, Vanessa, Gagan, Ricker, Alison, Isabel, Joey, Kevin, Noah, Jacob, Amelia, Debbie, Tommy, Katie Boone Street Staff/Interns: Cheryl, Dana, Marcus, Serina, Tanya, Lindsay, Grace, Chris, Sequinta, Sonce, Lauren, Patrick, Emma, Katelyn, Deja, Rosa, Amelia.  Thank you for an AMAZING Season We want to thank everyone that has been involved in the farm this year for helping make this our most productive season yet. Our accomplishments this year include harvesting over 5,400 lbs of produce, hosting over 20 interns and regular volunteers, hiring an assistant production manager, educating over 30 students through our Cecil Elementary School Garden Club program, working with 5 high school students through the Youthworks program, delivering vegetables weekly to 11 families through our Community supported agriculture (CSA) progam, starting an herbal CSA,  attending a new farmers market, selling to local restaurants, creating a cookbook, and hosting our first ever cooking classes. This year we continued to expand our production allowing us to increase our yields and provide more fresh produce to the community. We added 8 new rows to our St. Ann's site and increased our growing intensity allowing us to reach our sales and harvest goals. Each year we are able to improve our efficiency and learn new techniques helping us work towards creating a sustainable farm business. Through grant funding we were able to subsidize the cost of our produce to community members and people receiving nutrition benefits allowing us to sell our produce at our weekly farm stand at an affordable price. We were also able to purchase a tool shed which will cut down on a significant amount of travel between the office and the farm allowing us to spend more time working on growing great produce. As many of you are aware we had an independent developer place a bid on our 21st street lot putting us in danger of losing about 25% of the space we are currently growing on. Thank you to everyone who signed our petition and showed your support of the farm. We were able to place a counter bid on the land and are now waiting to hear the outcome. During this time we can still use all the support we can get. Please consider donating to the farm during this holiday season to help us secure the rest of the land we are growing on and provide support to continue to expand our production and programming. For online donations visit ourwebsite and use the paypal link under the donate tab or send checks to Boone Street Farm, 2701 St. Lo Dr, Baltimore MD 21213. Look out for information about 2016 programming and how to join our 2016 CSA early next year. We hope everyone has a happy holiday season and New Year!     Don't miss the Second Herbal Medicine Class Wednesday, December 2nd!

Thank you to this years interns and staff!! Spring Marcus Carter Amelia Hazen Matt Nickelson Chris Carresse Kendell Shriver Hannah Blau Kimberley Meistrall Kate FitzGerrell Kariyma Murphy Emma Reisinger Emani Williams Christopher Croft Lyn Davidson Summer Tanya Krapf Hans Van Zinkernagel Grace Macfarlane Ellie Macfarlane Elizabeth Gallo Maggie Weese Andrea Michalowsky Fall Lindsay Crisler Sequinta Watts Sonce Reese Deja Golder Rosa Wilson Serina Willams Patrick Baron Lauren Poor Katelyn Jarkowiec