Farm to School Educator:
Seasonal - April - August
32hr/ wk
General Schedule - Monday - Thursday
Days and hours may change seasonally
Occasional evenings and weekend
To apply: Please go to our website and view the detailed job description: https://landtohandmt.org/about-us/staff/#hiring
Send a resume, cover letter and three references with the subject line "Farm to School Educator" to gretchen@landtohandmt.org.
Job Summary
Join our team and spend your time teaching kids about food, gardening, and nutrition! This position will be the primary educator for the Farm to School Program during the school year and the head counselor for the 7 weeks of Hands in the Dirt Summer Camp. This position will also lead our Junior High Garden Club and may also teach other after school cooking classes to kids and adults. The Farm to School Educator will also be involved with planning and facilitating Land to Hand’s annual Free the Seeds event.
Land to Hand MT
Land to Hand MT is a non-profit, community organization founded by families, farmers, community leaders & eaters from around the Flathead Valley. The mission of Land to Hand Montana is to build a strong community food system that fosters socially just ways of accessing food.
Our work is focused on EDUCATION and ACCESS. To us, access to healthy, local food is vital for all members of our community. Food security means access by all people at all times to enough food for a healthy life. At a minimum, this includes the ready availability of nutritionally adequate food and the assured ability to acquire personally acceptable foods in a socially acceptable way. Many people struggle to prioritize healthy, adequate food on a tight budget. Our Food for All programs help alleviate that stress of affording healthy, local food and give community members the opportunity to control their food choices.
For us, education is a way of ensuring that all people in our community know how to grow, cook, and enjoy food. Education can be empowering and we want to ensure that our community has access to the knowledge and resources to live resilient lives. Our education programs encourage all kids and adults to be a part of growing the next generation of cooks, gardeners, farmers, ranchers, seed savers, and eaters.
Land to Hand MT is committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in our work environment and our hiring practices. The Land to Hand DEI process is ongoing, and year-round. All staff participate in this process. We are committed to collaboratively creating workplace culture, physical spaces, policies, and programs that allow for the full participation of staff, board of directors, volunteers, and clients of all identities and abilities. To structure this work, we meet regularly, incorporate DEI in materials and processes, train all staff, and take tangible steps towards our DEI goals.
