Category Archives: Opportunities

Sustainable Agriculture Job Boards and Volunteer Sites

If you’re looking for a job, a summer internship, an apprenticeship or a chance to volunteer on a farm focused on sustainable agriculture, there are some great places to look online. I’ve mentioned ATTRA‘s job board before, and here are … Continue reading

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Job Listing: Policy Associates

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) is looking for passionate individuals with experience in lobbying and grassroots advocacy to become policy associates for either marketing, food systems, and rural development issues or conservation and farm programs issues. Associates will draft … Continue reading

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The Ceres Trust Graduate and Ph.D. Scholarships

The Ceres Trust, a private charity-based trust that supports the advancement of sustainable and organic agriculture, recently announced that they will be accepting applications for their competitive Organic Research Initiative, worth up to $10,000 each, until May 1, 2013. The … Continue reading

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Job Listing: Regional Field Organizing Fellowship

The Real Food Challenge program is looking for recent college graduates who are passionate about community organizing and affecting change in the food system for their  Regional Field Organizing Fellowship. In this 14-month program, fellows will work on student organizing projects … Continue reading

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ATTRA is a Great Source for Jobs

The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service (ATTRA) was created by the National Center for appropriate Technology (NCAT) to provide assistance to people involved in agriculture and the food system concerning sustainable practices. With offices around the country, they have been … Continue reading

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Get Paid To Do Research!

SIU’s Center for Ecology is offering quite the rare bird for students with a major in the field of ecology this summer; a paid research position at SIU’s campus in sunny Carbondale, Illinois (which is actually pretty significant, because of … Continue reading

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NCR-SARE Announces 2013 Graduate Student Grant Call for Proposals

The 2013 North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (NCR-SARE) Graduate Student Grant Call for Proposals is now available online at http://www.northcentralsare.org/Grants/Our-Grant-Programs/Graduate-Student-Grant-Program Graduate students enrolled at colleges or universities in the North Central region can submit proposals for up … Continue reading

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Undergrads Interested in a Job Investigating Local Fresh Produce Enterprises?

Undergraduate employment opportunity: Short-term undergraduate research assistance wanted for a local foods project. The purpose of the project is to generate descriptions of promising fresh produce enterprises that will market produce through local/regional wholesale channels, while upholding principles of land … Continue reading

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Jobs Alert for Seniors

On March 9st a representative from U.S.PIRG, a collection of state-based advocacy groups, will be on U of I’s campus for an information session on recent job openings, to take place at 7pm in Davenport 113. To quote the organization … Continue reading

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Job Openings in Portland, Oregon

Exciting news for those looking on the job market for employment in the environmental field; The ClimateTrust, a non-profit organization based out of Portland, Oregon, has two openings, one for “Project Analyst”, and the other for a “Senior Project Analyst”. … Continue reading

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