CA Alliance of Farmers' Markets April Newsletter

APRIL NEWSLETTER

In This Newsletter

Local Food Promotion & Marketing Internship Program (Inland Empire ONLY)
Apply to be part of the Alliance's BIPOC Working Group
Participate in the Listening Tour Survey
Resource Highlight
Job Opportunities
In the News

Join the Alliance

Local Food Promotion & Marketing Internship Program

Are you a California-based college student seeking an internship this summer OR a farmers market in California seeking an intern?

The California Alliance of Farmers' Markets is offering a farmers' market marketing internship and is currently seeking applicants for both interns and host sites. This program will run from June through August and interns will be paid and paired with farmers' markets in their local community.

The internship will consist of working at a farmers' market both behind the scenes and at markets, creating marketing materials for them, and simultaneously taking a local food systems marketing course.

If you are a student or market in the Inland Empire, interested in either becoming an intern or host site, please fill out the applications below and/or reach out to putri@ecologycenter.org with any questions. We will only be reviewing Inland Empire applications at this time.

Click here for the Host Site Application

Click Here for the Internship Application

Apply to be Part of the Alliance's BIPOC Working Group

California farmers’ market professionals need Justice Equity Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) content, tools and training, specifically for a farmers’ market context. The BIPOC Working Group (“Working Group”) will support the Alliance in establishing systems of support for BIPOC industry leaders, and support the Alliance in better integrating JEDI values into what it does.

The Working Group will do this by:

Co-creating scope of work (SOW) and JEDI short-term and long-term goals
Co-facilitating regional affinity community-building groups
Supporting the implementation of short-term and potentially long-term JEDI-related goals and deliverables
Supporting the direction and implementation of programming as an Alliance Steering Committee member

Click here for the full job description.

Open until filled

(two-year commitment required)

Click Here to Apply

Complete the Listening Tour Survey

Thank you to those who participated in the fall listening tour

interview sessions! We have collected lots of informative and helpful feedback from you all.

Additionally, we are offering another format to hear from (more of) you!

As an Alliance, we want to learn what farmers' market industry members' priorities are. We aim to better serve our members with trainings, resources, and advocacy that are best geared towards your needs. Click here to complete the survey.

Reach out to beth@ecologycenter.org with any questions. We look forward to learning from you!

Click Here to Complete the Survey

Resource Highlight:

Guide on Specialty Crop Nutrition Education & Promotion Program

We would like to feature one of our member organizations, SEE-LA, for their thoughtful work on the Specialty Crop Nutrition Education and Promotion Program (SCNEPP). This guide came out of their work implementing the program, and provides a compiled list and examples of best practices for nutrition education and specialty crop promotion in the farmers' market setting.

Click Here for the Guide