We’re Hiring a Summer Student! Just Food Farm Site Developer
Just Food Farm Site Developer
Hours: 31.5 hrs/week position for 8 weeks, July 3-August 24, 2018.
Compensation: $15/hour + 4% vacation pay
Eligibility Requirements: Applicants MUST:
- be under 30 years of age at the start of the employment
- have been registered as full-time students in the previous academic year
- intend to return to school on a full-time basis in the next academic year.
This position is part of the Canada Summer Jobs grant stream with Employment and Social Development Canada.
TO APPLY: All of the following must be met:
– Please send your résumé and cover letter within one attached document to info@justfood.ca by June 22 hat 5:00 pm.
–Résumés will be reviewed as they come in and we will schedule interviews and hire as soon as we have a successful candidate.
– Your email must have the subject line “Summer Student Hiring” for it to be considered
– 3 references must be provided on request.
Job Description
This position will support the development of the Just Food Community Farm, a non-profit demonstration and training farm. The Just Food Farm Site Developer will have a variety of tasks related to farm site management, including:
- Site management (including field preparation with BSC and lawnmower, working with others on property maintenance, monitoring farm infrastructure – including water use)
- Conduct soil nutrient tests
- Design & implement fertility/crop plan for summer on entire farm
- Manage demonstration seed variety trials
- Rogue and select demonstration seed adaptation crops
- Develop a plan for new sugar bush management
Qualifications:
- Interest in, and able to, work in both outdoor and indoor environments
- A background in agriculture, horticultural, or geography/environmental
- Ability to work both independently and with strong team communication skills
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to take initiative
- Interest in, commitment to, and some knowledge of food/farming systems and community- based initiatives.
For more information about Just Food, please see www.justfood.ca
APRIL 29: POSTPONED CELEBRATION, Répair Café still on
POSTPONED CELEBRATION, Répair Café still on
We’ve learned a few things over our 15 years that help keep you alive as a non-profit:
Know when the conditions are not sufficient, keep the long-term vision in mind and shift plans accordingly!
WHERE: 2391 PEPIN COURT
WHEN: SUNDAY, APRIL 29 from 11 – 3
All Day
The Ottawa Tool Library Repair Café. STILL ON
POSTPONED:
Take an Educational Tour around The Just Food Farm.
Check out Just Food Farmer’s Market and Enjoy Local Popcorn.
Capital Greens | Cadence Ecological Farm | Bird & Bee Seeds
Radical Homestead | Chi Gardens
Rain Barrel, Just Food Hat and Membership Sale.
All Day Kid’s Activities.
Plant Swap.
BYOP: Bring Your Own Picnic.
11am-1pm Drop-In Seedling Plant-pot making (kid-friendly)
11:30 – 1:00 Beginner Organic Gardening Workshop
1:00 – 2:00 Bike Tune Up
2:00 – 3:30 EarthPath Nature Fun For Kids 5 +
3:00 – 4:30 Container Gardening Workshop
Powering ethical agriculture with the sun
In the Alternatives Journal, Gideon Forman explores the use of solar power at The Just Food Farm. Click here to read the article!
“Just Food is intriguing not only for its status as a rural-urban hybrid. It also boasts an unusual electricity source: a 10-kilowatt photovoltaic array launched in October 2017 with the financial assistance of Bullfrog Power and Beau’s Brewery. The PV panels power a cooler and greenhouse — where the group will attempt year-round growing — and a circa-1920s barn that serves as an education centre.”
Start-Up Food Processor Training *SOLD OUT*
This event is sold out, but don’t despair we are holding this training again.
If you wish to do this training, please leave contact info with Talia Klein at info@justfood.ca to be contacted for next course.
For more immediate assistance with food start-ups, please contact Moe Garahan at Moe@justfood.ca about customized assistance through Ottawa Kitchen consulting hours.
Presented by OttawaKitchen.ca, Just Food and North House Foods in partnership with Agri-Food Management Institute (AMI) with guest expert chefs and food businesses
- Introduction to food production and production equipment.
- Introduction to the regulatory environment for successful food processing businesses.
- Validation and testing of your food products.
- Information to help turn your idea into a business plan.
Register here: START UP FOOD PROCESSOR TRAINING
Ottawa Kitchen_ Food Processing Course (final)Food Processing- Details
CGN blog: Bayshore Park Community Garden & Oven
This is the eighth piece in an ongoing CGN’s blog. This blog will be filled with snapshots of the network, garden activities, garden profiles, coordinator profiles & more!
This post is about Bayshore Park Community Garden & Oven, you heard me, Ottawa’s first and only outdoor community oven. The post is written by Nancy Moir at her blog Grown In My BackYard.
Bayshore Park Community Garden & OvenCGN blog: Centretown United Community Garden
This is the seventh piece in an ongoing CGN’s blog. This blog will be filled with snapshots of the network, garden activities, garden profiles, coordinator profiles & more!
This post is about Centretown United Community Garden, which grows produce for the Centre 507 downtown drop-in centre. The post is written by Linda Pollock.
CENTRETOWN UNITED CENTRE 507 COMMUNITY GARDEN
