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- To: sanet-mg@cees.ncsu.edu
- Subject: Position Available
- From: collinsw@TEN-NASH.TEN.K12.TN.US
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 15:10:13 -0600 (CST)
POSITION OPEN FOR ORGANIC FARMER TO MANAGE STUDENT-RUN COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE IN HANCOCK COUNTY, TENNESSEE. The Clinch Powell Sustainable Development Initiative (CPDSI) is searching for an organic grower to be the farm manager for the School Farm Project, an innovative project developed by CPSDI member-group Jubilee Project and Hancock County Schools. CPSDI is a ten-county economic development coalition working for sustainable development in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. The School Farm Project aims to establish a self-sustaining CSA on the prop- erty of Hancock County High School in Hancock County, Tennessee. The project is being organized by Jubilee Project, a local community development group, and supervised by a coorddinating committee that includes the high school agricultural instructor, the local NRCS agent, and two local chemical-free growers. The farm will be used by the ag instructor with his classes and will also incorporate two to four students as student-managers. The hope is to enable youth to go on to be small-scale vegetable producers, possibly even staarting their own CSAAa in Hancock County, a county with a long tradition in agriculture. The farm manager will be responsible for supervising the students as well as helping guarantee the overall production of the farm. She or he will also help to some degree with the education of the students following a curriculum in sustainable agriculture. The farm manager will be an employee of CPSDI on a contractual or salaried basis. Interested parties should contact Jubilee Project at 423-733-4195 or by email at steve.hodges@bbs.serve.org to obtain a detailed job description. Applications are due by Oct. 10 with work beginning for the 1997 season.
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