2019 Garden to Table Intern
The Open Door
Part-time Garden Intern
10 - 20 hours per week, $12/hr.
Work hours: Flexible scheduling, in coordination with supervisor. Typically
afternoons and early evenings. Occasional nights and weekends required. These
dates are set up in advance.
Supervisor: Garden to Table Manager
The Open Door's Mission: A fresh approach to ending local hunger through access
to healthy food.
Background: The Open Door is a hunger relief agency that serves Dakota County,
MN. Garden to Table is a sustainable approach to eliminating local hunger by
empowering communities to learn and grow together. Over 200 garden plots are
available at 7+ sites across Dakota County for low-income families, and
participation includes plants, seeds, tools, and training needed to grow
healthy foods.
Garden to Table also organizes businesses, schools, churches, and other
organizations to plant gardens and urban farms on their property and donate the
produce to The Open Door's food shelves.
Garden To Table Intern Responsibilities:
Support Garden Operations
* Coordinate weekly work days and tasks at each garden including tracking
fruit trees and harvest, compost pile, plot and path maintenance.
* Communicate needs to gardeners by emails and phone calls occasionally
mail about upkeep up the garden plots and take appropriate steps to ensure
family/volunteer commitment.
* Make phone calls to get unrecorded harvest weights and event reminders.
Support community and educational events
* Procure and organize materials needed for each event: food preservation
workshops/gardening classes/volunteer groups
* Recruit needed volunteers with Volunteer Manager
Be an ambassador for The Open Door in the local gardening community
* Represent The Open Door's mission and organizational values at all events
and engagement activities as needed.
* Engage Giving Gardens through seasonal garden classes and in
person/email/phone check-ins.
* Supervise large volunteer groups (6-50 volunteers) on a weekly basis
during the
growing season.
Qualifications
* Vegetable gardening experience
* Experience effectively working with people from multiple cultures, races,
and ethnicities.
* Computer skills to include email, Microsoft and data spreadsheets;
* Flexibility to work occasional evenings/weekends
* Ability to work independently, and as a member of the team, and exercise
good judgment and confidentiality
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong ability to
communicate across cultures
Physical Requirements
* The ability to work outdoors in all weather, including cold, hot, windy,
rainy, as needed.
* The ability to lift 40 pounds
Candidates are required to:
* Possess a valid driver's license and automobile insurance
* Travel with personal vehicle (mileage reimbursement provided)
* Pass successful background check
* Pass successful review of references.
Preferred
* Bi-Lingual in Spanish or Russian
* Horticulture or agriculture education a plus
* Volunteer and Event management
* Light Carpentry skills
* Fruit tree experience
Apply by March 1:
Send cover letter and resume to:
<email obscured><mailto:alpag@theopendoorpantry.org>
Alpa Goswami, Garden to Table Manager
The Open Door
3910 Rahn Rd.
Eagan, MN 55122
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Alpa Goswami
Garden to Table Manager
The Open Door
3910 Rahn Road, Eagan, MN 55122
<email obscured><mailto:alpag@theopendoorpantry.org>
www.theopendoorpantry.org<http://www.theopendoorpantry.org/> | c
651-600-9244
Volunteer<https://theopendoorpantry.org/get-involved/volunteer/> * Donate
Food<https://theopendoorpantry.org/how-to-give/how-to-give-organize-a-food-fund-drive/>
* Make a Financial
Gift<https://theopendoorpantry.org/how-to-give/financial-giving/>
2018 Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce Community Impact Award Winner!
The Open Door
Part-time Garden Intern
10 - 20 hours per week, $12/hr.
Work hours: Flexible scheduling, in coordination with supervisor. Typically
afternoons and early evenings. Occasional nights and weekends required. These
dates are set up in advance.
Supervisor: Garden to Table Manager
The Open Door's Mission: A fresh approach to ending local hunger through access
to healthy food.
Background: The Open Door is a hunger relief agency that serves Dakota County,
MN. Garden to Table is a sustainable approach to eliminating local hunger by
empowering communities to learn and grow together. Over 200 garden plots are
available at 7+ sites across Dakota County for low-income families, and
participation includes plants, seeds, tools, and training needed to grow
healthy foods.
Garden to Table also organizes businesses, schools, churches, and other
organizations to plant gardens and urban farms on their property and donate the
produce to The Open Door's food shelves.
Garden To Table Intern Responsibilities:
Support Garden Operations
* Coordinate weekly work days and tasks at each garden including tracking
fruit trees and harvest, compost pile, plot and path maintenance.
* Communicate needs to gardeners by emails and phone calls occasionally
mail about upkeep up the garden plots and take appropriate steps to ensure
family/volunteer commitment.
* Make phone calls to get unrecorded harvest weights and event reminders.
Support community and educational events
* Procure and organize materials needed for each event: food preservation
workshops/gardening classes/volunteer groups
* Recruit needed volunteers with Volunteer Manager
Be an ambassador for The Open Door in the local gardening community
* Represent The Open Door's mission and organizational values at all events
and engagement activities as needed.
* Engage Giving Gardens through seasonal garden classes and in
person/email/phone check-ins.
* Supervise large volunteer groups (6-50 volunteers) on a weekly basis
during the
growing season.
Qualifications
* Vegetable gardening experience
* Experience effectively working with people from multiple cultures, races,
and ethnicities.
* Computer skills to include email, Microsoft and data spreadsheets;
* Flexibility to work occasional evenings/weekends
* Ability to work independently, and as a member of the team, and exercise
good judgment and confidentiality
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong ability to
communicate across cultures
Physical Requirements
* The ability to work outdoors in all weather, including cold, hot, windy,
rainy, as needed.
* The ability to lift 40 pounds
Candidates are required to:
* Possess a valid driver's license and automobile insurance
* Travel with personal vehicle (mileage reimbursement provided)
* Pass successful background check
* Pass successful review of references.
Preferred
* Bi-Lingual in Spanish or Russian
* Horticulture or agriculture education a plus
* Volunteer and Event management
* Light Carpentry skills
* Fruit tree experience
Apply by March 1:
Send cover letter and resume to:
<email obscured><mailto:alpag@theopendoorpantry.org>
Alpa Goswami, Garden to Table Manager
The Open Door
3910 Rahn Rd.
Eagan, MN 55122
[cid:image001.png@01D45A67.7D4FA550]
Alpa Goswami
Garden to Table Manager
The Open Door
3910 Rahn Road, Eagan, MN 55122
<email obscured><mailto:alpag@theopendoorpantry.org>
www.theopendoorpantry.org<http://www.theopendoorpantry.org/> | c
651-600-9244
Volunteer<https://theopendoorpantry.org/get-involved/volunteer/> * Donate
Food<https://theopendoorpantry.org/how-to-give/how-to-give-organize-a-food-fund-drive/>
* Make a Financial
Gift<https://theopendoorpantry.org/how-to-give/financial-giving/>
2018 Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce Community Impact Award Winner!
