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When it comes to Just Food we're just smitten. So when they asked us to collaborate on the first ever Good Food Jobs Fair, we went straight to work.
This event will run in conjunction with the Just Food Conference 2012: Eat · Work · Grow the Movement. Join Just Food, local food lovers and advocates, CSA members, community gardeners, urban and rural farmers, food professionals and entrepreneurs for two days of hands-on workshops, discussions, skills-building sessions, and good food. Learn about cooking and food preservation techniques, CSA trends, and the food justice movement in New York City and beyond, as well as ways you can mobilize to create good food projects in your own community.
The Good Food Jobs Fair (Meet. Network. Grow Your Career.) will take place at the end of the first conference day, and will be a physical manifestation of the Good Food Jobs website: a place where we connect people looking for meaningful food work with 40 businesses that need their energy, enthusiasm, and intellect.
- come and meet leaders in the sustainable food movement,
- ask questions regarding hiring and recruiting practices,
- glean information on how to get involved on a volunteer basis, and
- learn about new initiatives and projects the organizations are involved in to propel the good food movement.
This event is open to conference participants (included in the two-day or friday only conference ticket price) and the public ($15 fee for entrance to The Good Food Jobs Fair). For more information regarding the Just Food Conference, click here.
Agriculture
BrightFarms
BrightFarms finances, builds and operates greenhouse farms at grocery retailers. Our work enables supermarkets to revolutionize their supply chain in a way that is better for their profits, and for the planet. We want to change the environmental impact of the food supply chain while at the same time producing food that is tastier and more nutritious.
Corbin Hill Farm
Corbin Hill Farm is a network of rural farms and urban communities in New York. We work with farmers from upstate New York and community groups in New York City to deliver fresh, local produce to Harlem and the Bronx.
Organic Valley
At Organic Valley, our philosophy and decisions are based on the health and welfare of people, animals and the earth. We’re a mission-driven cooperative, owned by family farmers, and we’ve been leaders in organic agriculture from the very beginning. Our growing organization is always looking for folks who can relate to/live our mission and who are excited to join our team.
Business
Cellars at Jasper Hill
Jasper Hill Farm was imagined as a 'value-added' strategy for earning a dependable and fair return on high-quality milk - a model for small-scale profitability. By offering a collection of professionally aged and marketed cheeses, Cellars at Jasper Hill allows its producers to focus on the most important aspects of their trade - quality milk production and cheesemaking technique. This focus on precision and specialization is the foundation of the Cellars aim to be the standard bearer for quality and innovation in the artisan cheese industry.
Craft Restaurants
Our growing company includes seven restaurants that not only work hard and take pride in nurturing our relationships with our employees and our guests, but we also seek out and work just as hard developing valuable and long lasting relationships with many local farmers and purveyors. Whenever possible we support small businesses by purchasing local produce and meat/fish as well as wine and beer from boutique producers. When you work for Craft Restaurants you are ultimately working for and giving back to your neighbors, your community and to our world.
Dorado Tacos
Dorado Taco was started in Boston in 2009 by a San Diego chef and a San Diego entrepreneur who came to together to develop a concept serving the best fish tacos on the east coast. We recently opened a second location near Union Square in New York, where we are committed to making everything from scratch using the freshest and most natural ingredients. We are also committed to creating a positive and enjoyable working environment for all of our staff members.
Farm Marketing Solutions
Our mission is to help farmers get the word out about themselves, and to see their businesses prosper. There are many farmers who are great at doing what they do, but do not always practice the proper marketing techniques to sell the fruits of their labor. FMS gives them the tools and information necessary to successfully market their farm products.
Fleisher's Grass-Fed & Organic Meats
Part of our mission is to educate the public in the art of butchery; to this end we provide training and apprenticeship programs designed to educate both producers and consumers in the ways of sustainable consumption through the craft of nose-to-tail butchery. Our flagship location in Kingston is home to our butcher apprenticeship program for aspiring chefs, butchers, and curious foodies alike; our newest location in Park Slope provides pasture-raised and organic meats to New York City residents.
Garden of Eve Organic Farm & Market
Garden of Eve farm, founded in 2001 by environmental advocates Chris and Eve Kaplan-Walbrecht, is dedicated to providing delicious organic vegetables, fruits and beautiful flowers and to "making changes in the world by living them." Our produce is available at 13 CSA locations across Long Island and NYC, 2 farmers markets, and at our on-farm Market. We are seeking a talented, self-motivated individual to make a multi-year commitment to managing our retail Farm Market.
Good Food Jobs
Good Food Jobs is the first online job search engine for people who want meaningful food work, created as a way to strengthen the food economy by encouraging its growth and exploration. The site, and the accompanying gastrognomes blog, are used to educate people about the multitude of ways one can embark on a food-related career - one that is satisfying, empowering, and beneficial to others. With thousands of jobs posted, and tens of thousands of devoted followers, we are dedicated to changing the world, one hard worker at a time.
GritWork
GritWork transforms global environmental trends into operational reality for your business by cutting operating costs and reducing risk while defining value. We bring cross-cultural and cross-sector communication to smart growth and savings. By moving sustainability strategy consulting from theory to reality, GritWork redefines supply chain and systems management.
Gustiamo
New York based Gustiamo, Inc - Italy's Best Foods (www.gustiamo.com) is a premier selector, importer and distributor of authentic artisanal foods from all regions of Italy. Founded in 2000, with warehouse and office in the Bronx, Gustiamo's top quality catalog of Italian ingredients is sourced among the best Italian artisans, with an uncompromising eye toward purity, sustainability and authenticity.
MARC Restaurants
Our restaurant portfolio includes Michelin starred London restaurant The Greenhouse, winner of the Wine Spectator Grand Award since 2005, and Umu, the only Kyoto-style restaurant in the UK featuring Kaiseki, the traditional eight course “tasting menu” from Japan. At the heart of the MARC vision is the desire to inspire in our employees and our customers the sense of discovery and excitement that we feel about the dining experience. We are looking for passionate and enthusiastic members of the food community to join our team and bring fresh ideas to the table.
Runa
Runa is proud to introduce Guayusa (gwhy-you-sa), a native Amazonian tree leaf that has been brewed like tea for thousands of years by indigenous communities in Ecuador, to the world. Guayusa is a pivotal part of Kichwa indigenous culture in Amazonian Ecuador. Runa sources all Organic guayusa from Ecuador and sells the product in retail and wholesale channels, to natural food retail chains (like Whole Foods) along with independent grocery stores, co-ops and tea houses.
Upstate Wine Company
Upstate Wine Company provides only the highest quality, award-winning wines from Upstate New York to the New York City area. We are driven by a passion to share outstanding local wines that focus on environmental responsibility.
W&T Seafood
W&T Seafood has grown into an integrated distribution company that services New York City and much of the mid-Atlantic. With our commitment to doing business with integrity, we have established mutual partnerships with farmers and producers, which allow us to share only the best products with our customers. We strive to provide a supportive environment for personal and professional growth, where everyone is rewarded for their dedication and accomplishments.
Culinary
Blue Hill & Blue Hill at Stone Barns
Over the past 10 years, co-owners Dan, David and Laureen Barber have cultivated a unique farm-to-table experience at their two restaurants: Blue Hill, in Greenwich Village, and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, located on an 80-acre working farm and educational facility 30 miles north of midtown Manhattan. Dan Barber, Blue Hill's Executive Chef/ Co-Owner, is regarded as an expert in the field of sustainability and local agriculture.
Eataly
Eataly New York is the city’s largest artisanal Italian food and wine marketplace, housing six restaurants scattered over 42,000 square feet of retail space. In our market we sell the same products used by our chefs; cured meats, olive oils, cheeses, fruits and vegetables, meat and fish. Our fresh pasta , pastries, gelato, bread, beer, and mozzarella are all made fresh daily from local ingredients, and our cooking school, bookstore and housewares sections make it even easier for our customers to ‘Eat, Shop, and Learn’.
Great Performances
Great Performances, founded by CEO Liz Neumark in 1979, has grown into a multi-faceted catering and event company, serving NYC’s social, political, non-profit, and business worlds year-round. We are committed to innovation and sustainability, creating high-end food with local and global flavors fresh from our own organic Katchkie Farm in Kinderhook, NY. In order to do what we want to do in the way of corporate and social change, we are a business that relies on highly organized, detail-oriented, strong independent workers with excellent interpersonal, communication, and collaborative skills who are passionate about integrating business and sustainability.
Kitchensurfing
Kitchensurfing is a social marketplace for people that love food. You can find talented chefs to teach you or cook for you, or amazing venues or kitchens to have your own event. We're a very young company, growing rapidly and looking for all sorts of people that want to connect food and culture worldwide.
Salumeria Rosi
At Salumeria Rosi, you can take home a pound of your favorite prosciutto and salami or dine in for a selezione plate and delicious assaggi della cucina. We offer traditional Italian salumi and cheese as well as Tuscan inspired tapas. We are an equal opportunity employer looking for smart, attentive and enthusiastic candidates!
Sickles Market
Sickles Market is a third generation family-owned market and a trusted source for well-edited quality selections of produce, baked goods, gourmet grocery items, meats, hand-cut-to-order artisanal cheeses, prepared foods, cut flowers, a garden center and nursery, and a gift department. We are all about sharing the good stuff, including a great work environment for passionate and curious employees who are always looking to increase their knowledge about food, garden and a growing retail environment.
Soho House New York
Soho House New York is a private members club and hotel in New York's Meatpacking District. We have developed a food program called Cookhouse that is all about the farm-to-fork food philosophy and aims to attract, develop and promote great chefs with a real passion for food. We love to invest in our chefs and do so through training, local and overseas tasting and sourcing trips, visits from inspirational guest chefs, cookbook and magazine libraries, and members’ events.
Sweet Loren’s
Sweet Loren's is an all-natural, ready-to-bake desserts company. We offer unmatched cookie dough and brownie batter in retail, food service and online sales. I truly believe that the most satisfying food in the world is a warm, freshly baked treat – even better when shared with family or friends. www.sweetlorens.com
The Uptown
We are a seasonal greenmarket restaurant in the Adirondacks, in a small town on northern Lake George. Our ingredients are sourced locally – very locally, foraged even. We buy our dairy, meat and produce from local farmers, our fish is purchased from Sea to Table, operating out of Montauk and Portland Maine, and the restaurant has its own herb and flower garden.
Education
RTR Ideas / The Etiquette Factor
Restaurant owner, schooner chef, university lecturer, Napa Valley winery culinary director, professional bread baker, book author, career advisor and founder of the Etiquette Factor, Barbara has had a full career spanning over thirty-five years in the food business. Today, Barbara operates The Etiquette Factor™, offering fun and interactive dining and business etiquette events, and coaching people on how to create connections and become more confident in both business introductions and job interviewing.
Sterling College
Sterling College is a very small liberal arts college located in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, where Sustainable Agriculture is currently the most popular major, and a new summer semester program in food systems - Vermont's Table - attracts students from other colleges and universities. The on-campus Sterling Farm produces about 20 percent of the food served in the Sterling dining hall, and all students are responsible for farm chores.
University of Gastronomic Sciences
The University of Gastronomic Sciences was co-founded in 2004 by the international non-profit Slow Food, aimed at developing a new professional figure—the gastronome—skilled in the cross-disciplinary aspects of food production, distribution, promotion, and communications. Three one-year master programs and a three-year undergraduate program merge academic study with taste and sensory learning, as well as extensive travel during which students explore food production within a range of local contexts. A growing alumni network links graduates around the world, creating opportunities for exchange, growth, and ongoing learning, as well as a supportive and dynamic community of food-focused professionals.
Media
Edible Manhattan
Edible is a magazine with the mission of inspiring our readers to get to know the farmers, chefs and food and drink community around them--and to support this community. Each magazine is locally owned, locally produced with local talent, locally distributed and locally supported--not unlike the food system we are encouraging.
OMG Foodie
OMG Foodie is an online magazine & community that highlights the best eats around town, info about food events and the foodie scene. We show you a side of the food community you want to get to know. From the mom-and-pop shop down the block to annual food events, we got you covered, food lovers.
SeeFood Media LLC
SeeFood Media currently operates 4 residential kitchen sets, which are specially configured for TV and web video production, as well as food-related still and motion shoots. We promote sustainable agriculture through eatTV.com, and practice environmentally conscious production techniques. We currently seek a full-time studio assistant position, who will be paid a fair wage and will have a huge opportunity for growth.
Non-Profit
City Green
City Green envisions livable, green, sustainable urban communities. As a result of the urban farm, garden and greening projects carried out in Northern New Jersey cities with the help of City Green, residents have access to bountiful fresh produce; youth have volunteer, work and leadership opportunities in the community; and neighborhoods have welcoming natural respites that are a focal point for sociability, community involvement, cultural expression and individual empowerment.
FoodCorps
FoodCorps is a national non-profit organization that addresses childhood obesity and food insecurity by improving school food environments in limited-resource communities. We are dedicated to growing the next generation of leaders in food, farming, nutrition, culinary arts, public health, community organizing, and education. We're currently accepting applications for our second annual class of service members to dedicate one year of full-time public service in school food systems expanding hands-on nutrition education programs, building and tending school gardens, and sourcing healthy, local food for school cafeterias.
Hot Bread Kitchen
Hot Bread Kitchen is a non-profit social enterprise that creates professional opportunities for foreign-born women. Through paid training in our commercial bakery, we teach the skills necessary to become managers and business owners in the food industry.
New Amsterdam Market
New Amsterdam Market is an economic development initiative founded in 2005, with a weekly Sunday market held outdoors from April to December. We support regional food systems, responsible sourcing, and the emerging economy of small businesses. Our market is more than a shopping destination for your weekly groceries, but also a market for commerce, a place to meet your farmers, fishmongers, cheesemongers, and butchers, and a hub to exchange knowledge on food and culture.
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture
At Stone Barns Center we offer dozens of programs for adults and families to learn from our farmers and establish better connections to what we eat and how we can farm in better harmony with our environment. Through our children’s education programs, we give thousands of kids the opportunity to get their hands dirty and see where their food comes from. Stone Barns Center is hiring for several positions with our Summer Farm Camp as well as full-time positions.
United States Healthful Food Council
The United States Healthful Food Council (USHFC) is a non-profit organization established to improve the health of Americans through the promotion of healthier food offerings by food service providers (restaurants, grocers, markets, and schools). We firmly believe that, if motivated properly, food service providers can play an important role in helping people eat more healthfully without paying significantly more or sacrificing taste.
Wellness in the Schools
Wellness in the Schools (WITS) is a non-profit, community based organization founded in 2005 in order to improve the environment, nutrition, and fitness in NYC public schools. In an effort to combat childhood obesity and create healthier environments in which to learn, WITS developed Cook for Kids, Coach for Kids, and Green for Kids, three NYC based programs poised for replication nationwide. Become a part of a growing movement across the nation to change the way American school children eat.
Production
Brooklyn Brewery
Founded in 1987 by two New Yorkers, the Brooklyn Brewery today is one of America’s top 40 breweries, and Brooklyn Lager is among the top draft beers in New York City.
Breezy Hill Orchard
For the past 25 years, Elizabeth Ryan has owned and operated Breezy Hill orchard & Cider Mill in the historic Hudson Valley, NY. We grow more than 100 varieties of apples & other fruit. What sets Breezy Hill apart is our dedication to quality ingredients, environmental stewardship, fair labor, and support of our local economy.
First Field
At First Field we are committed to encouraging a full four-season cycle of sustainable agriculture. Our recipes reflect our interest in growing our own produce, and, whenever possible, in using fresh ingredients from farms that share our commitment to sustainable growing practices. We currently sell our flagship product, Jersey Ketchup, to over 50 retailers and restaurants in the tri-state area, and are expanding our operations this year.
Grandaisy Bakery
Grandaisy Bakery is a European-style bakeshop tailored to modern New York sensibilities. We specialize in rustic Italian breads and pastries, Roman-style pizzas, and gourmet panini. Our passion for food is deeply rooted in the tradition and simplicity of rustic artisanal baking, and we are proud to serve as a community bakery for the greatest city in the world.
Harlem Brewing Company
Sugar Hill Beer brings you that authentic delicious, unique taste Harlemites loved during the Renaissance.
Martin’s Pretzels
The pretzel-lover's Rolls Royce. World-renowned hand-rolled, hand-twisted, hard pretzels with deep, rich flavor and all natural ingredients - no fat, no preservatives. Machines beware! Only hands can makes a Martin's Pretzel!
Pop Karma
Pop Karma LLC creates gourmet popcorn from carefully culled, sustainably grown ingredients, marketed with a distinctly urban flair. We believe that buying from sustainable producers, training employees on our value proposition, and educating customers on the importance of their buying choices will leave a lasting impact. We are looking for passionate popcorn artists with a strong work ethic.
Other
Jason Foscolo LLC
Jason Foscolo LLC is a full-service Food Law firm, dedicated to the special needs of small-scale farmers and food entrepreneurs. Our unique training, experience, and sincere appreciation for amazing food, can provide you with the reliable guidance you need to build your sustainable business.
