Company description

The Good Food Foundation exists to celebrate, connect, empower and leverage the passionate and engaged, yet often overlooked, players in the food system who are driving towards tasty, authentic and responsible food in order to humanize and reform our American food culture.

About our projects:

• Good Food Awards: The Good Food Awards were created to celebrate the kind of food we all want to eat: tasty, authentic and responsibly produced. The annual award recognizes the people who produce good food and brings businesses the attention they need to grow and thrive. Winners gain valuable marketing opportunities and participate in an Awards Ceremony hosted by Alice Waters in San Francisco.
• Good Food Guild: With 450 sustainable food business members, the Guild is the first of its kind trade association with the mission to connect, convene and promote craft food and beverage producers who share socially responsible business practices.
• Good Food Mercantile: The Good Food Mercantile is an un-trade show for tasty, authentic, responsible food. This one-day, intimate gathering brings together over 500 like-minded food crafters and retailers.

Internship description

Dates: March 16 - July 3
Location: San Francisco
Compensation: Small stipend, copious edible perks and the opportunity to work with national leaders in the food movement.

The Good Food Foundation, a 501 (c) 3 not for profit organization is offering a full-time (40 hrs/week) internship designed for a passionate young person looking to gain experience at the intersection of food, sustainability, community organizing and event planning. The intern will become an integral part of a small team. The internship will focus on research of sustainability practices of top American food crafters, event production and gaining first hand insight into the inner workings of a small, nimble, effective nonprofit. This internship is a unique opportunity to engage with the community of food crafters and leaders who have shaped the food movement over the last two decades and those who are leading the way to the future. Major projects the intern may focus on include the Traveling Mercantile in Minneapolis in April, the New York Mercantile in June and preparing for Good Food Awards Entry Period in July.

Intern Responsibilities Include:

• Play an integral event production role on the ground in the Minneapolis and New York Mercantiles
• Assist with event planning
• Assist with retailer outreach
• Assist with sourcing and managing supplies
• Assist with vetting of Good Food Guild applicants
• Additional responsibilities dependent upon experience and interests

Requirements:

• Strong interest in food from an environmental, social justice and cultural perspective
• Excellent communications, computer, written, verbal and organizational skills
• Self-starter able to execute responsibilities with minimal direction
• Flexibility and eagerness to lend a hand wherever it is most needed
• Must be a true team player
• Ability to handle fast-paced environment

For more information about our organization, visit goodfoodfdn.org

Compensation

this position is: stipend / non-monetary compensation

Application instructions

Deadline

February 22, 2020