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Good Food Jobs is a gastro-job search tool, designed to link people looking for meaningful food work with the businesses that need their energy, enthusiasm, and intellect. We post opportunities with farmers and food artisans, policy makers and purveyors, retailers and restaurateurs, economists, ecologists, and more.


the gastrognomes is a blog for food lovers who want to put their passions to work. We profile the most interesting, engaging, and unlikely food professionals that we find, and we publish them here to inspire you.

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"Just wanted to let you know that Plovgh launched its first farmstand today, in part due to the help of the intern we hired through Good Food Jobs.  Success story all around!"
                               - Elizabeth, Job Poster

"Thanks, again, for being a huge catalyst in connecting the dots for those people and organizations out there that need to find each other in order to do the important work of creating a better food system for all."
                                - Meghan, Job Seeker

"Ultimately I think you will be THE food business site."
                 - Monica, Home/Made Wine Bar

We're happy to be of service.

Happy Valentine's Day,

We know it may just be an excuse to sell greeting cards, presents, and a bunch of bad chocolate (perish the thought!), but we get behind anything that encourages people to share their love of something: food or otherwise.

We hope you enjoy this week's newsletter - our labor of love - with a special section below to highlight the TEDxManhattan event this past Saturday.

And we strongly urge you to check out another labor of love - on the part of many passionate food professionals.  FoodCorps (featured below in the TEDx recap, as well as in this week's blog profile - can you tell that we LOVE their idea?) is a program that we'd like to have conjured up ourselves - 1 year of modestly paid public work in improving school food systems.  Ours words just can't do justice for it - if you have an extra 90 seconds we recomend that you watch the video at http://food-corps.org/

Love always,
Taylor & Dorothy
Co-Founders, Good Food Jobs


RECAP: TEDXMANHATTAN "CHANGING THE WAY WE EAT"

Huge kudos and a show of gratitude to Diane Hatz, Glynwood, TEDx, and all of the people whose hard work made Saturday's TedxManhattan "Changing the Way We Eat" a success. 

If you'll let us gush, the TED platform is simply brilliant. The short, riveting speeches, the incorporation of music and video, the cadence of the day's schedule - allowing for ample opportunity to stretch, explore ideas with others, and refresh your mind at regular intervals - all had a huge positive impact on the experience. 

And - it warrants us saying - the food was on point with the subject - farm fresh, nourishing, and simply delicious.

The only thing that could have made it better is if it were held at a TEDxFarm, close to the source of the subject - everyone pitching tents and hosting impromptu potlucks.  But maybe that's better saved for the summer.

If you missed the event, check in with the webcasts at the TEDxManhattan website. Here are some of our highlights:

IAN CHENEY
Co-Founder
Truck Farm

You likely know Ian from his work at Wicked Delicate and his documentary King Corn (created with Curt Ellis, below), but his most recent project proves that small changes can make a big difference.  He's used his 1/1000th of an acre farm - built in the back of an old pick-up truck - to illustrate what you can accomplish with a little bit of space, some limited resources, and a healthy sense of humor. 

LAURIE DAVID
Environmental Activist, Producer, and Author

There's a certain intangible benefit to a non-food professional who communicates about food - it reminds us, yet again, that food is universal and eating is one of the primary things that we all share. Just like novelist Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle made waves, Laurie's new book, The Family Dinner, focuses on the fact that when eating is something that we do every day, we might as well make it pleasurable.

CURT ELLIS
Co-Founder
FoodCorps

We vote Curt as the new Uncle Sam, courageously leading America's passionate youth and shaping the way we all think about "food service" - redefined by him to mean REAL food, NATIONAL service. He admits a year in FoodCorps is poorly paid in comparison to corporate culture, but promises intesely meaningful work - which is something that we can all get behind.  See more on FoodCorps with Jerusha's Blog profile below.

ELIZABETH MELTZ
Director of Food Safety & Sustainability
Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group

Elizabeth illustrated how issues in sustainability go beyond the farm fresh fare on your plate.  Addressing issues of waste, water, and energy can go a long way to not only give businesses peace of mind, but contribute to their bottom line.

In a similar vein - for those businesses that can't afford a full-time sustainability professional - The Green Hospitality Initiative is working to help restaurants in NYC transform their energy, water, and cleaning practices. And the best part is that, thanks to funding from the EPA, they'll conduct fast, free audits in all of those areas. They'll also continue to host free seminars for anyone interested this Spring. For more information, visit http://nysraef.affiniscape.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=25

What are you waiting for?  You know you want to check out the full videos at http://www.tedxmanhattan.org/

THE GASTRO.GNOMES BLOG

Jerusha Klemperer
Associate Director of National Programs
Slow Food USA & FoodCorps


Jerusha hits all the marks: a former actress with a passion for food, she knew she’d have to take an entry level gig in order to work her way up. Now she’s not only working for one of the most influential non-profits in the industry, Slow Food, but also helping to implement a new tool for battling obesity, specifically in young children, at FoodCorps. She might just inspire you to get involved.  Read more

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GOOD FOOD JOB HIGHLIGHTS
and 3 dozen other NEW jobs, too . . . see the full website for the latest good food jobs.

PROJECT ASSISTANT
Bon Appetit Management Company
Palo Alto, CA

If the terms "institutional dining" and "food service" bring to mind images of stale food and hairnets, get ready to change your perception - and the food system.  Bon Appetit Management Company is leading the way in social responsible food service, with just over 400 cafes cropping up in and around California.

SALES & MARKETING MANAGER
High Mowing Seeds
Hardwick, VT

If you've spent years convincing others to purchase products you don't believe in, here's a chance to support one that you do.  Be integrally involved in shaping this growing independent business (pun intended). 

KITCHEN & MARKET HELP
Brooklyn Soda Works
Brooklyn, NY

If you're into the idea of starting your own artisan food company, there's no better way to prepare than to work for another burgeoning business.  Be the first hired hands of Brooklyn Soda Works.

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