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IT'S A TOOL, NOT A TOY . . .
We've long struggled with the reality of running an online business - technology can be so cold, impersonal, and isolating. That's why our mission has always been to use this screen-based interface as a tool to increase in-person interaction, foster continuing education, and help individuals create the kinds of lives they want to be living.
Over the past 5 years, we've cultivated a community of nearly 70,000 users. While we respect the enormity of that large number, what we find most compelling is how we feel when we connect with each individual that we meet in the Good Food Jobs community. Inevitably, those people become good friends, because they understand that our common interest in food is about so much more than the food itself - it's about how people connect, how we nourish ourselves and each other, how we interact with the natural world.
Getting folks together within the GFJ community has not been without it's challenges, but we are always scheming up new ways to make it happen. This September, we're teaming up with the amazing gang at Eco Practicum to put on a 4-day in-person program in the Catskills, and we hope you'll join us (yes, you!)
Although there is limited space, and the nature of an in-person meetup is that it can only happen in one place and at one time, we are choosing to follow our own advice and move forward. As always, our goal is to continue to learn from our experiences and come up with ways for us all to connect around our deep love of food.
Open registration will begin on June 23rd, but here are some details to give you a better idea of what's in store.
GOOD FOOD JOBS + ECO PRACTICUM
Everything But the Kitchen:
A Comprehensive Engagement with the Regional Food System
Thursday September 17th - Sunday September 20th, 2015
Camp Shomria, Liberty NY (Catskills)
$680 a limited number of scholarships are available, see details below
Just because you work in food doesn't mean you have to work with food. This practicum offers professionals and job seekers in the GFJ community knowledge, connections, and skills to more effectively participate in the good food revival - extending far beyond working in the kitchen. We'll explore the less-obvious, but equally important food work - pertaining to renewable energy, water quality, seed saving, waste water, and composting.
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SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
GFJ will be awarding a number of full and partial scholarships. Open registration doesn't start until June 23rd, but if you can't afford the ticket price of attending, apply for a scholarship now.
To apply for a need-based scholarship, please write us a brief letter and include the amount of funding that you are requesting. You do not need to include financial documents, but do feel free to include any information that demonstrates your need, and please tell us what value you hope to gain from participating in the practicum and how you might pay it forward. We must receive your letter by Monday June 15th in order for you to be eligible for a scholarship.
Kindly mail your letter to:
Good Food Jobs
19 Terrace Drive
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
Please be sure to include your email address and phone number in the letter, and we will notify you of your scholarship status by June 20th.
Cheers,
 Taylor & Dorothy
Co-Founders, Good Food Jobs
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details / GFJ + ECO PRACTIUM
Everything But the Kitchen:
A Comprehensive Engagement with the Regional Food System
Thursday September 17th - Sunday September 20th
Camp Shomria, Liberty NY (Catskills)
Just because you work in food doesn't mean you have to work with food. This practicum offers professionals and jobseekers in the GFJ community knowledge, connections, and skills to more effectively participate in the good food revival - extending far beyond working in the kitchen. We'll explore the less-obvious, but equally important food work - pertaining to renewable energy, water quality, seed saving, waste water, and composting. The program will include:
Visit Apple Pond Farm & Renewable Energy Education Center
and learn how they power their home with wind and solar
Work on Wildflower Farm and Aquaculture Center
and see how their closed-loop system uses the wastewater from their tilapia to grow vegetables
Meet regional Slow Food coordinator and farmer at Channery Hill Farm
and learn about the politics and science of seed saving
Build a rain catchment system and learn about the Catskills reservoir network,
which makes up the largest unfiltered water system in the world
accommodations / We're keeping it rustic. Join us at Camp Shomria in Liberty, NY (the Catskills): shared cabins (w/ electricity), central bathroom and shower facility, open fires allowed.
cost / $680 / person includes transportation during the program*, lodging, meals, and all programming.
* participants will have to arrange for transportation to and from the program
scholarships /
To apply for a need-based scholarship, please write us a brief letter and include the amount of funding that you are requesting. You do not need to include financial documents, but do feel free to include any information that demonstrates your need, and please tell us what value you hope to gain from participating in the practicum and how you might pay it forward.We must receive your letter by Monday June 15th in order for you to be eligible for a scholarship.
Kindly mail your letter to:
Good Food Jobs
19 Terrace Drive
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
Please be sure to include your email address and phone number in the letter, and we will get back to you with our decision by June 20th.
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