North American Food Systems Network (NAFSN)

Explore the latest job opportunities in food systems development! 🌱 ➡️ Myers Produce - Director of Operations (https://lnkd.in/eRYK2jGS) ➡️ Rhode Island Commerce - Food Strategy Director (https://lnkd.in/efV5hpmc) ➡️ Center for Science in the Public Interest - Policy Associate (https://lnkd.in/eVhkjfPx) ➡️ Growing Gardens - Seasonal Farm Assistant (https://lnkd.in/eDJtCjTX) For a comprehensive list of employment opportunities in food systems development, visit NAFSN's free jobs board: https://lnkd.in/gFcSmhW #jobcreators #jobboard #openpositions #hiringnow #foodsystems #careerinfoodsystems #careers #careerswitch

Are you interested in becoming a trained food systems facilitator? 💡 Or, are you looking for an affordable & practical professional development opportunity for your staff with a lasting impact? Join us for a free ACRE information session on November 19th! AgriCluster Resilience and Expansion - or ACRE for short - is a professionally-facilitated strategic planning process to help groups of farmers, especially those in value-chains, work together and compete more effectively. The ACRE Facilitator Training program provides instruction specifically designed for food and agriculture systems professionals to facilitate and guide the ACRE Process with farmers and other community stakeholders in the values-based development of more resilient food value chains. In the ACRE Information Session, you'll learn about the training course, and the community of practice employing ACRE in their food/ag communities. Register here to join us: https://lnkd.in/eEzyXJyN

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Congratulations are in order! 🎉 USDA AMS just announced its 2024 Local Food Promotion Program awardees! 🏆 NAFSN is very pleased to celebrate that our partners at Troy University have been funded to continue their work to strengthen the agricultural sector in the Utuado municipality of Puerto Rico using our ACRE facilitation model with agritourism collaborators. To learn more about applying ACRE in your food/agricultural community, consider signing up for our next ACRE Information Session on Nov 19. https://lnkd.in/eEzyXJyN

It's live! NAFSN's new Community Food Systems Consultants Directory is ready to search. Use it to find and hire the expertise your community-based food/ag organization needs. Link in comments! Big thanks to Sagdrina Brown Jalal for providing thoughtful guidance to this ongoing effort and to Renee Catacalos for inspiring it.

📣 Reminder to sign up for our Consultants Directory! 📣 Are you a food systems consultant with experience working with community-based organizations? 🤔 NAFSN is preparing to launch its Community Food Systems Consultants Directory! 🎉 This directory will be: ⭐️ Maintained as open access and free to search ⭐️ Maintained as a place for future clients to find you ⭐️ Maintained as a place for you to find collaborators Please reach out to [email protected] to request an invitation to be listed. Learn more about NAFSN's support for consultants like you here: https://lnkd.in/esjJVH8C #communityconsultants #consultantsdirectory #foodsystems #communityfoodsystems

Explore the latest job opportunities in food systems development! 🌱 ➡️ Pesticide Action and Agroecology Network - Organizing Lead (https://lnkd.in/gnsft_H3) ➡️ The Local Inland Northwest Cooperative - Food Hub Sales Director (https://lnkd.in/gXFsgV9s) ➡️ Measure to Improve LLC - Communications and Business Development Lead (https://lnkd.in/eWCXJ9XJ) ➡️ Land Stewardship Project - Policy Organizer (https://lnkd.in/gZqyjSmh) For a comprehensive list of employment opportunities in food systems development, visit NAFSN's free jobs board: https://lnkd.in/gFcSmhW #jobcreators #jobboard #openpositions #hiringnow #foodsystems #careerinfoodsystems #careers #careerswitch

Thank you to all of our wonderful speakers this month in our Finding Your Future in Food Systems webinars! 🤩 So many insightful discussions and in-depth looks into the exciting food systems roles of Dhalia Bumbaca, MBA, M. Antonio Silas, Ph.D., Benji Ballmer, Dawn Spears, Jared Krawitz and Tianna Rose Neal! 👏🏻 If you weren't able to make it, don't worry! We will be posting the recordings here: https://lnkd.in/emjjjrJp #foodsystems #freewebinar #foodsystemsjobs

📣 Come one, come all community food systems stakeholders! 📣 On October 24, we are holding an information session on our open-access resource, CARAT! 👩🏫 CARAT, or Community and Agriculture Resilience Audit Tool, helps community stakeholders assess how they currently utilize the assets of their local food system in order to achieve a substantial level of community resilience. CARAT measures the resources within a food system using 101 indicators to determine possible next steps to increase community resiliency and food sovereignty. 👩🏽🌾 So check out CARAT and our registration page at the link below and bring your questions! 💡 More about CARAT: carattool.org Register here: https://lnkd.in/ei2UATsp #foodsystems #localfood #foodreselience

Reminder that our first October panel for our Finding Your Future in Food Systems webinar is ⭐️TONIGHT!⭐️ Register below and tune in at 6pm Eastern 🎉 We will be joined by Dawn Spears of Ashawaug Farms, Jared Krawitz of Closter Farm and Livestock, and Tianna Rose Neal of Starlit Roots. 🌱 Next Tuesday (Oct. 22nd) we will have another amazing panel, so make sure to register for that below as well. All registrants will be entered to win a free NAFSN membership; one will be randomly chosen for each episode- you don't want to miss this! Tonight's registration: https://lnkd.in/erTcYk3p October 22nd registration: https://lnkd.in/enfyayEq See you there! #webinar #foodsystems #professionaldevelopment #bookgiveaway #careers #careerinsights #networking #careeradvice #freewebinar