Black Creek Community Farm: Urban Harvest Educator

1 week ago

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada FoodShare Toronto Full time
Urban Harvest Educator (Part-Time)

We are an 8-acre farm in the heart of the Jane and Finch neighbourhood in Toronto. We are a not-for-profit organization and leader in Toronto's dynamic urban agriculture and community food sector.

At Black Creek Community Farm, we serve and enrich our community through a thriving farm, healthy food, and hands-on training and learning experiences.

Our focus is to inspire the next generation by providing leadership in food justice and supporting diverse natural and social ecosystems.


Main Tasks:


The Urban Harvest Educator will assist in the implementation and development of the Urban Harvest Toronto Program at Black Creek Community Farm (BCCF).

The main tasks involve the canvassing of homes, collection of surplus fruits and vegetables grown by local residents and community gardens, and redistribution of surplus produce to local food banks.

This position also includes supporting the cooking and food preservation workshops, demonstrations, and DIY workshops across the community, including Farm Education field trips at the farm.

This position reports to the Urban Harvest Coordinator.

Duties include (but are not limited to):
Surplus Produce Collection

  • Canvass doortodoor to the residential homes in the Black Creek neighbourhood and register local residents interested in participating in the surplus harvest program using surveys for the Urban Harvest program
  • Assist residents with properly completing any surveys, forms, or questionnaires
  • Do weekly followup calls on residents and community garden leaders for produce availability and pickup arrangements
  • Collect weekly fruits and vegetable surplus from the farm, residential homes, and community gardens in the neighbourhood using cargo bikes
  • Weigh, sort, and pack collected produce in the cooler for redistribution
  • Redistribute fruits and vegetables to food banks in the community using cargo bike
Supervision

  • Recruit, work with, and supervise volunteers in canvassing, collecting, and redistributing surplus produce
  • Supervise program participants, placement students/interns, and volunteers in relevant aspects of programming
Programming

  • Implement, and contribute to the development of a landbased education curriculum for all ages that is rooted in food justice, urban agriculture, environmental stewardship, STEM topics, food preservation, and cooking programming
  • Work collaboratively with the Programs Team and other BCCF staff to facilitate field trips, workshops, and events in person, on and offsite, and/or virtually
  • Work with the Programs team and volunteers in the design, development, and maintenance of the teaching gardens and outdoor classroom spaces
  • Collect seasonal fruits and vegetables and surplus produce from the teaching gardens for use in programming and/or redistribution to food banks.
  • Maintain the cargo bike, all tools and equipment, and work spaces for the surplus produce program
Administration

  • Keep accurate records of canvassed homes, registered participants to the program, and collected and redistributed weekly produce for metrics tracking and reporting
  • Support purchasing of program materials and supplies, track expenses and receipts
Evaluation and Reporting

  • Implement and contribute to the design of program evaluation tools
  • Track program metrics and deliverables in Program Log
  • Contribute to the preparation of monthly program updates, the annual report, and quarterly reports
Outreach

  • Conduct and contribute to the design of outreach activities to register participants, including creating promotional material, canvassing, flyering, partnering with community organizations, and tabling at community events to engage community residents
  • Create content for communication to be shared on weekly social media posts (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) and monthly enewsletters, and update the website as needed
General

  • Adhere to Foodshare and, BCCF's policies and health and safety procedures
  • Attend BCCF staff meetings and staff trainings, scheduled team meetings and checkins
  • Participate in farmwide initiatives and events
  • Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience:

  • Minimum 1+ years experience running educational programs for children, youth, and adults in an outdoor setting
  • Minimum 1+ year experience designing and adapting lesson plans, and facilitating workshops to serve the needs of various age groups and are culturally relevant
  • Minimum 1+ year experience conducting outreach in community (registering participants, creating promotional materials, canvassing, flyering, tabling at community events)
  • Minimum 1+ year experience supervising program participants and/or volunteers
  • Experience or interest in farming, community engagement, environmental education and/or food justice are assets
  • Experience living or working in the Black Creek/Jane-Finch neighbourhood, an asset
  • Demonstrated ability to work respectfully with

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