Kitchen Garden needs installation at Sierra Grande School District

Sierra Grande School District has received a "Kitchen Community" school garden. All parts have arrived and they are willing to pay two individuals to put it together. It  looks to be a two week job. If interested please call Superintendent Darren Edgar at 719-379-3257 or 719-580-5300.

Help Costilla County students get their hands in the dirt and grow food! 

"Great Board Members Wanted"

The San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition is looking for dedicated board members who embrace the vision, mission and core values of the LFC and have the time, energy and ability to roll up their sleeves to make this non-profit the best it can be. Please provide a resume and a cover letter of interest to slvlocalfoods@gmail.com by July 1 5pm.  For a list of the mission, core values or questions please call ED at 719-539-5606.

Alamosa MOKI Coordinator

Job Title: Alamosa MOKI Coordinator

Reports to: Nutrition Education Director

Responsibilities:

Farmers Market Demonstrations

·         Provide oversight and assistance at the Healthy Habits Mobile Kitchen (MOKI) cooking demonstrations at the Alamosa Farmers Market, which includes:

o   Contact and schedule potential guest chefs, providing them guidance on selecting their healthy recipe and submitting it one week in advance of his/her assigned Saturday.

o   Work at approximately seven of the 14 Saturdays during the Alamosa Farmer’s Market from 7:15am to about 2pm.  The Market runs from July 6-Oct 5th.

o   Purchase weekly demonstration supplies including local food, based on the recipe being prepared that week.

o   Set up MOKI cooking demonstration area each Saturday.  This includes preparing the demonstration area to ensure proper food safety.

o   Assist the guest chef with his/her cooking demonstration and the preparation of about 200-300 recipe samples to be provided to Farmers Market customers.

o   Inventory weekly food serving supplies.

o   Properly clean and sanitize the MOKI each week after the cooking demos and at the beginning and end of the Market season.

o   Other minor duties as assigned.

Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Program

·         Redeem the Healthy Habits Fruit and Vegetable Vouchers from the farmers at the end of the Market.  The MOKI staff person must remain at the Farmers Market until all farmers have redeemed their vouchers.

·         Meet with the Nutrition Education Director the following week to reconcile the grocery receipts and cash leftover from voucher redemption to ensure accurate weekly bookkeeping.

Qualification Requirements:

• Passion for nutrition and cooking education.
• Basic knowledge in the preparation of nutritional foods, including safe food preparation methods.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.

Compensation:

• Hourly rate of $12 for approximately 8-12 hours per week. 

To Apply:

Submit and resume and letter of interest to Melissa Emminger at nutritioned.slvlocalfoods@gmail.com by Tuesday June 18th at 5pm.  For questions contact Melissa via the above email or at (719)588-2139.

 

SLV Local Foods Coalition is an equal employment opportunity employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful and all persons involved in the operations of the SLV LFC are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.

La Jara MOKI Coordinator

Job Title: La Jara MOKI Coordinator

Reports to: Nutrition Education Director

Responsibilities:

Farmers Market Demonstrations

·         Provide oversight and assistance at the Healthy Habits cooking demonstrations at the La Jara Farmers Market, which includes:

o   Contact and schedule potential guest chefs, providing them guidance on selecting their healthy recipe and submitting it one week in advance of his/her assigned Friday.

o   Work the seven Fridays of the La Jara Farmers Market from 2:30pm-about 7pm.  The Market runs from July 26-Sept. 6th.

o   Purchase weekly demonstration supplies including local food, based on the recipe being prepared that week.

o   Review and adhere to Food Safety Guidelines.

o   Set up cooking demonstration area each Friday.  This includes preparing the demonstration area to ensure proper food safety.

o   Assist the guest chef with his/her cooking demonstration and the preparation of about 100-200 recipe samples to be provided to Farmers Market customers.

o   Inventory weekly food serving supplies.

o   Properly clean and sanitize the MOKI/booth each week after the cooking demos and at the beginning and end of the Market season.

o   Other minor duties as assigned.

Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Program

·         Redeem the Healthy Habits Fruit and Vegetable Vouchers from the farmers at the end of the Market.  The MOKI staff person must remain at the Farmers Market until all farmers have redeemed their vouchers.

·         Meet with the Nutrition Education Director the following week to reconcile the grocery receipts and cash leftover from voucher redemption to ensure accurate weekly bookkeeping.

Qualification Requirements:

• Passion for nutrition and cooking education.
• Basic knowledge in the preparation of nutritional foods, including safe food preparation methods.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.

Compensation:

• Hourly rate of $12 for approximately 5-10 hours per week.

To Apply:

Submit and resume and letter of interest to Melissa Emminger at nutritioned.slvlocalfoods@gmail.com  by Monday June 24th at 5pm.  For questions contact Melissa at the above email or at 719-588-2139.

SLV Local Foods Coalition is an equal employment opportunity employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful and all persons involved in the operations of the SLV LFC are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.

Alamosa Artwalk!

Hey SLV farmers, ranchers and caterers, the Alamosa Artwalk is coming up.  It is going to be much different than in the past.  For starters it will be warm!  This year the event will be on June 21 and 22.  Rather than having local food offerings in downtown stores, the Local Foods Coalition will be hosting the MOKI (the mobile kitchen) on Main Street.  We will be cooking up local foods and offering samples as well as promoting local producers and the farmers market.  If you would like us to prepare a product from your farm OR if you would like to promote your business by preparing and sampling something yourself for a couple of hours on one of those days, please let us know!  You can email us at slvlocalfoods@gmail.com.

SW Marketing Network Conference!

The 11th Annual Southwest Marketing Network Conference will be held July 15-17 in Alamosa and San Luis, CO

This summer's conference will focus on Farm to School and related issues of distribution, food safety, increasing local production, sustainable production practices, education, and policy.

On Monday July 15th there will be a tour of traditional farms in the San Luis Valley with a local food dinner to follow. The Conference will be held Tuesday and Wednesday July 16 and 17 at the Inn of the Rio Grande, in Alamosa.

The conference is sponsored by the Southwest Marketing Network, Farm to Table, USDA Outreach and Assistance to Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and The Christensen Fund.

For more info or to register go to:

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e7menxeo6d773c30&llr=9f7995dab