Looking to line-up a summer internship for after graduation? With your Campus Kitchen skills in tow, two new summer internship opportunities focusing on food access at Urbane Development – a community and economic development firm – could serve as the perfect, and most rewarding, resume-builder.

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Urbane Development is a community and economic development firm, located in Philadelphia, PA, working in urban communities to strengthen the asset base – businesses, real estate, and human capital – to catalyze a truly comprehensive and sustainable revitalization process.  We specialize in assisting food-based enterprises and entrepreneurs take their businesses to the next level – from designing retail attraction and financing programs for municipal governments to capacity building for small retailers. Urbane is committed to finding creative, market-based solutions to the food access dilemma plaguing communities across the country.

Urbane Development is currently seeking undergraduate and graduate level interns for the summer of 2011. We are looking for interns who are interested in food policy and access issues, economic development, real estate, public relations and communications.  Internships will be based in New York City.

Please take a moment to review Urbane Development’s internship opportunities.  To learn more about Urbane please view our website at www.urbane-dev.com or check our blog at www.bodegachronicles.com
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PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTION:

Under the supervision of the Urbane Development management team, the intern will participate in research and project development for grocery/food retail strategies and small-scale food-based enterprise ventures in target areas in Philadelphia and New York City. The intern will also be responsible for assisting with research for development/fundraising for projects in target area:

- Develop case studies for past and current Urbane Development projects
- Assist with feasibility analysis of existing retail property
- Assist with strategic planning and feasibility analysis for food-based economic development and land-use initiative
- Research, planning, and design of food-based entrepreneurial fellowship program
- Research on municipal, state, and federal economic development programs and incentives
- Research on municipal, state, and federal green/sustainable programs and incentives
- Research foundation resources relevant to target area initiatives

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Bachelor’s Degree or commensurate work experience. Recent graduate or Master’s candidate with relevant coursework or focus of study preferred.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

-  Experience with basic statistical analysis and research
-  Fluency with Microsoft Office programs
-  Excellent oral and written communication skills, with ability to communicate with diverse populations
-  Well organized with attention to detail
-  Ability to meet deadlines
-  Professional demeanor

EXPERIENCE OR SPECIAL SKILLS DESIRED:

- Experience with grocery/food retail industry, commercial real estate, or other food-based industry or enterprise a plus
- Experience with green/sustainable building, systems, materials, or policy advocacy
- Familiarity with public and private community-based stakeholders and institutions in Philadelphia and/or New York City
- Experience with fundraising or organizational development

SCHEDULE: Minimum of 10 weeks beginning May or June 2011. Flexible Schedule 20 hours per week, some tasks may be able to be performed remotely. Please advise if available beyond 10 week period. This internship is based in New York City with travel to Philadelphia.

COMPENSATION: Variable

CONTACT: Please contact Urbane Development at info@urbane-dev.com with a resume and cover letter.  Inquiries due by April 15th.

PUBLIC RELATIONS/SOCIAL MEDIA/WEB DEVELOPMENT INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTION:

Under the supervision of the Urbane Development management team, the intern will participate in the coordination of a comprehensive public and media relations strategy for Urbane Development.

- Assist in developing company’s web/multimedia strategy
- Work with graphic designer on redesign of company website
- Manage company blog – bodegachronicles.com and social media outreach via Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, et al
- Create company newsletter and press kit
- Writing press releases
- Update/maintain media lists
- General research and office duties

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Master’s candidate or degree or commensurate work experience preferred. Rising undergraduate junior or above required.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with ability to communicate with diverse populations
- Fluency with Microsoft Office programs
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Well organized with attention to detail
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Professional demeanor

EXPERIENCE OR SPECIAL SKILLS DESIRED:

- Experience with Adobe Creative Design Suite
- Web/graphic design experience
- Past public relations/marketing/journalism experience
- Event planning experience

SCHEDULE: Minimum of 10 weeks beginning May or June 2011. Some tasks may be able to be performed remotely. Please advise if available beyond 10 week period. Internship is based in New York City.

COMPENSATION: Work-study and/or course credit for undergraduate candidates; rate is negotiable for post-graduate candidates.

CONTACT: Please contact Urbane Development at info@urbane-dev.com with a resume, cover letter, and a writing sample.

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Dominique Aubry
HR Director
Urbane Development, LLC
2905 W Girard Avenue | 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19130

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For anyone excited about the  sustainability aspects of the Campus Kitchen mission, you may be interested in exploring OurEarth.org’s summer internship opportunity.

OurEarth.org started in 2006 as a way to make it easier for the general public to access environmental organization. Now, OurEarth.org is a national 501 (c)3 non-profit organization and grassroots initiative that aims to aid and develop environmental leaders, in part, by transforming the way environmental programs, activities, and information are found on the internet.

OurEarth.org’s summer internship program provides undergraduate and graduate students with the opportunity to develop their leadership and professional skills, create new content for the OurEarth.org website and expand the impact and reach of the organization. Over the course of the 8 week program, interns will work remotely on a diverse array of projects, participate  in educational webinars and work with other interns from across the country, connecting them into a network of grassroots environmental activists. This great program will prepare participants to be environmental leaders on their campuses and in their communities.

The application is due April 15th, but interns will be accepted on a rolling basis, so get yours in as soon as possible. Click here to download the form!

For more information about the internship, check out the program’s flyer.

For more information about the work of OurEarth.org, check out the website.

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With non-profit, anti-poverty, and partnership building experience, Campus Kitchen volunteers might be a perfect match.

Internship Position Description

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships seeks an enthusiastic self-starter to provide support to the office during the fall semester. The person selected for this internship will have an exciting opportunity to help us build partnerships with faith-based and secular non-profits that are working to alleviate domestic and international hunger and poverty while gaining valuable experience working in the Executive branch of the U.S. Government.

About Our Office

The USDA’s Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships is part of President Obama’s Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships initiative. Our office works closely with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to build partnerships between government, faith-based and community organizations to better serve individuals, families, and communities. The main priorities of our office are ending childhood hunger by 2015, promoting healthy families, increasing access to healthy and affordable food, sustainably reducing global hunger and poverty, and encouraging interfaith dialogue and volunteerism among our partners, grantees and USDA employees.

Majors Applicable

Public Health/Nutrition, Agriculture, Business/Management, Communications/English, Political Science and Government, Public Administration/ Policy, Sociology, Social Work, International Relations, Religious Studies, others may also apply.

Desirable Attributes

Highly organized, strong work ethic, customer-service oriented, dependable and responsible, adaptable, honest, self-motivated, professional, and resourceful.

Skills Required

Excellent interpersonal and written communications skills
Interest and/or experience in the non-profit community
Interest and/or experience in anti-poverty work
Interest and/or experience with interfaith/ecumenical issues
Interest and/or experience with government and the political process
Proficiency with Microsoft software: Word, Excel, Outlook, and Publisher
Successful experience in a team-based office setting and working independently
Proven high level of organization
Excellent time management skills
Ability to meet tight deadlines

Job Responsibilities

- Assists with office management: arranges for and/or attends meetings, prepares correspondence, answers phones, files materials, and ensures the office operates efficiently.

- Draft and/or edit documents (emails, memos, and reports) to be submitted to USDA and White House leadership for approval and dissemination.

- Identify, pursue, and maintain partnerships between the USDA and relevant non-profits, both faith-based and secular.

- Plan events linking community and faith leaders with senior USDA leadership (e.g. the Secretary and Deputy Secretary).

- Develop and update content for the Center’s website and printed materials.

- Liaise with contacts within the USDA, the White House, and other Government agencies in order to promote and advance White House and USDA policy priorities.

- Implement the Director’s ideas and objectives as assigned.

Internship Location

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Jamie L. Whitten Building, Rm. 544-A

1400 Independence Ave., SW

Washington, D.C. 20250

We are located in the Jamie L. Whitten Building, which is easily accessible from the Smithsonian Metro stop. The main entrance to the building is on Jefferson Ave. between 12th and 14th streets, facing the Mall.

Hours

20 to 40 hours per week. A minimum commitment of 20 hours per week is required.

Compensation

Students who are currently enrolled are eligible for course credit or compensation.

For additional information:

To apply, please send a resume, cover letter, and professional writing sample to Julie Curti: julie.curti@osec.usda.gov.

The application deadline is 12pm on Monday, August 2nd for the fall semester.

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Many internships are already filled for the summer, but the Seedlings Projects, which work internationally to increase popular demand and access to good food, are still filling some positions.

What’s in store? “Copious edible perks.” See the rest below.

S.F.  Internship Dates: June 9 – September 9, 40 hours a week

D.C. Internship Dates: July 1 – November 1, 40 hours a week

Location: San Francisco, South Park Office or Washington, DC

Compensation: Unpaid Internship with copious edible perks

Seedling Projects is offering two full-time internships designed for passionate young people wishing to gain experience at the intersection of food, sustainability, education and event planning. The interns will work closely with Seedling Projects founders Sarah Weiner, its Executive Director and Dominic Phillips, its Executive Producer, on movement building, model creation and event production. This internship is a unique opportunity to engage with the community of food producers, chefs, and leaders that have shaped the food movement over the last two decades and those that are leading the way to the future.

Seedling Projects, as an action arm of the food movement, works with a wide and international community to increase the popular demand for and access to good food.

Founders Sarah Weiner and Dominic Phillips bring a unique set of skills and communities to our projects. Sarah Weiner was the Producer of the Soil Association’s Bristol Organic Food Festival in England and Coordinator for Alice Waters’ Art.Food.Hope dinners in DC (2009), Content Director for Slow Food Nation (2007-2008), assistant to Alice Waters. (2006-2007) and Director of Communications for Slow Food International in Italy (2004-2005). Dominic Phillips, was the Executive Producer of Slow Food Nation 2008 and is the owner of San Francisco’s premier boutique event planning company, Dominic Phillips Event Marketing,

Our San Fracisco based intern will become part of the project team for:

• Good Food Awards: Ceremony, Public Tasting & Marketplace – San Francisco 2011
• SF Street Food Festival :collaboration on the La Cocina - August 21, 2010

Our DC based intern will become part of the project team for:

• Schools on the Move: a pilot Edible Education project in the DC public schools
• Focus on Food Summer Youth Employment Program: intensive ‘green collar’ job training and education program for high school students focused on healthy urban farming and ecology and nutrition education.
• Good Food For All:  2011 event in the style of Terra Madre and Salone del Gusto in DC

Intern Responsibilities Include:

-        Grant and policy research

-        Outreach to farmers, artisans and collaborating non profits

-        Program Development

-        Supporting the non profit incorporation process

-        Tracking and updating press materials

-        Answering the phone

-        Assisting with special events planning and logistics

-        Note taking / Meeting Minutes

-        Manage FB & Twitter Accounts

-        Additional responsibilities as appropriate to experience and skill level

Requirements:

-        Strong interest in food from an environmental, social justice and cultural perspective

-        Very strong organizational skills

-        Self-starter able to execute responsibilities with minimal direction

-        Flexibility and eagerness to lend a hand wherever it is most needed

-        Ability to handle fast-paced environment

-        Exellent Computer, written and verbal skills

-        Professional and thorough

To Apply: Submit Cover Letter and Resume to connect@seedlingprojects.org

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Bread for the World Institute is actively recruiting for the following position, Hunger Report Project Assistant/Intern. If you are interested in applying or know of someone who may be interested, please submit your cover letter and resume to Human Resources or human.resources@bread.org. Please visit www.bread.org for a full listing of available positions.

Hunger Report Project Assistant/Intern
Bread for the World Institute, a non-profit research and education organization on hunger and poverty issues, seeks a project assistant to work directly with the editor of the Hunger Report to facilitate the report production process. Primary responsibilities include extensive researching, analyzing and compiling data for the Hunger Report and other Institute projects. Must have a bachelor’s degree; solid research skills and be detail-oriented; strong English-language writing skills, computer skills (proficiency with Microsoft Excel is a plus) with knowledge of graphic software (e.g. Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator); and be flexible, organized and able to meet deadlines. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience conducting research on both international and domestic hunger, poverty, and socio-economic development issues. The project assistant works in a deadline-driven environment that is sometimes stressful and demanding. This is a one-year internship with an annual stipend, health benefits, as well as vacation, and sick leave. Must be available to start June 2010.
Deadline to apply: Wednesday, March 31, 2010.
Bread is an EOE.

Latonya Carter
Human Resources Generalist

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The Washington Youth Garden, based out of the U.S. National Arboretum, uses the garden cycle as a tool to inspire children and families to engage in self-discovery, explore relationships with food and the natural world, and contribute to the health and well-being of their communities.

The garden is a full-functioning, one acre, organic lot with a production area, herb garden, fruit section, butterfly garden, and themed educational gardens. The program consists of year-round gardening and nutrition education through school-based and outdoor garden programs.

Teach, Reach, Feed, Lead, and Garden this summer

Responsibilities of the Education Intern include assisting with the development and facilitation of gardening activities, nutrition education activities for the Growing Food…Growing Together and Seed to Supper programs, and some assistance with the maintenance of the garden.

A Garden Intern will spend the two months (both internships run mid-June to mid-August with flexible start and end dates) learning general organic gardening techniques while assisting the Garden Coordinator with operation and maintenance of the garden. That means: seeding, planting, weeding, mulching beds and paths, pruning, harvesting, watering, fertilizing, etc… The Garden Intern will also help develop garden specific instruction.

What do you need to apply? A degree, or comparable experience in Horticulture, Plant Science, Environmental Studies, Biology, or a related field and interest or experience in gardening and food (Campus Kitchen volunteers  should have that one down!) The stipend is $2500 for 35 hours per week.

For more information, visit The Washington Youth Garden website.

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D.C. Central Kitchen is clearing counter space for summer interns. Campus Kitchen volunteers who are hungry for a professional development opportunity that also combats hunger, may serve as the perfect ingredients.

The positions offer $1000 stipend for college students not receiving credit, and requires generally 20 to 30 hours per week of work. View complete descriptions of internship opportunities here.

Communications Intern: Expand you portfolio of photography, design, and clips while working in a foodie-filled office. Find yourself with a camera lens flush up against a master chef’s preparation of lamb lollipops, interview veteran kitchen staff as they stir vats of pot pie filling, or design a program for a graduation of 20 culinary job training students. You could do all of this and more…

Take a shot like this (i.e. cozy up to Ted Allen, Eric Ripert, and Carla Hall) when culinary judges come for events at the kitchen.

Grantwriting Intern: Grants are what make D.C. Central Kitchen, and The Campus Kitchens Project, tick. Gain real experience, with a hand in each aspect of grant writing. This Intern will help maintain the master grant calendar, research grant prospects, and infuse fresh ideas into the DCCK grant process. This is ideal for a member of the Campus Kitchen with strong organizational skills (ahem… Campus Kitchen coordinators).

Outreach Intern: Every morning, through sunshine, rain, or snow, the First Helping Outreach team serves breakfast to homeless or at risk clients throughout the downtown area, and beyond. The outreach intern will help with breakfast service, connect with clients, and see first-hand how the DCCK outreach crew works with clients after the meal. In addition, interns will come away with two projects: an oral history project, documenting the relations of clients with the program over time, and a cross-comparison of cities and their outreach services.

Culinary Job Training Intern: Help underemployed men and women prepare for careers in the culinary industry. Develop resources for understanding hiring procedures at local food-service employers. Assist in planning events for alumni of the program. Help create cover letters and resumes, to prepare culinary students for interviews. Moreover, if your Campus Kitchen is interested in implementing a similar program, learn first-hand how to do so.

So what are you waiting for Campus Kitchens? Apply!

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August 2010, the first six members of the Child Hunger Corps will roll up their sleeves to work in Feeding America-affiliated food banks while aiding community-based efforts to help end child hunger.

The two year position offers a stipend for living expenses and full benefits with medical and dental, while providing the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with the nation’s largest network of food banks and stay in contact with other Corps volunteers.

Feeding America will look for Corps members who can develop a food bank’s capacity and capability for programs targeting childhood hunger while increasing access to nutritious foods at the time children need it most: in the summer, after school, weekends, school holidays, and at home.

Since the program is brand new, they’re only offering it in a few cities:

Little Rock, Arkansas
Ft. Meyers, Florida
Houston, Texas
Grove City, Ohio
Portland. Oregon
Salem, Virginia

Interested in becoming a Child Hunger Corps member? The application only requires a one page resume and two pages of short-answer questions. The deadline to apply is February 26.

View the application requirements and apply here.

Read the official press release here.

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Volunteer with a Campus Kitchen and looking for a post-college internship? Pursuing a career in anything from marketing to finance and design? Thinking of heading out (or back) West?

Tom’s Shoes, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based company, is looking for interns with the leadership qualities of CKP-ers (no really, they sent us an email) to work at their headquarters. The best part: an internship with Tom’s would continue your socially responsible efforts. The company was founded on the “one for one” premise. For every pair of shoes sold, the organization donates one pair to a child who has none.

Looking for more information? View the YouTube video above or visit their headquarters site.

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