We are currently hiring a Maine Meat Initiative AmeriCorps VISTA to join our staff!

Full Job Description and Application Information: Maine Meat Initiative VISTA
Please reach out to Jim Hanna at jhanna@ccfoodsecurity.org if you are interested.
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​Goal of the Overall VISTA Project: The project goal is to help food insecure people in Maine with limited resources benefit from nutritious, locally produced food. The VISTA will build capacity for infrastructure, marketing and communications, training, and fundraising related to CCFSC’s Maine Meat Initiative (MMI) located at Ummah Farm Food Hub and Cooperative. The VISTA will also support and serve as CCFSC’s liaison to an equitable food and land access consortium in which CCFSC participates. The activities of the VISTA member will help disrupt the cycle of poverty by increasing access to nutritious, culturally-important local foods for poor families and by building a stronger local food economy that creates training, income, and employment opportunities.​

The start date is mid-February.