Job Posting! A four month paid internship with Langford Conservancy
Posted: November 17, 2016
Categories: Growing Good Food Ideas / News from Sustain Members / Opportunities / Volunteer. Job and Writing Opportunities
Langford Conservancy, a Sustain Ontario member, is hiring an intern for 4 months as a farmland protector: financial & marketing whiz. The Langford Conservancy a non-for-profit organization focused on the preservation and protection of farmland and rural heritage community halls in Brant County, Ontario. The job is a great opportunity for recent graduates!
Langford Conservancy is seeking an enthusiastic individual to help share information about the best practices of protecting farmland with local landowners, and new farmers who are seeking land. According to their web posting, the position entails creating and promoting alternative financing and marketing tools to protect farmland.
These tools include 1) the use of protective covenants (conservation easements) and eco-gifts, 2) the purchase of farmland by a land trust, with long term leases and ground leases for new farmers, and 3) community bonds.
The Langford Conservancy is preparing a “community bond” package to fund the purchase of a farm for new organic farmers. Community bonds are a way to invest ethically and locally.
We’ll mentor you as we work as a team to prepare our community bond package, and market it. You’ll be involved with: 1) developing and marketing a community bond package to purchase farmland, 2) alternative approaches to the ownership of farmland, 3) creative solutions for retiring farmers to protect farmland and sell their land for a fair price and 4) best practices by land trusts to enable new organic farmers to access protected farmland.
Our focus will be community based outreach to help revitalize farming communities, and to promote food sovereignty. In particular, you’ll be working with 1) land-owners who are interested in protecting their land, 2) new farmers to help them to learn about alternative approaches to farm ownership and 3) the design and marketing of a community bond investment package to enable the Langford Conservancy to purchase a farm.
Qualifications:
This position is funded by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Green Interns Programme. To qualify, you must:
- be 30 years old or younger at the start of the project,
- have graduated from a Canadian post-secondary institution,
- not have participated in any other Youth Employment Strategy programmes, be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident,
- and demonstrate the following skills (cooperation with others, effective oral and written communication skills, strong ability to work with numbers, keen ability to generate new ideas, and passion for protecting farmland and green spaces).
Job requires driving to Hearts Content Organic Farm to work (between Brantford and Hamilton). Accommodation may be available at the farm.
Pay Rate: Negotiable depending upon experience.
Term: 4 months
For more information, see Lconserv.org; please send your resume and a brief covering letter to:
rtunstall54 
gmail.com*