New York City, NY
Farm2Me is pleased to announce this year’s Farm2Me Fellowship with Plant Jobs, which offers an opportunity for one Fellow to receive an internship. Applicants can submit their application at PlantJobs.org/Fellowship starting Wednesday, Aug 1st at 10:00 a.m. ET and closing at 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug 31st.
Farm2Me’s Farm2Me Fellowship is an opportunity for aspiring professionals and students with passion for sustainability to take their careers to the next level and to build connections, exchange ideas and draw inspiration from a growing network of sustainability leaders. The Fellowship aims to extend the spirit of Farm2Me and further Farm2Me’s mission to create a more transparent and sustainable food system. Launched in 2019, the Farm2Me Fellows program continues to create an impact by spotlighting and supporting a rising generation of leaders working toward building a better world. This year’s cohort of ten Fellows will participate in sixteen weeks of educational programming to prepare them for a career in sustainability. Professionals and students from underrepresented communities are encouraged to apply.
“We’ve heard from thousands of passionate advocates and entrepreneurs over the years about how our network has inspired them to leap into the world of sustainability. This year’s Farm2Me Fellowship is our way of using our platform to help ignite the next generation of world-changing leaders,” said Garry Michael, co-founder and creator of Farm2Me.
Each Fellow will get an allotted time on Farm2Me’s platform to pitch and implement their world-changing ideas to the ‘Farm2Me’ platform, which includes over 18,000 brands across 120 cities, 40 states, and 16 countries. You will hear from Garry Michael, Co-Founder and CEO of Farm2Me; Dan Barber, Founder of Blue Hill at Stone Barns; Ron Finley, Founder and CEO of The Ron Finley Project; Mark Overbay, Founder and CEO of Big Spoon Roasters; and Francis Frei, Corporate Experience Expert at Google and Uber. Program will offer feedback to each Fellow throughout the internship and the fellows will be showcased on the Farm2Me website. The fellows will receive ongoing support, tell their story on various Farm2Me platforms, and will be the recipient of a CX Guru certificate.
Farm2Me is proud to announce that the Farm2Me Fellows program is supported by PlantJobs.
“At PlantJobs, our mission is to empower relationship building, inclusivity, hiring, and growth success for the plant based and farm to table industry and we’re proud to be a sponsor of the Farm2Me Fellows program,” said Allie Goldberg, CEO at PlantJobs. “Through our own initiatives, such as #BringYourself and Discover Mission Driven Jobs, we provide tools and resources for small businesses and executive levels. Now more than ever, entrepreneurs in underserved communities need help, and the Fellows program is another way to make an impact through education, networking and professional development.”
Farm2Me has been recognized by SXSW. Edible Magazine, and the Food Tank, and one of the largest sustainability networks that shaped the last decade of Farm To Table.
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About Farm2Me
Farm2Me grows local food systems, worldwide. Started in San Francisco, New York, and Austin,TX in 2010 -is rooted in mission-driven, local farms and small batch brands. Being one of the first small batch food networks, we have now expanded that to hundreds of cities and tens of thousands of brands. Our brands have won over 200+ Good Food Awards. Our goal continues, to grow local food systems to thousands of cities, worldwide. In 2020, Farm2Me launched their first wholesale marketplace on a quest to educate wholesale buyers which sustainability brands are available local to their retail businesses, and making innovative localfood accessible to all retail grocers, restaurants, and events -regardless of their size. At the same affordable price normally only available to big box stores. The company is led by: Garry Michael currently serves as the Co-Founder and President ofthe Small Batch Association. To learn more about Farm2Me, visit https://farm2.me, ‘like’ us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, or Instagram. We’re excited to support sustainability and introduce the newest innovations in the small batch local food network -and create the next models of Farm2Me. Models that can easily be replicated by thousands of companies. One that supports local farms and small batch makers -by making them accessible and affordable to a
Press Contact
Interested in covering the Farm2Me Fellowship or interviewing Garry Michael? Please contact:
Logan Pollard, Farm2Me Media Relations
logan@farm2.me