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Dynamic Organization is Growing to Better Build a Better Food System
Illinois Stewardship Alliance is the leading non-profit policy advocate for the state's local food and farm community. Local Food recently had the pleasure of attending and writing about the organization's Farm to Fork Feast fundraising event in the Chicago suburb of Naperville.
After a series of major state legislative successes helped produce significant fundraising gains, the Alliance is growing its staff to better affect more positive change.
The Springfield, Illinois based Alliance is currently seeking a Policy Organizer. Here is the lead from the Alliance's job description:
Illinois Stewardship Alliance is seeking an experienced and committed Policy Organizer to expand our pool of farmers who are passionate about soil health, water quality, and climate resilience.
The Alliance’s mission is to find, connect, train and amplify the leadership of farmers and eaters who use their choices and their voices to shape a more just and regenerative local food and farm system. The Alliance is building a statewide community united to educate policymakers and form a powerful voice to transform how we feed ourselves and how our land is cared for and by whom.
Under the direction of the Executive Director and in partnership with the staff team, the Policy Organizer will recruit, retain, and organize members from among farmers, eaters, and food system leaders. The organizer will be responsible for facilitating a Caucus. The aim of these members-only caucuses is to bring together members who are passionate about soil health, water quality, and climate resilience, build relationships and trust, discuss issues, research policy, and collectively work on solutions to building a just and regenerative food system where farmers earn a living responsibly stewarding the land.
The organizer will meet one-on-one and in small groups with farmers and eaters to develop relationships, to surface issues, challenges, and opportunities, and to engage their participation in campaigns and public policy on food and agriculture. This organizing will expand the pool of leaders and base to foster new state and federal champions of regenerative agriculture.
If you are interested in applying for this full-time, salaried position, click the button below, but don't dally. The application deadline is Sunday (October 27).
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