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FLOWER FARMING AMERICORPS
POSITION OPEN!
This position primarily supports Grow Ohio Valley’s Budding Wheeling program. Budding Wheeling is a youth entrepreneurship program based in Wheeling, WV. In the program, youth aged 13-17 learn to grow flowers and their own business. The position of Flower Farming AmeriCorps will assist in the coordination and facilitation of Budding Wheeling by instructing youth participants, growing flowers from seed, helping advertise and run our cut flower business, designing flower bouquets and much more!
As an AmeriCorps with Grow Ohio Valley, the Flower Farming AmeriCorps will receive on-the-job training, knowledge of flower farming, free fresh produce from our urban and rural farms, and a Segal Education Award which can be applied to existing student loans or future education! Affordable housing and student loan forbearance are also available.
See more information on Budding Wheeling here, or read below for more info on our AmeriCorps program.
Ready to Apply? Submit an application via myAmeriCorps at this link!
WHAT IS AMERICORPS, ANYWAY?
AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs, made up of three primary branches that each take a different approach to improving lives and fostering civic engagement. Members commit their time to address critical community needs like increasing academic achievement, mentoring youth, fighting poverty, sustaining national parks, preparing for disasters, and more.
More information about AmeriCorps can be found at nationalservice.gov
AmeriCorps members serving in West Virginia qualify for free tuition at a West Virginia college or university. Learn more here.
WHAT DO AMERICORPS DO AT GROW OHIO VALLEY?
The URBAN FARM TEAM works to grow, process, and distribute fresh, local produce to the community. AmeriCorps members serving on this team will gain experience seeding, transplanting, tending, and harvesting vegetable crops using hand tools. Most work will be completed at the Grow OV urban farms, including the 14th Street Greenhouse, Farm 18, the Meadow, and the Orchard. Urban farm team members may also play a role in distributing local food to the community via our CSA and Farmacy programs.
The EDUCATION TEAM spends time sharing a passion for food and health with kids and adults in our community. Members of this team facilitate Grow OV's community education programs, with a focus on encouraging food literacy and developing resiliency in Wheeling's urban neighborhoods. These programs include farm field trips, school field days, cooking classes, home gardening classes, and more. Education team members work directly with community members to facilitate programming.
