Are you a leader passionate about healthy food, farms and kids?

Become a FoodCorps Service Member!

FoodCorps recruits talented leaders for a year of paid public service building healthy school food environments in high-obesity, limited-resource communities.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

FoodCorps service members implement a three-ingredient recipe for healthy kids:

• TEACH children about what healthy food is and where it comes from
• BUILD and tend school gardens 
• BRING quality local food into public school cafeterias

WHERE YOU’LL SERVE

As a service member, you will be placed with one service site for your year-long term. Service sites are community organizations that operate in partnership with one of our twelve to fifteen host sites, statewide organizations that help run FoodCorps in each of the places FoodCorps serves: Arizona, Arkansas, California (pending), Connecticut, Hawai'i (pending), Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey (pending), New Mexico, North Carolina and Oregon. 

Visit WHERE YOU’LL SERVE to learn more about our host sites, their work, the service sites they partner with, and what your service might look like in each location.

WHAT YOU’LL GET

For your year of full-time service, you are eligible to receive the following benefits:

• A $15,000 living allowance
• A $5,550 AmeriCorps Segal Education Award
• Student loan forbearance
• Health insurance
• Partial childcare reimbursements
• Training and mentorship
• Alumni network
• The experience of a lifetime

Explore what FoodCorps has to offer by visiting BENEFITS.

"It feels awesome to serve with a community that wants me to succeed and reach my goals. The connections I have made over the course of this year, nationally and locally, are invaluable - and I know these relationships and networks will guide me and support me in the future." —Kirsten Gerbatsch, service member

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Successful FoodCorps service members:

• Are passionate about building a healthier future for school children
• Are motivated to serve full-time in a limited resource community
• Have experience working in or studying food systems, agriculture, public health, education, community organizing, or public service
• Are seeking an opportunity to gain hands-in experience for their career
• Are committed to working hard in order to make a difference

Additionally, in order to be considered for a FoodCorps service member position, you must:

• Be 18 years or older by the start of service (August 13, 2013)
• Be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or lawful permanent resident of the United States
• Hold a high school diploma, GED or equivalent

To learn more about other qualifications, visit WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR.

APPLY 

The 2013-2014 Service Member Application is now open. Applications will be due by 11:59 pm Eastern Time, March 24th 2013. late applications will not be accepted.

You can read more about our application process here. Please read all of the information on all of these pages before completing your application. When you are ready, the application can be found here.

We will be hosting 3 informational open conference calls to address questions about the process. The dates of the calls are:

• Thursday, January 24 at 2 pm PT / 5 pm ET
• Wednesday, February 13 at 2 pm PT / 5 pm ET
• Tuesday, March 12 at 2 pm PT / 5 pm ET

Dial-in info:

Number: (218) 936-4700
Participant access code: 7904113#

If you have any further questions about FoodCorps recruitment or the service member application process, please visit our FAQs page. If you have other questions not answered within our FAQs, please contactserve@foodcorps.org