Capital Area Food Bank Food Growing Education Specialist Position

The Capital Area Food Bank is the anchor of the hunger relief infrastructure in our region, providing more than 30 million meals to people in communities across D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The Food Growing Education Specialist maintains, executes, and develops educational programming for the Capital Area Food Bank’s Urban Demonstration Garden. The Urban Demonstration Garden is an on-site, half-acre, hands-on educational space that helps build knowledge around wellness, nutrition, and food growing for the food bank’s partners, clients, and the general public. The garden and adjacent Urban Food Studio are used in tandem to show how to grow food in an urban setting, highlighting low-cost gardening techniques. The Food Growing Education Specialist is responsible for managing all food-growing activities, including the gardening education curriculum, garden maintenance and planning, the garden volunteer program, and any associated grants. The Specialist serves as the primary organizational representative for food growing internally and externally, but has opportunities to contribute more broadly to the food bank as a member of the Nutrition Education Department. For more information on responsibilities and qualifications for the position, click here. 

If you have any questions or wish to apply, contact Hillary Quarles
hquarles@capitalareafoodbank.org.