WE’RE HIRING | K-8 Assistant Farm Manager
February 5th, 2024Assistant Farm Manager- K-8 Reports to: K-8 Farm Manager Based at: Across our K-8 Birmingham City School Gardens Organization Founded in 2002, Jones Valley Teaching Farm (JVTF) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) located in Birmingham, Alabama. Envisioning communities inspired by food and transformed by youth, JVTF uses food as a foundation so that young people can…
WE’RE HIRING | JVTF INSTRUCTOR
March 16th, 2023Full-Time Position Description Under the supervision of the Director of Educational Programs & Partnerships, a Jones Valley Teaching Farm Instructor is responsible for developing and delivering hands-on food education using the Good School Food model. The Good School Food model connects students to food, farming, and culinary arts through standard-based learning experiences. Instructors collaborate…
2022-2023 CLASS OF JVTF HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS
September 28th, 20222022-2023 INTERNS ANNETT 2nd year intern Annett Perez is a senior at Woodlawn High school. She is 17 years old and she’s Mexican-American. She’s from Birmingham, Alabama and her parents were born in Guerrero, México. Annett is fluent in both Spanish and English with Spanish being her first language. She’s currently working at JVTF at…
FALL 2022 | NEWSLETTER
September 27th, 2022FALL 2022 IN THIS ISSUE new school year • intern + apprentice updates • how to find our produce • volunteer shoutouts GOOD SCHOOL FOOD As we enter the 2022-2023 school year, we are reflecting on all the changes our students and instructors have navigated since 2020. In addition to the challenges that COVID-19 presented,…
BOLETÍN DE OTOÑO DE 2022
September 27th, 2022BOLETÍN DE OTOÑO DE 2022 EN ESTA EDICIÓN Cómo encontrar nuestras hortalizas • Felicitación a los voluntarios • Novedades de pasantías y aprendizaje • Phillips Academy GOOD SCHOOL FOOD A medida que nos metemos en el año escolar 2022-2023, reflexionamos sobre todos los cambios que nuestros estudiantes y maestros han atravesado desde 2020. Además…
Winter Newsletters
February 18th, 2022DOWNTOWN CAMPUS APPRENTICESHIP PUTNAM MIDDLE WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL OLIVER ELEMENTARY HAYES K-8 GLEN IRIS ELEMENTARY AVONDALE ELEMENTARY
Student-Run Farmers Markets: Spring 2017 Schedule
April 19th, 2017Student-Run Farmers Markets are up and running just in time for Spring! From now until the week of May 18th, please stop by a Student-Run Farmers Market to purchase some fresh, local produce. Produce is grown at each school site and on our downtown farm. Students at each of our partner schools are responsible…