The Hoosier Young Farmers Coalition is seeking 3-4 new board members. There is an opportunity for a six-month on-boarding and hand-off process, with a two-year board term beginning in January 2025.
Responsibilities
- Meet bimonthly during the growing season and monthly during the off-season (via a one hour zoom call) to plan upcoming events for beginning farmers, talk through grants we might support, and help create programs that build a sense of community and connection among beginning farmers in Indiana.
- Meet once per year for our planning retreat (in person, full day in January). It's a ton of fun, we eat good food, and we get a bunch done.
- Help lead one of our major projects or committees and make things happen for beginning farmers: Outreach; Events; Grants
- Engage with NYFC's leadership, and chapter leaders from around the country
- Trade emails and texts as needed, especially when we're tackling big projects
- Are dues paying members of NYFC (Or join once elected. Membership is $35)
- Serve for two years
- Are volunteers
Eligibility- Beginning farmers: Anyone in their first ten years running their farm of any scale, of any type (whether it's an urban veggie operation, a rural pasture-based livestock farm, a mushroom operation, etc.)
- Farm workers: People who don't own and operate their own farm, but who work on others' farms
- Food and farming allies: Folks who don't necessarily work on farms or operate their own farm, but who care about beginning farmers
- We especially encourage underserved beginning farmers and farm workers to apply, including women farmers, BIPOC farmers, urban farmers, LGBTQ farmers, veteran farmers, and/or first-generation farmers
Application and Term Details
- Applications are due by 11:59pm on Sunday, May 12.
- Elections will take place online in late May or early June.
- New board members will have a chance to sit in on board meetings, events, and other work from July to December 2024 as an opportunity to be onboarded, ask questions to board members who will be rolling off, and get a chance to settle in before taking on leadership.
- Newly elected board members' two-year terms will begin in January 2025.
About HYFC
We are young
farmers and food advocates working to recruit, support, and promote
young and beginning farmers throughout the state of Indiana. We
seek to create a lively network of young farmers and their allies and
collaborate in making our food systems more localized, sustainable, and
just. You can learn more about our work at hoosieryfc.org.
Questions?
