Good Food Jobs is a gastro-job search tool, designed to link people looking for meaningful food work with the businesses that need their energy, enthusiasm, and intellect. We post opportunities with farmers and food artisans, policy makers and purveyors, retailers and restaurateurs, economists, ecologists, and more.
the gastrognomes is a blog for food lovers who want to put their passions to work. We profile the most interesting, engaging, and unlikely food professionals that we find, and we publish them here to inspire you.
NICE THINGS PEOPLE SAY
I have been an avid follower of Good Food Jobs since its inception. It always gives me some hope that there is an awesome job out there for our kind.
- Laurie, GFJ Fan
We'll highly recommend my industry friends start using you all, stat.
- Wayne, Job Poster
Thank you for doing this very important and pioneering work, it is awe-inspiring and eye opening.
- Marisa, GFJ Fan
We're so glad to be of service.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GFJ!
This Thursday, October 4th marks the second full year of Good Food Jobs.
The past twelve months seemed to go by even faster than before. In that time we've managed to:
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Feature another 52 new gastro.gnomes on the blog
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Post 3,302 new jobs
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Grow our newsletter subscriber list from 12,280 to 21,424
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Attract over 200,000 unique visitors to the website
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Rack up 2.5 million page views
While we'd love to take credit for the continued growth and success of Good Food Jobs, it's our duty and our pleasure to thank some people that have been a huge part of our development since we conceived the idea more than three years ago:
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Efy Tal, and the whole team at WebInhabit - our priceless web developers; we literally couldn't do it without you.
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Angie Chan, the graphic designer who came up with the still-classic GFJ Logo.
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Jelina Saliu, who makes tax time and strategic business decisions a breeze with her prompt responses and sage advice.
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Brittany Banta, who helped us craft the essential legal jargon in our terms & conditions, and who also introduced us to Efy.
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Gwen Whiting, Co-Founder of The Laundress, who provided so much open support, sound advice and introductions when we were starting out. Gwen reminds us how important is to have a mentor.
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Thanks to Whitney Henry-Lester who documented our first GFJ Day (check it out).
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Last but certainly not least, our GFJ Scouts, past and present, who help us continue to introduce the site to the most incredible opportunities in good food - Jen, Mary, Allison, Amanda M, Amanda C, and Nell. The site always looks better as a result of the jobs you find. You're part-time employees, but we have full-time appreciation for your work.
Our planning never stops. Stay tuned to some new features - the 'print invoice' function for job posters should be up any day now - and enjoy a recap of what we changed / added / improved this year:
JOB POSTERS
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Check out how many job seekers have clicked on your post in the My Account section of the site.
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Don't worry about spam; we've anonymized your email address for added protection.
EVERYONE
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Can't remember that awfully long password we just reassigned you when you forgot yours? No worries. Just log back in and change your password to something more memorable in the My Account section of the site.
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Want to be more engaged? Ask questions or catch up on conversations in the LIVE CHAT section of the site.
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No need to feel alone. The 'Why I Cried Project' offers words of wisdom from others who are also on the path to finding their good food job.
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We're bringing people together online and off. In 2012 we had the first ever Good Food Jobs Fair and GFJ Day.
We're humbled to be in the presence of so many incredibly passionate people. May the third year of GFJ bring together even more people in this incredible community, and may your good food work truly make the world a better place.
Taylor & Dorothy
Co-Founders, Good Food Jobs
CHECK IT OUT
Events, happenings, and causes that might be of interest to you
THE NOFA-NJ BEGINNING FARM INCUBATOR
As a Jersey girl, I'm all about bringing small scale, organic farming back to my home state. Make it happen.
FOOD WRITING + CULTURAL IMMERSION = A DREAM COME TRUE
Write with Betty Fussell, cook with Mexican village women. Write, cook, write again. Margarita. Sound like paradise? We thought so. Live the dream.
Do you have something that might be of interest to the GFJ community? If so, let us know at info@goodfoodjobs.com
THE GASTRO.GNOMES BLOG
Lilia Smelkova
Campaign Manager
FOOD DAY
You may get a funny feeling, after reading Lilia's interview, that you are going to see and hear from her again in the future. Her experience working on projects that have an impact on a large number of people and her passion for food policy hint at the potential for widespread change that so many of us are hoping to contribute to, in a big or small way. We hope you'll celebrate what's been accomplished and what there is to look forward to with Lilia and the rest of us, near and far, on Food Day. Read More
GOOD FOOD JOB HIGHLIGHTS
and over 500 other active jobs, too . . . see the full website for the latest.
SALES ASSOCIATE
Rancho Gordo
Napa, CA
We'd do it just for the discount on our favorite pantry staples.
DEVELOPMENT INTERNSHIP
New Amsterdam Market
New York, NY
Here's an internship with a lot of impact. Don't miss the chance to shape the future of one of New York City's greatest markets.
FARE TRADE FELLOWSHIP
Fare Trade Food Artisans Alliance
Brooklyn, NY
The first (and best) step to opening your own artisan food business in Brooklyn.
see more good food jobs at goodfoodjobs.com
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