EDUCATION COSTS MONEY . . .

but so does ignorance. This paradox is especially true in the world of food, where knowing the value of your food choices allows you to make an investment in long-term health - yours, your community's, and our planet's.

If you're looking to invest in more food-related knowledge, it's your lucky day: we're extending the deadline to apply for a scholarship to the latest Eco Practicum. Scholarships are due one week from now, on Tuesday, May 2 at 5:00PM EST.

RESILIENCE + RESISTANCE NYC
Radical Art + Ecology Aboard A Floating Food Forest
 
Resilience + Resistance NYC is an experiential summer program for college students, recent graduates, and young professionals interested in engaging with the most pressing socio-environmental issues of our time and working towards social and ecological justice. Part think-tank, part action-workshop, participants grow food, learn from peers, and meet with the foremost experts in the field.

This practicum takes place on board the Swale floating food forest, an edible public park set atop a 5,000 square foot barge. Swale will be docked at a public pier in New York City for the duration of this program. Participants will: 

• steward the perennial plant landscape using permaculture principles
• learn the fundamentals of urban beekeeping
• manage solar energy and water filtration systems
• host experts for public talks and film screenings
• participate in arts workshops
• visit high impact environmental projects throughout the city  

Read the full program description here. 

PROGRAM DATES
Session One // Public Food + Urban Agriculture
May 30 – June 4, 2017

Session Two // Urban Waterways + Water Systems
June 6 – June 11, 2017
 
TUITION: $800 / session
 
APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP
You can choose to participate in one or both of the week-long sessions. Eco Practicum will award three scholarships to the GFJ community, as follows: $200 off tuition for two attendees of a single session, and $400 off tuition for one attendee of both sessions. Submit your application by Tuesday, May 2 at 5:00PM EST, by answering the following questions (each answer must be 200 words or less) in an email to us at info@goodfoodjobs.com:
 
1 // Provide your name, email address, phone number, and dates that you would like to attend (you can specify one session or both).
 
2 // Tell us in 200 words or less how you'll make the most of your experience, and how you expect to translate it into your life / work after the program ends.
 
3 // GFJ is working to increase the diversity of folks that we represent on our blog and on the website. Help us with this mission by recommending a person doing great work in the food world who also happens to represent diversity of ethnicity, age, and/or gender. Tell us in 200 words or less who they are, what they do, and why their work matters.

DEADLINE TO APPLY  Tuesday, May 2, 5:00PM EST

To curiosity,

Taylor & Dorothy
Co-Founders, Good Food Jobs

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