Volunteer

Board Members:
LFC board members must committ to one year of service and contribute approximately 8 hours per month. For further details see Board Requirements.

Farm Workers: (ongoing)
Educational and fun farm work for everybody! First-time farm visitors and seasoned farm hands welcome. Large groups and individuals can make appointments to work on a farm. Farm work season runs from April to mid-November.

You can work on a farm once, or come back every week throughout the season. A wide variety of opportunities are available to suit your interests and talents; chores depend on the season though. The following is an example of the range of activities available. Let's follow the life of a tomato plant, in terms of farm work from May to October:

Such work includes: prepare seed-starting soil mix; prepare soil blocks in which to plant the seeds; water seedlings; weed and clear land where tomato seedlings are to be planted; lay ground cover; make tomato cages; plant seedlings; lay irrigation tubing; weed tomato plants; give visitors tour of the garden; harvest tomatoes and pack for delivery; tear down cages and ground cover at end of season.

See the Farm Work Days Information Sheet for further details.

Minimum three (3) hours on farm; drive to farm can be twenty minutes to over an hour, depending on farm.

Spanish Translator:
Translate forms and information sheets from English to Spanish. Other work opportunities are available, such as talking to Spanish-speaking clients, helping charity choose Spanish-language books appropriate to its work. Written translation work can be done from home.

Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
Farm work (see job description).
Deliver food (need car. May-October).
Write newsletter articles, including book reviews.

To get Started:
Fill out the volunteer application. (Applications are .pdf files - Download the free Acrobat Reader) If you wish to work on a farm, fill out the additional farm work application and submit both applications to Laura Dowd (Local Foods President).