YGP+EcoRise Internship

We’re excited to share with you an amazing opportunity for high school students 16 and up!

Galveston’s Own Farmers Market has teamed up, once again with EcoRise.org to offer an 8-week PAID internship opportunity to 5 amazing students. Please share this information with students and folks you think may be interested. Here is a flyer that explains the opportunity and includes the link where students may apply by January 20, 2023.

EcoRise seeks innovative high school students to join their 2022 Green Careers Academy (GCA) Internship cohort. GCA interns along the Texas Gulf Coast will participate in an immersive, paid 8-week internship experience at Galveston’s Own Farmers Market working in our school & community gardens and at the weekly farmers market. GOFM staff will directly supervise each intern.

SCOPE OF WORK:

Interns will work closely with the GOFM staff responsible for operating our Young Gardeners Programs, Victory Gardens Programs and open-air farmers market. They will learn hands-on skills in horticulture, garden maintenance, community organizing, curriculum development, nutrition outreach and education and hone basic workplace skills to prepare them for entering a modern hybrid workplace. Specifically, from Monday to Thursday, interns will be a part of weekly gardens maintenance at all 12 gardens in GOFM’s network. On Sundays, interns will support GOFM’s Market Manager in operating the dynamic farmers market that is a community food hub.

To apply, visit: https://bit.ly/GCA-school-year-internship

Application deadline: January 20, 2023

Contact Honi Alexander, Program Director - Young Gardeners Program - 281-725-4710 honi@gofarmersmarket.com with questions.

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HOURS*:

  • Internship hours from February 6-March 31:

  • Tuesday-Friday, 3p-6p

  • Sunday, 8:30a-12:30p

Interns must have a legal license OR reliable transportation in order to participate. It is expected that on M-Thu, they will have the ability to travel to min. 2 locations in Galveston as part of the internship duties. Sundays they will need to have transportation to and from The Farmers Market on 33rd and Post Office.

*times and days subject to change depending on assignment location and tasks

PAYMENT:

If accepted, interns are paid $2,400 for:

  • Required orientation Jan 31, 2022

  • 1-week training, February 6 - February 10 in person and VIA VIDEO MEETINGS with Eco-Rise & GOFM

  • 8-week internship, February 6 – March 31

  • 125 hours TOTAL per intern, approx.15 hrs per week for 8 weeks

Our Amazing Spring 2022 Interns!