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Thursday, April 15, 2010 • HERITAGE NEWSPAPERS/WESTERN REGION
Small Farm Career Day, Job Fair set By Lisa Allmendinger Heritage Newspapers
Washtenaw Community College and the Food System Economic Partnership are cosponsoring an unusual career day and job fair with smallfarm owners who are looking for employees to perform nontraditional farm jobs. Among the things that the Food System Economic Partnership provides is “research, education and outreach with urban and rural partnerships that results in agricultural development opportunities,” according to the group’s Web site. The career day and job fair hopes to bring together small farm owners and other key businesses supporting the local food system with job seekers who have nontraditional farm skills, said Arista Metler, a secretary for the WCC business education faculty. Among the farms and participating organizations are the Ann Arbor Greenbelt Farmland Preservation Group, Capella Farm of Ann Arbor, Community Farm of Ann Arbor, C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems, Locavorious, an Ypsilantibased Community Supported Agriculture business, the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth, Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy, Tantre Farm of Sylvan Township, and the Young Farmers Initiative. These businesses are look-
ing for employees who are Web designers, accountants, mechanics, welders and other laborers. These people are needed to
“broaden the opportunities for employment within our local workforce, at the same time helping to strengthen the backbone of our agricultural
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What: Small Farm Career Day and Job Fair When: April 19, 2 p.m. “Working on the farm panel: What you need to know;” 3 to 5 p.m., job fair, a chance to network with the farmers. Where: Washtenaw Community College Morris Lawrence Building. Information: 973-3364
Ypsilanti nonprofit Growing Hope will host several special events in the coming weeks. Plant sales will be held at the Growing Hope Center April 30, May 1 and May 15. Growing Hope will be selling a wide variety of vegetable and herb seedlings and also will have 4-foot-by-4-foot raised bed kits available to purchase, 8-inch beds for $25 and 14-inch beds for $35. Growing Hope is also encouraging area residents to take advantage of the beginning of the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers’ Market season. The Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers’ Market opens May 4 and runs from 2 to 6 p.m. every Tuesday in downtown Ypsilanti at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Hamilton Street. An array of local fruits and vegetables, seedlings, bread, baked goods, jams, honey, cheeses, meats, flowers and plants are offered. The public is invited to celebrate the start of the season with the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers’ Market Pre-Season Kickoff from 2 to 6 p.m. April 20 at the Ypsilanti Senior Center, 1015 N. Congress St., in Ypsilanti. Growing Hope will hold its seventh anniversary party from 2 to 5 p.m. May 23 at Growing Hope Center. The party is a family-friendly event that will include tours and springtime activities at the Growing Hope Center. There also will be an eclectic silent auction featuring goods and services from local business owners. Growing Hope Center is located at 922 W. Michigan Ave. in Ypsilanti. For more information about events at the center, call 786-8401, e-mail adrianne@growinghope.net or visit www.growinghope.net.
reached at 1-877-995-NEWS (6397) or at lallmendinger@heritage.com. Check out her daily blog at www.A2Journal.com.
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Plant sale to benefit Growing Hope
and organic farming community besides just what people think are traditional farm jobs,” Metler said. Lisa Allmendinger can be
community –– the small farm owners,” according to a news release about the expo. “It’s an opportunity for people to learn about our local
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