Associate Director of Legislative Affairs: Good Food Institute (GFI)

Associate Director of Legislative Affairs: Leverage the legislative process to promote a healthy, sustainable, and just food system. In this role, you will have the opportunity to promote a healthy, sustainable, and just food system by managing GFI’s legislative initiatives and team. You will use state and federal legislation to remove hurdles and leverage resources to promote progress on alternative proteins.

The Good Food Institute (GFI) is at the forefront of the movement to use food technology and markets to solve some of the world’s biggest problems, from climate change and global hunger to antibiotic resistance and the exploitation of animals. 

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Staff Attorney: Center for Food Safety

Center for Food Safety (CFS), one of the nation's top food and environmental advocacy nonprofits, seeks an experienced attorney to fill a Staff Attorney position. The position will be based in the CFS Portland, OR office, or San Francisco, CA office.

The Staff Attorney works with the rest of the legal team and Legal Director to develop and prosecute cases, both as lead counsel and in partnership with other attorneys. The Staff Attorney will be responsible for developing, coordinating, and pursuing strategic litigation in federal and state courts on an ever-expanding variety of cutting-edge food and environmental issues, in support of CFS's overall mission and its specific program areas, including: Aquaculture, Climate Change, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Genetically Engineered Organisms, Industrial Animal Agriculture,Organic Integrity, Pesticides, Pollinators, Soil Protection. 

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Deputy Chief Executive Officer: Oregon Food Bank

Oregon Food Bank (OFB) believes that no one should be hungry. Our mission is to eliminate hunger and its root causes. 

At Oregon Food Bank, we believe that food and health are basic human rights for all. We know that hunger is not just an individual experience; it is also a community-wide symptom of barriers to employment, education, housing and health care. That’s why we work on two fronts in our mission to end hunger in Oregon: we build community connections to help people access nutritious, affordable food today, and we build community power to eliminate the root causes of hunger for good.

The Deputy CEO works hand-in-glove with the CEO, building cross-department synergy for strategic priorities and  internal capacity.  The Deputy CEO partners with the CEO to identify shifting environmental factors and orchestrates innovative and adaptive solutions in and across OFB Departments. The Deputy CEO supports momentum: linking actions and accountability, schedules with resources to  maximize the effectiveness of the leadership team. The Deputy CEO shares supervision of seven Department Directors with the CEO. The Deputy CEO leads enterprise level strategy and planning processes. 

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Associate Director, Government Relations and Advocacy: Share Our Strength (SOS)

Since 1984, Share Our Strength® has led the fight against hunger and poverty by inspiring and organizing individuals and businesses to share their strengths. Today, through the No Kid Hungry and Cooking Matters campaigns, Share Our Strength is ending childhood hunger in America by ensuring all children get the healthy food they need. No child should go hungry in America – we’re on our way to making that a reality and we want you to join us. We’re bold, creative, always open to new ideas and 100% dedicated to our mission. If that sounds like you, we’d like you to consider becoming part of our team. 

The State Advocacy Manager will support Share Our Strength and its mission to end childhood hunger and poverty in America by assisting with state advocacy and government relations efforts. The State Advocacy Manager will work with the Advocacy Team to build out state and local relationships, develop strategies for engaging key stakeholder groups, manage advocacy efforts in priority states, and identify and work with the team to create action plans around new policy opportunities. 

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Assistant Teaching Professor in Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health University of Washington, Seattle, WA

The Nutritional Sciences Program within the School of Public Health at the University of Washington (UW) invites applications for one full-time (100% FTE) non-tenured faculty position at the rank of assistant teaching professor with an anticipated start date of July 2021. Faculty have an annual service period of twelve months.  Salary will be determined based on qualifications and experience.  The successful applicant will be appointed to the faculty in the School of Public Health Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and be core faculty in the Nutritional Sciences Program.

This new faculty position will provide teaching expertise in the areas of food systems, nutrition, and population health. Specific areas the program is interested in expanding instruction include, but are not limited to, connections between food systems and: community nutrition, environmental and occupational health, the built environment, entrepreneurship, supply chain/infrastructure, diplomacy and governance, population health, social sciences, social/food justice, health disparities, and food security.

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Postdoctoral Research Scholar: ASU Office of the Executive Vice President Knowledge Enterprise: Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation: Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems

The Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University (ASU) seeks applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scholar that will contribute to research in the field of sustainable agriculture and food systems. The full-time, non-tenure-track, benefits-eligible, fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) position is for one year with subsequent renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance, the needs of the university, and availability of resources.

The postdoctoral scholar will conduct research with Dr. Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director for the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems. The successful candidate will also work closely with Swette Center research staff and other research collaborators and partners.

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Senior Policy Associate: Organic Farming Research Foundation

The mission of the Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) is to foster the improvement and widespread adoption of organic farming systems.

OFRF is seeking a Senior Policy Associate to develop and coordinate legislative, regulatory, and administrative reform campaigns that support the needs of organic farmers. This is a full-time, exempt position, eligible for benefits. This is a remote position based in Washington, DC. This high-profile position offers great opportunity for the right candidate to interact with congressional and federal agency staff and political officials, and to help shape the future of food and agriculture throughout the U.S. The Senior Policy Associate reports to the Executive Director.

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Research Scientist/Professor Positions at ASU

The Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems is seeking a Research Professor to join our team, assisting in research efforts to meet the challenges facing our food system. The selected candidate will help shape and develop our research agenda to build on our Center priorities and objectives such as: organic and regenerative agriculture and meeting the challenges of climate change, innovation in agriculture and food to feed the planet, and methodologies that help decision-makers such as: true cost accounting.

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Campaigns Managing Director: National Young Farmers Coalition

The National Young Farmers Coalition seeks a campaigner with proven experience in legislative advocacy and movement-building, deep and informed perspectives on agricultural policy, and demonstrated commitment to racial equity to join our executive team as the Campaigns Managing Director.

The Campaigns Managing Director will lead strategic direction and implementation of our policy, campaigns and organizing work to build long-term power and advance our organization’s vision for a bold and equitable transformation in agriculture. As a member of the executive team, they will participate in setting organizational strategy, shaping our organizational business model, and delivering on fundraising strategy that will resource our advocacy efforts. They will manage a team of senior-level staff responsible for state and federal policy as well as issue-specific campaigns. The Campaigns Managing Director will ideally be based in Washington, DC, although remote work is possible for an exceptional candidate.

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