FARMacia is closed for the year, but it will reopen in June 2025. Please reach out to the Volunteer Coordinator at volunteers@solid-ground.org if you want to apply for a volunteer role in advance.
Distribute farm-fresh produce at local Sea Mar Community Health Clinics.
About Community Food Education (CFE)
Community Food Education believes that communities are healthier when all people have access to affordable and culturally appropriate food. CFE equips people with the knowledge, confidence, resources, and skills to navigate and influence the food system. We work to counter the barriers of racism and oppression that interfere with people’s right to food. We do this by building relationships, fostering positive experiences, and creating opportunities for learning and developing a sense of ownership of the food system. Programming is led by, informed by, and held accountable to the community members who are our participants.
About Food FARMacia Distribution Volunteer
Food FARMacia is a farmers-market-style food distribution program offered in partnership between Solid Ground and Sea Mar Community Health Centers to increase access to fresh produce and nutrition education for Sea Mar patients. Volunteer duties include:
- Unloading food deliveries
- Distributing food
- Keeping stations well stocked
- Welcoming patrons
- Providing information and direction as needed
- Breaking down boxes
- Supporting Sea Mar and Solid Ground staff to provide food samples and nutrition education
Time Commitment
Food FARMacia volunteers work 2.5-hours shifts, 12:30-3pm on Wednesdays and Fridays. Weekly distribution takes place from 1-3pm. We’re looking for volunteers interested in and able to commit to 3 or more volunteer shifts during the distribution season (from late June to early November).
Training
Volunteers must attend Solid Ground’s New Volunteer Orientation and complete the volunteer onboarding process. Food FARMacia volunteers are trained during their first volunteer shift.
Qualifications
- Must be at least 16 years old.
- Ability to speak basic Spanish is strongly preferred.
- Ability to follow directions and work collaboratively with staff and other volunteers.
- Have openness, compassion, and understanding while working with staff, volunteers, and students from a variety of racial, cultural, and class backgrounds, lifestyles, and sexual orientations.
- Generally, this role involves sitting, standing, and lifting bags of food up to 50 lbs. Solid Ground does and will make reasonable accommodations for people of differing abilities.
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BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color), and people with the lived experience of poverty are strongly encouraged to apply. This opportunity also qualifies as an RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) activity.
Solid Ground believes poverty is solvable.
Volunteers play a critical role in helping us meet basic needs, nurture success, and promote change – so everyone in our community can achieve their full potential.