The Food Project is Hiring: Summer Youth Program!

The Food Project needs Crew Workers and Leaders for their Summer Youth Program, a 6 1/2 week program where over 100 youth grow and distribute thousands of pounds of organic produce, and learn leadership, teamwork, diversity, and civic participation.

Crew workers must be between the ages of 14 and 17, and have completed 8th grade. Crews work on suburban and urban farms: weed, harvest, wash, plant crops; sell produce at Farmers' Markets; prep/serve lunches at hunger relief orgs. Stipend of $200 a week. Transportation passes provided by The Food Project. The work day is 9 am to 4 pm.

Crew Leaders must be between the ages of 20 and 27 and have an interest in working with youth, an open mind, be organized and responsible. Crew Leaders must be available between June 21 and August 17, 2012, with a stipend of $520 a week. For more information about the program, check out the Summer Youth Program's website! You can also contact the Greater Boston SYP by email or phone at 781.259.8621x23