Join Our Team
Interested in joining our team? Please see current job and fellowship opportunities below!
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Tenga en cuenta que puede traducir nuestro sitio web al español o al inglés utilizando la función en la parte superior derecha de esta página (“Select Language”).
Food Stories Institute – Call for Applications
We invite applications to a Food Stories Institute. The purpose of the Institute is to enhance regional food system narratives by providing storytellers with learning and publication opportunities. This Institute will have a focus on water and water sources, including the Rio Bravo/Rio Grande, and their intersection with food and farming. We invite journalists, writers, poets, photo essayists, videographers, podcasters, or similar storytellers based in the Paso del Norte region to apply. Click here for the full Call for Applications.
To Apply: Submit this application no later than December 15, 2024 at 11:59PM (MST). If you have any questions, please email: storytelling@lasemillafoodcenter.org. Please expect delays in response time the week of November 25, 2024.
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Invitamos solicitudes a nuestro Instituto de Relatos Alimentarios. El propósito del Instituto es mejorar las narrativas del sistema alimentario regional al brindarles a narradores oportunidades de aprendizaje y publicación. Este Instituto se centrará en el agua y las fuentes de agua, incluido el Río Bravo/Río Grande, y su intersección con la alimentación y la agricultura. Invitamos a periodistas, escritores, poetas, ensayistas fotográficos, videógrafos, podcasters o narradores similares con sede en la región de Paso del Norte a que entreguen una solicitud. Da clic aquí para la Convocatoria entera.
Para Aplicar: Llena esta solicitud a más tardar el 15 de diciembre de 2024 a las 11:59 p. m. (hora de El Paso/Cd Juarez). Si tienes alguna pregunta, envía un correo electrónico a: storytelling@lasemillafoodcenter.org. Ten en cuenta que habrá demoras en responder la semana del 25 de noviembre de 2024.
2025 Farmer Fellowship – Call for Applications
La Semilla Community Farm invites applications for the 2025 Farmer Fellowship, “Improving Climate Resilience in the Chihuahuan Desert.” This program is a paid apprenticeship that offers a mixture of hands-on and collaborative learning using the farm as both a space for healing and an open classroom where various systems intertwine in a holistic dynamic. This is a great opportunity for beginning and aspiring farmers with some growing experience. The Farmer Fellows will gain farming experience at small-scale farms across the region by assisting Farmer Mentors in all aspects of their farm’s operations, which includes production, habitat conservation, and community education. This apprenticeship will build the individual’s capacity for agroecological farm management through intensive hands-on experience as well as build their capacity to teach other beginning farmers.
This is a six-month long program. Apprentices will commit to 20 hours per week for a duration of the apprenticeship and will receive a subsistence allowance in the form of a monthly stipend of $1,600.00 per month. Selected applicants who accept the offer will commit to the program from February 17 to August 22.
To Apply: Submit this application by January 8, 2025 at 12:00PM (MST).
Job Opportunities
FoodCorps Service Member
FoodCorps, an arm of the national service program Americorps, is an excellent opportunity for community members who have experience in or are interested in learning about gardening, cooking, teaching, and food systems. La Semilla’s FoodCorps Service Members work with our Edible Education Program and are placed with a local middle or elementary school where they build relationships, support teachers in implementing school garden and food education, and support an afterschool club that combines gardening, cooking, and food justice curriculum. Additionally, FoodCorps Service Members support all aspects of Edible Education, including teacher and community workshops, school garden beautification days, and the GROW Afterschool program.
Benefits of service in New Mexico include: $33,000 Living Stipend (Dispersed Bi-weekly); $7,395 AmeriCorps Segal Education Award after serving 1700 hours; Medical + Dental + Vision Insurance + Employee Assistance Program; and Student Loan Forbearance. FoodCorps New Mexico also provides weekly opportunities for community and equity-centered training and continued learning throughout their service year. To learn more about FoodCorps and other benefits, visit their website.
We have filled our two FoodCorps positions for the 2024-2025 school year. Check back in January 2025 for more information on serving as a FoodCorps Member with La Semilla in the 2025-2026 school year!
If you have questions, please reach out to edibleeducation@lasemillafoodcenter.org.
Call for Creatives
La Semilla Food Center is looking to expand our working list of local writers (essayists, poets, etc.) and visual artists (photographers, videographers, illustrators, etc.) interested in telling the stories of how people in our region are engaging with land and food traditions. Please note that this is NOT a call for a specific contract position. Rather, we are building a list of locally based creatives (within the Paso del Norte Region, encompassing Anthony, NM, El Paso, TX, Las Cruces, NM, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and immediate surrounding areas) for future paid opportunities.
If you’re interested in being added to our list, please send an email to storytelling@lasemillafoodcenter.org with your:
- Name
- Email Address
- Phone Number
- Work samples/links (e.g., website, social media handle(s), etc.)
- If you are bilingual (English/Spanish) and in which language(s) you prefer to create your works.
- Portfolio is optional.
