Farmer Outreach Manager

Posted 10/04/2023

About SPROUT

<p>SPROUT is a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 2012. We are a producer-focused food systems organization based in New Orleans that supports agriculture locally and across the state of Louisiana.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>MISSION</p><p>We support established and developing small-scale and sustainable farmers, community gardeners, and farm workers in Louisiana with technical and social support to build a stronger, more equipped community of growers in Louisiana and help all New Orleanians be part of a community food system.</p><p><br></p><p>VISION</p><p>SPROUT envisions a community food system rooted in equity. We work alongside community members to build lasting relationships and increase access to jobs, food, and land. By acknowledging the policies and practices that have explicitly harmed and prevented people of color from benefiting from the food system, we can collectively act and advocate for new ways of growing, buying, and selling, while restoring our relationships with the land and each other.</p><p><br></p><p>PROGRAMS </p><p>SPROUT works for community control of food, recognizing that food sovereignty requires that everyone is afforded the right to locally produced, community-grown, culturally relevant food. Our work addresses food access problems at their root by giving our New Orleans neighbors a stake in their own food, from production to composting. Our Community Food garden, markets, and urban agriculture programs benefit New Orleans’ residents, gardeners, and urban farmers, while our statewide Producers &amp; Sustainability initiatives support farmers throughout Louisiana with technical assistance, business services, and policy advocacy. </p><p>By creating social spheres that revolve around local food, we take a holistic approach to nutritional justice, encouraging people to enjoy every step of the process of food.</p><p><br></p><p>VALUES</p><p>Community: We center people and community in our activities.</p><p>Relationships: We are kind, responsive, and accountable to our community, neighbors, and team.</p><p>Racial Equity: We work to change systems that have limited people of color’s access to jobs, food, and land.</p><p>Environment: We take sustainable action with respect to our region’s climate and delicate ecosystems. All of our work is informed by the Climate Crisis.&nbsp;</p><p>Power-Shifting: We commit to working with and as historically excluded populations to build power and platforms. This means shifting power to Black people, Louisiana’s Indigenous communities, LGBTQIA+ people, people of color, and women.&nbsp;</p><p>Intentionality: We make small-scale changes with purpose and tenacity to create systems-level change.</p><p>Education: We adapt and learn from history and each other to create a shared community food system.</p>

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