Culinary Skills & Gardening Team Member

Music City Center•Nashville, TN

10h•$12•Onsite

About The Position

Martha O’Bryan Center is an anti-poverty non-profit organization with longstanding history and deep community roots, grounded in tradition and strengthened by innovation. Food Security Team Member Participants will plant and maintain garden beds at Stratford High, assist in the MOBC Food Bank, participate in healthy cooking classes, as well as design and create a community cookbook. Participants will learn about sustainable gardening and research information on food deserts and organic foods. Objectives are to learn gardening skills, understand health food preparation, and basic graphic design (for the booklet).

Nice To Haves

Active listening
Critical thinking
Problem-solving skills
Communication skills
Curiosity
Self-management/motivation

Responsibilities

Plant and maintain garden beds at Stratford High
Assist in the MOBC Food Bank
Participate in healthy cooking classes
Design and create a community cookbook/booklet
Learn about sustainable gardening
Research information on food deserts and organic foods
Work with Near Peer coach and ASU staff on project development and execution
Research food choices
Build a community garden
Create a high school friendly booklet
Work on computers to aid in graphic design relative to producing the recipe booklet
Host a cooking demonstration at the end of the project