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Join our team of growers, gleaners, nutrition educators, and distribution ninjas.

Rolling Harvest Food Rescue Job Opportunities & Internships

Summer Farm Internship

RHFR is offering two summer/seasonal farm internships for the 2024 season. We are sustainably growing over 20+ crops at our donation farm at Gravity Hill Farm in Titusville, NJ. All produce that is grown is donated & distributed to local hunger relief organizations. This is a great hands-on learning experience for those interested in agriculture, food systems, & community outreach.  Interns will work with the resident farmer to plant, cultivate & harvest a diversity of vegetables. 

The Ideal Candidate: 

  • Has their own vehicle 
  • Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs 
  • Can work in all weather conditions

Experience with a push mower and/or weed whacker is a plus!

This is a 12 week internship position, beginning June 2, 2024 through August 24, 2024, allowing for one week vacation during the summer. Three, 6 or 7 hour shifts are required per week, for a total of 20 hours per week. A Saturday shift is optional but weekends are not required. This is a paid internship with a $2,500 stipend offered either as a non-taxable college grant, or as weekly taxable income.

Internship extension available upon request to work until October 19th. 

High School Juniors & Seniors are welcome to apply & we can work with your Summer/Fall schedule. 

Please send your cover letter and resume by March 31, 2024, to Anita Garcia-Harris at cropmanager@rollingharvest.org.

Nutrition and Culinary Education Outreach Intern

Join us this summer to help share the bounty from our local farms, get nutritious foods to our neighbors in need, and teach healthy eating for life! Our Nutrition Education Intern will assist Rolling Harvest’s Nutrition and Culinary Education Outreach Team with:

  • Fresh produce distribution, identification, preparation, and healthy cooking advice, working within the financial and housing constraints of food pantry recipients.
  • Cooking demos, and recipe and video creation, working directly with our dedicated Nutrition Education Directors and volunteers.
  • Other duties will include occasional weekly produce pickups from our partner farmers and food producers, and some gleaning (harvesting).
  • Additional nutrition and cooking outreach will be arranged at Fresh Connect Bucks free mobile farm markets, low-income senior housing locations, senior community centers, summer camps, health clinics, and area shelters, schedule TBD.

Flexibility is a key component of this internship as our societal needs keep changing. Must be able to lift 35 pounds.

This is a 12-week college summer break internship (allowing for a one-week vacation during the summer), based on the candidate’s academic schedule and prior family vacation commitments. 20 hours per week, with all attempts made by Rolling Harvest to accommodate any other part-time job the candidate may be committed to for evenings and late afternoons. $2,500 stipend offered either as a non-taxable college grant, or as weekly taxable income.

The ideal candidate will bring enthusiasm, a commitment to social justice, compassion, and respect for the at-risk, food-insecure population we are helping. Must have own vehicle. Fuel costs reimbursed with a $200 gas card provided for the internship. Spanish speaking a plus. Living within 20 minutes of the New-Hope/Lambertville area is a plus.

Please send cover letter and resume by March 31, 2024, to Vicki Sarnoff at vsarnoff@rollingharvest.org