Also called: Farm-to-School Program Manager, School Garden & Local Food Coordinator
Buys local fruits, vegetables and meat for school lunches, connects farmers with cafeterias, and runs school gardens and taste tests.
You visit a nearby orchard to arrange 2,000 pounds of apples for October, help the cafeteria cook figure out how to roast local squash for 5,000 kids, and lead a taste test in a second-grade class. In spring you help teachers plant a school garden.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in nutrition, agriculture, environmental studies or education.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Nutrition, Agriculture, Environmental Studies, Education.
Growing about average. Steady; USDA grants support farm to school programs.
Low risk for 10 years. Ordering software helps; building relationships with farmers, cooks and kids stays human.
Classes: Agriculture (FFA), Family & consumer sciences, Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9013.
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