Also called: Gleaning Program Coordinator, Field Gleaning Organizer
Organizes volunteers to pick leftover crops from farms after the harvest and gets that fresh food to food banks.
At 7 a.m. a farmer texts that two acres of sweet potatoes were left behind by the harvest machines. She sends an alert to 60 volunteers, meets them at the field with crates, and by noon a truck carries 8,000 pounds of potatoes to the food bank.
Estimate; nonprofit pay.
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 often preferred (agriculture, nutrition or nonprofit studies); AmeriCorps service is a common way in.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Agriculture, Nutrition, Nonprofit Management, Environmental Studies.
Growing about average. Steady interest from food banks and farm-to-food-bank programs.
Low risk for 10 years. Apps match farmers with volunteers; running a crew in a muddy field stays human.
Classes: Agriculture (FFA), Biology, Leadership.
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