Jobs and Opportunities

Jobs and Opportunities

June 2025 Jobs & Opportunities

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Headlines!
Farmland
Jobs @ Farms
Jobs @ Michigan State University
Jobs @ Michigan Non-profits/Other
National Jobs
Grants/Funding
Events!
Volunteer Opportunities
Organic Resources
Farmer Mental Health
Surveys & other info
MVEG Resources
Advocate

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Headlines!

Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund apply by July 29
Urban Farmer | The Farm at Trinity Health Oakland
Manage the Giving Tree Farm as a farmer or farmworker
Field days, workshops and webinars for farmers transitioning to organic

Compost webinar series – 4 webinars for gardeners, 4 for farmers and 4 on vermicompost
Federal Grant Programs Open for Farmers Market, Local Food, and Regional Food Systems Programs all 3 grants are due June 27
Map of Michigan Sustainable Farm Jobs
Post Sustainable Farm Jobs to the map using this form
Crosshatch Regional Farm Job Board for NW Michigan
Urban Farm Website Survey
Two greenhouses available in Montague/Whitehall area (40' × 196' and 28' × 96') with propane heat and fertigation. Contact Brian Hekkema at 231-206-7715 for more info.
Soil Health Opportunities & Tools Fund (SHOT Fund) EQIP Bridge Loan program to fund you in your NRCS EQIP projects if/when funding is frozen. No fees, no penalties, and no interest. To apply, use this short pre-application form and the team will schedule a brief 30 minute call to learn more about your needs. March 12 Webinar has more info.
OFTP Graduates Survey – we want to track your success!
Advocate to protect SNAP – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – food assistance for low-income families and individuals

Farmland

MI FarmLink

West Michigan

Two greenhouses available in Montague/Whitehall area (40' × 196' and 28' × 96') with propane heat and fertigation. Contact Brian Hekkema at 231-206-7715 for more info.
90 acres in Ottawa County
7 acres in Ottawa County
76 acres in Cedar Springs for lease or partnership
78 acres for lease or partnership in Kalamazoo County
71 acres for lease in Kalamazoo County
126 acres for partnership in Ottawa County
100 acre pastured livestock farm for partnership & succession near Middleville (Crane Dance Farm!)
40 acres for lease in Reed City
1 acre in Pentwater for lease, sale or partnership
https://earthenheart.com/ affordable sustainable rental housing and ag land

Southeast Michigan

Mid-Michigan

Manage the Giving Tree Farm as a farmer or farmworker

Northern Lower Michigan

Upper Peninsula

Out of State

50 acres in East Troy, Wisconsin

Jobs @ Farms

Urban Farmer | The Farm at Trinity Health Oakland
Manage the Giving Tree Farm as a farmer or farmworker
Map of Michigan Sustainable Farm Jobs or use this form to add your farm job
Crosshatch Regional Farm Job Board for NW Michigan
Naturally Better Soil Products Internship in Compost Market Development - see pay, benefits & other details on the farm jobs map
Keep Growing Detroit – internships available
Growing Hope Urban Farm (Ypsilanti) Home Garden Internship + 3 internships and a Farmers Market assistant
Adaptive Seeds (Oregon)
Helianthus Farms - see pay, benefits & other details on the farm jobs map or contact Karl Kaufman at 8102415240 or karlkaufman48@gmail.com
MBG Marketing Farm & Greenhouse Operator at a blueberry farm (Grand Junction)
Asbury Farm (Flint) see job posting on map
Great Lakes Incubator Farm (Traverse City) see posting on map
Organic Vegetable Farm Manager Apprenticeship Program (Wisconsin, many locations)
The Wegener Farm, Farmworker (Fenton)
Ingham County Land Bank Garden Program Contractor email Cody Mohr at CMohr@ingham.org
Slow Farm (Ann Arbor, MI) 2 Assistant Farm Managers and Farm Hand positions
Fairshare CSA Coalition Organic Vegetable Farm Manager Apprenticeship
Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship(Several locations in Michigan)
Titus Farms (Mason, MI)
Employment Opportunities list from MIFFS (Michigan Food and Farming Systems)

Jobs @ Michigan State University

Tollgate Farm Summer Farm Aide (Novi)
Specialty Crop Extension Program Worker Oceana, Apply by June 26
On-Call Service/Maintenance, apply by June 30

Jobs @ Michigan Non-profits/Other

ACCESS of West Michigan Independent Contractors for Poverty Education Workshops, also internships and board member openings (Grand Rapids)
Eastern Market (Detroit) jobs page Administrative and Community Engagement Specialist, 2. Events Manager and 3. Urban Ag Produce Share Assembly Team

National Jobs

Organic Farming Research Foundation Operations Associate Fully Remote or Santa Cruz, CA
National Organic Coalition: Part-time Coalition Manager
Savanna Institute Agroforestry Research Specialist and Agroforestry Technical Assistance Provider (MN)
Dakota Rural Action: Executive Director
CRMS Garden Intern at Colorado Rocky Mountain School, contact hmcdermott@crms.org
Kentucky Sustainable Agriculture and Community Food Systems faculty lecturer
Marbleseed Job Board
COMFOOD-Jobslistserv
Good Food Jobs
Ag Solidarity Network Job Listings
Sustainable Ag Coalition (NSAC) Jobs listing
American Farmland Trust – Deputy Controller (Washington DC), Philanthropy Officer, Northeast (Remote)

Grants/Funding

Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund apply by July 29
Federal Grant Programs Open for Farmers Market, Local Food, and Regional Food Systems Programs all 3 grants are due June 27

Midwest Land Access Navigator Grants for farm businesses seeking $4000 for land access or soil/water conservation – email Katie Brandt at brandtk7@msu.edu for help filling out the grant application
Michigan SARE and MI/WI Tribal SARE and NC-SARE
SARE Seeks Outreach Products to Advance Sustainable Agriculture, due by June 30
Digital directory of 100+ funding opportunities – MSU Center for Regional Food Systems
Soil Health Opportunities & Tools Fund (SHOT Fund) EQIP Bridge Loan program to fund you in your NRCS EQIP projects if/when funding is frozen. No fees, no penalties, and no interest. To apply, use this short pre-application form and the team will schedule a brief 30 minute call to learn more about your needs.
Regenerative Farmer Assurance Fund (RFAF) for farmers affected by the federal funding freeze
Become a Grow Detroit's Young Talent (GDYT) worksite for 2025
Ongoing - Boost your farm or food business: Online grant writing course
Eastern Michigan University’s 2025 Executive Certificate in Entrepreneurship (ECE) and $30,000 Venture Challenge for aspiring Michigan entrepreneurs
Climate Smart Farming Funding Resource Library
Detroit Legacy Business Project for businesses open 30 years or more
GROW Lansing Grants $5000 for community gardens and sustainable land use in Lansing
Grassroots Guide to Federal Farm and Food Programsfrom the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
MIFFS Funding & Grants list
Grants and Funding Opportunitiesfrom the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD)
Financial Incentives Database (FIND) Tool to compare farm conservation programs and funding options

Federal Funding Freeze & Firings:

Civil Eats Food Policy Tracker
USDA Contract Freezes: Filing an NAD Appeal or Demand Letter (Farm Commons)
USDA Contract Freezes and Terminations: Legal Action Steps for Farmers with Signed EQIP and CSP Contracts (Farm Commons)
Contact USDA Secretary Rollins about the funding freeze
Democracy 2025’s Response Center lists Executive Orders with short analyses: https://www.democracy2025.org/response-center

Legal support from Lawyers for Good Government: do you have a federal grant and are in need of legal technical support? L4GG has set up this intake form and you can complete it to request follow-up: https://www.lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/fund-protection-legal-guidance-request
Immigration Executive Orders analysis: these resources offer some analytical grounding in what these EOs may mean:

Guide for employers with practical advice for addressing immigration-related actions in the workplace: this is intended to help organizations protect their employees and stakeholders in the event of immigration actions so you can help protect your folks: https://www.nilc.org/resources/a-guide-for-employers-what-to-do-if-immigration-comes-to-your-workplace/
Land & Liberation 2025 Federal Funding Freeze Resources
What You Need to Know & Do to Defend Your Federal Funding
WTF?!? Office Hours Q&A
WTF?!? Federal Funding Freeze Questions/Answer Submission Form
National Young Farmers Coalition is looking for stories of farmers affected by the funding freeze

Events!

June 21 8-10am Pollinator Week: Birds and Bees Urban Farm Walk at Lilac Community Garden (1260 Lilac Ave, East Lansing)
June 22 MOFFA Flint Farm Tours at an urban flower farm, diverse urban farm and a worm compost site
June 23 Ten Cents a Meal Application Trainings Kalamazoo 2-4pm Register
June 24 at 1pm, Michigan Agroforestry Working Group, https://umich.zoom.us/j/95085508246 Passcode: 881740
June 25 Ten Cents a Meal Application Trainings Traverse City 2-4pm Register
June 25 Understanding Ag Dairy Workshop (2 farms near Pewamo, MI)
June 26 Ten Cents a Meal Application Trainings Fruitport 9-11am Register
June 26 Unconventional Fruit: Communicating your Practices
June 26 from 2-3 pm ET for Seeds of Success: Crop-Livestock Integration
June 26 Lansing Grown Meet and Greet
June 26 FREE virtual Mental Health First Aid certification online with Marbleseed
June 28 Cooperative Economics with Amaha Salassie @ D-Town Farm
June 29 Advanced Urban Gardening with Baba Ras Kofi @ D-Town Farm
June 28 Mental Health First Aid Training for farmers and farm educators
Apply by July 1 National Farmers Union's Beginning Farmer Institute free, online, 10-week intensive program from October to December
July 3 City of Detroit Land Based Projects Office Hours, Noon to 1pm, 1^st Thursdays, monthly
July 7 July Michigan Beekeeping Office Hours
July 10 Monthly Drop-in Organic Farming Q & A - July 2025
July 11 Veteran Farmer Conference, July 11-12 | Shipshewana, IN
July 14 Climate Resilience MVEG Farmer Peer Discussion Series
July 16 Selling MI Honey & Maple Syrup - Safely! Webinar, Noon to 2pm
July 19 Alpena Michigan Paddle Stewards train the trainer – a day of kayaking to learn to ID invasive aquatic species and clean paddleboats so you can teach others - complete the online MI Paddle Stewardscourse before July 19
July 22 Michigan Paddle Stewards train the trainer – a day of kayaking to learn to ID invasive aquatic species and clean paddleboats so you can teach others - complete the online MI Paddle Stewardscourse before July 22
July 22: Beginning Farmer Field Day West Central Michigan Research and Extension Center, 9am to 4pm, Hart
July 28 to Nov. 17 Cover Crop Essentials online course (apply by June 23)
July 29 Providence Farm Organic Field Day
July 30 Edible Flint Food Garden Tour
Aug 3 Nut and Chestnut Growers Conference
Aug 4 August Michigan Beekeeping Office Hours
Aug 7 Organic Weed Management Field Day at Full Hollow Farm (Belding)
Aug 7 Monthly Drop-in Organic Farming Q & A - August 2025
Aug 7 Ten Cents a Meal Application Trainings Mason/Ingham 2-4pm Register
Aug 7 City of Detroit Land Based Projects Office Hours, Noon to 1pm, 1^st Thursdays, monthly
Aug 11 Organic & Other Certifications MVEG Farmer Peer Discussion Series
Aug 14 Ten Cents a Meal Application Trainings Macomb 2-4pm Register
Aug 18 Ten Cents a Meal Application Trainings Flint 2-4pm Register
August 18 – 19 Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference (Glen Arbor) apply to speak by April 24
Aug 20 Organic Vegetable Pest Management Field Day at UM Campus Farm (Ann Arbor)
Aug 20 Selling MI Honey & Maple Syrup - Safely! Webinar, 2 – 4pm
Aug 21-22 2025 Dirt to Glass: Elevating Michigan Wine from the Ground Up
4: 3rd Annual Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Field Day Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners
Sep 4 Monthly Drop-in Organic Farming Q & A - September 2025
Sep 4 City of Detroit Land Based Projects Office Hours, Noon to 1pm, 1^st Thursdays, monthly
Sep 8 September Michigan Beekeeping Office Hours
Sep 10 Great Lakes Intertribal Food Coalition online meetings for Tribal food producers 12:30pm EST
Sep 20 – 21 D-Town Farm Harvest Festival
Oct 2 Monthly Drop-in Organic Farming Q & A - October 2025
Oct 2 City of Detroit Land Based Projects Office Hours, Noon to 1pm, 1^st Thursdays, monthly
Oct 4 Michigan Beekeepers Association Fall Conference
Oct 9 Organic Apple Orchard Tour at Third Leaf Farm (Greenville)
Oct 11 Farm Field Day with Fisheye Farm (Detroit)
Oct 21 What are Your Farm Certification Goals? TOPP Farmer webinar series, Noon to 1pm
Oct 23 Nutrient Management for Organic Farms - Part 1: Food Safety and Water Pollution TOPP Farm Educator webinar series, Noon to 1pm
Oct 28 Organic Market Premium - How Much Can I Expect to Get for My Products? TOPP Farmer webinar series, Noon to 1pm
Oct 30 Nutrient Management for Organic Farms - Part 2: Managing fertility and soil ecosystems TOPP Farm educator webinar series, Noon to 1pm
Nov 4 How to Make Money in Organic Farming TOPP Farmer webinar series, Noon to 1pm
Nov 6 Organic Pesticide Management TOPP farm educator webinar series, Noon to 1pm
Nov 13 Monthly Drop-in Organic Farming Q & A - November 2025
Dec 4 Monthly Drop-in Organic Farming Q & A - December 2025

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer at D-Town farm in Detroit on Saturdays and Sundays from 9am to Noon
Volunteer at Keep Growing Detroit: May thru September - Tuesdays & Thursdays 5-7pm; October - Tuesdays & Thursdays 4-6pm
Volunteer at Sanctuary Farm: July 12, August 9, September 13, October 11, November 8
Growing Hope's Home Vegetable Garden Program (Ypsilanti) seeks Garden mentors who speak English, Spanish and/or Arabic are needed, garden experience required, but you do not need to be an expert
Allen Neighborhood Center Hunter Park GardenHouse (Lansing) volunteer on Mondays: 9:30am – noon or Thursdays: 5 – 7:30pm
Farmstead Planning Volunteer (Jackson, MI) Contact Maria at dreams@gmail.com
Wolcott Mill Farm Center
We3Queens Botanical Garden – contact Anne Lynn at w3qoutreach@gmail.com
Cover Crop Survey
Healthy Soils, Healthy Waters-Michigan growers in Lenawee, Hillsdale, and Monroe counties to participate in a new research project to further understand the connection between conservation practices, changes in soil health, and water quality improvements.

Organic Resources

2025 Field days, workshops and webinars for farmers transitioning to organic
Resource Map for Michigan Organic Growers
Join the Michigan Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP) as a Mentor, a Mentee or attend a field day or webinar to learn more:

Videos from past TOPP events
Q + A session on all things organic farming.

Apply for Real Organic Project Certification today!

Michigan CSA Network

2025 Michigan CSA farmer survey
Farmer Advisory Committee FAQ: https://bit.ly/3QaMuca$900 for 30 hours
Regional Farm Network FAQ: https://bit.ly/RegionalFarmNetworkFAQ
- Field Days - $500
- Skill-based Workshops - $1000
- Grower Gatherings - $500
- Marketing events/support - CSA Fair/Open House Event - $2000
- Farm Sign-up Form for both Farmer Advisory Committee and Regional Network Leads : https://forms.gle/3d5WfDfaKAA8UnEC9
- CSA Renewals Drive resource package

The Network has funding to support the following activities in each region:

Farmer Mental Health

Survey on stress, injury, and overall mental and physical well-being in agriculture – farmers are paid to participate
State Farmer Mental Health Resource List
Michigan Teletherapy for farmers: https://www.canr.msu.edu/managing_farm_stress/teletherapy-program
Find a therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists
Find an Inclusive therapist - national search: https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/
MVEG Farmer Resiliency & Mental Health Resources: https://www.mvegnetwork.org/resources
Farm Aid Crisis Hotline: 1-800-FARM-AID (1-800-327-6243).Monday through Friday from 9am – 9pm ET; 6am – 6pm PT. The
Spanish Hotline is answered Monday through Friday, 9am – 5pm ET.
National Suicide Hotline: dial 988

Surveys & other info

Surveys

Urban Farm Website Survey
Survey for Lansing Urban Farmers
Survey on Economic Impacts of Regional Grainsheds
Survey for organic (or transitioning to organic) farmers who have utilized USDA programs like NRCS EQIP, CSP or FSA from the USDA and are willing to share their story – pay farmers up to $800 to participate

Survey on stress, injury, and overall mental and physical well-being in agriculture – farmers are paid to participate
Beginning Farmer Resource & Decision Tool survey
Paid farmer & farmworker focus groups – fill out this survey for more info
Michigan Climate Smart Agriculture Survey – fill out 1 part or all 5 😊

Part 1: Defining Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)
Part 2: Scope, Criteria, and Measurable Impacts
Part 3: Farmers Perspectives & Incentives; Verification Process & Standards
Part 4: Integration with Existing Programs and Initiative; Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration
Part 5: Scaling Up and Long-Term Sustainability; Monitoring, Evaluation, and Continuous Improvement

Detroit Water Conservation Practices Survey for urban farmers
Midwest Vegetable Growers Network Looking for Farmers and Collaborators
Interview + Survey about climate smart growing ($90 visa gift card)

Other info

Detroit People’s Food Co-op – sign up as a local supplier Detroit-based, Black-owned & other farms encouraged to apply
Apply to sell at Eastern Market
MIFFS Wholesale Producers List – add your farm to the list!

Donate food through the Michigan Agricultural Surplus Program
Washtenaw Tool Bank Collective
Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation Clearinghouse
Peer to Peer coaching programthrough Fairshare
"Staying Safe While Working in Conditions of Smoke and Fire"

MVEG Resources

Advocate

Advocate for Sustainable Agriculture, Food Systems, Food Assistance and ways for new farmers to access land in the next Farm Bill:

Advocate to protect SNAP – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – food assistance for low-income families and individuals
National Young Farmer Coalition advocacy campaigns
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition – Take Action
Contact President Biden here.
Find the contact information of your US House representative here.
Find the contact information of your US Senator here.

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