Andi Emrich Email & Phone Number

Saint John, NB

Gainesville, Florida, United States

• Oversees all projects
• Initiates and sets goals for programs based on the organization’s strategic objectives
• Plans programs, identifying processes, deadlines, and milestones
• Tracks project progress, ensures deadlines are met, tracks grant deadlines
• Writes and submits grant reports
• Heads hiring process

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Established the first member-based, statewide farmers market organization for marketmanagers and vendors
• Developed and maintain a membership database for market members
• Manage the local food security project and personnel administering the SupplementalNutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) at three farmers markets in Gainesville includingstaff members and volunteers
• Organized professional development events for farmers market vendors and managers,including five day-long symposiums across Florida and a two-day online event on topicsincluding food safety and best business practices.
• Led successful grant writing campaigns to fund programming and manage subsequentgrant requirements including financial and progress reports
• Built and continue to maintain web content including the online Florida Farmers MarketToolkit

Gainesville, Florida, United States

• Developed on-farm workshops for farmers in North-Central Florida to provideopportunities for experiential learning in organic agriculture
• Promoted workshops to ensure high enrollment
• Created, collected and analyzed post-workshop evaluations to improve relevance andaccessibility for future workshop participants

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Coordinated and planned logistics for trade shows, workshops, training courses, and farm tours
• Oversaw branding
• Planned and implemented marketing campaigns through social media, e-mail, mail-outs, phone calls, and on-the-ground promotion resulting in high registration
• Carried out sponsorship campaign raising tens of thousands of dollars for the summit
• Coordinated workshops & presentations with over 40 speakers from the organic agricultural community
• Managed multiple interns who helped design and carry out the summit

Jemseg, New Brunswick, Canada

• Oversaw retail and restaurant wholesales of produce & cut flower bouquets
• Carried out all farm activities from planning, seeding, transplanting, maintenance, harvest and sale
• Carried out on-farm processing of produce
• Independently ran cut flower bouquet business within larger farm operations
• Maintained processing facilities and greenhouses in an organized fashion

San Francisco Bay Area

• Oversaw and organized volunteer activities on-farm
• Carried out all farm activities from seeding to harvest and wholesales
• Organized fundraising projects such as an intimate on-farm dinner, raising over $2000
• Kept monthly sales inventories
• Kept greenhouse, seed & tool storage organized

San Francisco Bay Area

• Worked closely with staff in the ornithology and mammalogy department at the California Academy of ---Sciences to help prepare skeletal specimens for entry into the collections. Worked primarily with marine mammals.

Fredericton, New Brunswick

• Coordinated a pilot project for the creation of a province-wide automated cattle traceability system
• Communicated effectively with project participants (cattle producers, slaughterhouse and cattle auction owners as well as drovers) in French and English
• Worked closely with producers and government to problem solve
• Presented project progress reports to project board and presented summation to regional actors

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

- Worked with a dedicated team to coordinate and lead accessible public education sessions and demonstrations on food processing topics including sprouting- Designed, created, and coordinated the dissemination of promotional materials

• Coordinated EFP program and facilitated individual on-farm sustainability planning sessions
• Provided procedural support to New Brunswick producers participating in EFP
• Recruited program participants via cold calls and at networking events
• Created, organized and maintained an EFP database of thousands of participating producers
• Coordinated strategic planning workshops in collaboration with the NB Soil & Crop Improvement Association

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

The Landless Gardeners began as a grassroots initiative back in 2009 approaching private landowners about using their unused green space to grow vegetables right in the heart of downtown Fredericton, New Brunswick. We...- Collaborated with private homeowners to make urban land available for food production- Listed in Briarpatch Magazine’s 2011 list of “20.

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

- Actively participated in the developmental stages of NBCHG including funding, vision & mission statements, and by-law development- Recorded concise minutes, developed and sent out agendas and relevant information to executive members- Acted as liaison between gardeners of the Fredericton Multicultural Association and NBCHG

Fredericton, New Brunswick

• Planned, promoted, and implemented a day-long research forum on agriculture in Canada’s Eastern provinces that brought together both researchers and producers
• Recruited researchers from across the Atlantic provinces to present on agricultural topics including science, technology and community development

• Coordinated farm field day to promote technologies and sustainability projects on-farm for central New Brunswick producers
• Acted as liaison between farmers and government by aiding farmers through the government funding application process
• Carried out Environmental Impact Assessments for producers and worked closely with farmers to develop Environmental Farm Plans to foster on-farm sustainability
• Coordinated and implemented an alternative energy livestock watering system demo project and helped establish an on-farm constructed wetland

Certificate In Food Security, Food Security

Activities and Societies: Courses include: Applied Research Methods & Evaluation, Food Policy & Programs for Food Security, Food Security.

Bachelor Of Philosophy In Interdisciplinary Leadership, Leadership And Environment

Activities and Societies: Courses Include: Community Problem Solving & Research Projects, Environmental Issues, Environmental Ethics.