At Avant Gardens Farm & Mushroomery, we create a phenomenal culinary experience. On our farm, we raise gourmet mushrooms, including 5+ varieties of oysters, shiitake, lion's mane, piopinno mushrooms and more. We collaborate with the finest foragers and fellow farms to purvey a top notch selection of certified wildcraft and cultivated mushrooms. Our Cookery line includes our mushroom cooking salts, dried shrooms, infused oils, mushroom butter and tapanade. We serve regional Ohio & PA farmer's markets, Cleveland's West Side Market (stall 64), local chefs, restaurants, cooperatives, and more. WE SHIP NATIONWIDE with goldbely.com.

Safely and accurately shipping food nationwide. At Perishable Shipping Solutions, we consider ourselves a perishable shipping incubator for startup, small, and emerging companies within the perishable shipping marketplace. We optimize each and every shipment for each and every client. We offer solutions for ecommerce fulfillment, excellent FedEx rate program, and shipment optimization consulting. We're passionate about opening up the marketplace for high quality, artisan food producers. By entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs: we love facilitating alternate revenue channels so our clients can thrive. Every package counts!

Support the vibrant local food revival happening in Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania with a highly organized and robust branding campaign. Align all partners under the 30 Mile Meal banner! Fight greenwash--buy local! Love your farmers, farm-to-table chefs, and soulful local retailers!

Get this multidimensional local food startup off the ground!! Focus: CSA & production planning, procurement, producer relations, industry advisor

Desk jockeying asparagus & bananas, et al into warehouses throughout our fine cities of Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Cleveland.I use my buying power to support talented farmers, healthy soils, and sustainable food systems while generating the kind of margins that let us continue to support the best of organics.Ultimately, I'm driven in this work by the pursuit of true American food justice and food system reform, influencing smarter, next-gen distribution systems and protecting the rights and livelihoods of our organic, small- and mid-sized farmers.

Lead receiver, quality control and inventory specialist for a wholesale organic produce distributor in Denver, COSee also: Cold Chain ChampionsSee also: Hard Count Wednesdays

Develop real industry-standard solutions for our progressive and unique delivery-only business model. Manage the results with a small staff. Continue to innovate within standard purchasing structure. Maintain large percentage of sales and collaborate with colleagues to develop & execute excellent marketable catalog and bundle products.

We're always looking for great leads on Colorado local certified organic producers! Do you have a vision for a creative direct and/or cooperative supply relationship? Please contact bethany@milehighorganics.com!

-Complete all purchasing for grocery department, managing purchase orders and inventory while following the regional planner and store programs; manage and place orders as needed for Frozen and Bulk subteams-Point person for Everclean organics audits, special focus on maintaining organic programs for Bulk -Plan and purchase for all Holiday Market Changes, directing Team Members through biweekly switchouts, adhering to regional planner, customizing decisions for our unique store movement, labor availability, and open to buy-Maintain excellent customer service, vendor relations, and top-notch salesfloor while balancing multiple responsibilities, tasks, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment-Succeed through challenges due to positive relationships with fellow Team Members and Leadership

-Live plant and cut flower merchandising, sales, care, and promotion-Work with highest organic standards in the industry to process and display highly perishable products-Use people skills and knowledge base to deliver outstanding customer service-Internal promotion within 5 months of hiring; traveled to open company store in new PA marketplace; served on hiring panel; consistent demo work-Develop value-added program and build high-margin market for store produce team

-Owned and operated a farm of my own: a multi-plot rural/urban farm that sold at various local marketplaces and restaurants, focusing on salad greens, peppers, tomatoes, culinary herbs-Completed all administrative and social media, marketing, networking work for operation

-Assist local farmer with various organic specialty crop operations-Local CSA start-up internship developed into full organic agriculture industry immersion-Developed understanding of farm operations, local food industry, natural growing standards and expertise

-Manage approximately 25 rental units-Responsibilities include book- and record-keeping, rent collections, groundskeeping, tenant and contractor relationships-Organized financial records and improved & digitized systems-Self-supervised

-Trained in cutting-edge curriculum to teach struggling students to succeed in university environment-Instructional work with diverse populations and backgrounds

-Assisted in operating newly implemented grassroots grant making program-Mentored in nonprofit budgeting, grantee relations, committee operations, community organizing and publicity-Presented at workshops to educate public about grant application procedures

-Assisted professor of philosophy in the planning and implementation of a 6-week experimental ethics course affiliated with the Mahoning County Juvenile Justice Center-Worked closely with juvenile offenders from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds-Researched, developed and executed novel course activities, including full lesson plan-Course activities taught juveniles ethical issues in fun and engaging ways-Administered pre- and post-assessments in one-on-one interview formats