What are the responsibilities and job description for the Seeking Consultant for Producer Hub RFP position at Transplanting Traditions Community Farm?
- Please send resume and cover letter to info@TransplantingTraditions.org. We are seeking to hire as soon as possible.
- We will reach out to prospective candidates for a 30 minute interview and to answer candidate questions about the project.
- We will then reach out to prospective candidates to provide a Request for Proposals April 28, 2025. We are seeking a packaged cost based proposal from candidates broken down by the scope of work below.
Organizational Description:
The mission of Transplanting Traditions Community Farm (TTCF) is to uplift food sovereignty in the refugee community through access to land, education and opportunities for refugee farmers to address community food insecurity and the barriers they face in reaching their dreams of farming. The farm provides a cultural community space for refugee adults and youth to come together, recreate home and build healthy communities, and continue agricultural traditions in the North Carolina Piedmont. We envision a world in which all people have access to healthy affordable food, land, education, satisfying work, a space to celebrate culture, and a place to build strong, resilient communities.
Project Description:
With a 16 year history of working with the refugee community, and now in its 7th year as an independent 501c3 organization, Transplanting Traditions is at a pivotal phase of organizational development. TTCF operates an incubator farm which provides participating farmers with shared land, farm infrastructure and education as well as direct business management support in crucial areas that are challenging to refugee ESOL farmers including; marketing, customer communication and relations, accounting and management of aggregated sales for a CSA & wholesale food hub.
Since 2012, TTCF has been operating a Food Hub for farmers who operate businesses from the incubator, aggregating farmer products to sell to customers, food pantries, restaurants and grocery stores. In the last couple of years, TTCF has built on the model of the Food Hub by developing a Producer Hub that will aggregate business management activities for farmers in a “fee for service” type model. Up until now, these services have been provided to farmers at no cost, however changes to this free model are motivated by a need for increased non-profit organizational financial sustainability as well as long-term security for farmer businesses. The goal of the Producer Hub is to create affordable business management solutions for farmers who participate in the Producer Hub by aggregating business management services. The ultimate goal is to create more security and independence for farm businesses, sustainability for the organization, while also providing a culturally appropriate solution to the business challenges ESOL farmers face.
Link to full RFP: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E0P-P8VUnNcGob3naB7SDsvppSLBNm0lsqJnzGoe30E/edit?tab=t.0
