Sra Feigelman

Experience

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  Congregation Bnai Jeshurun

  Sept 2012 - Apr 2014

  Teaching Assistant

  • Facilitated classroom activities and lessons• Taught Hebrew one-on-one to 2nd-5th graders

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  Slade Ecological Cooperative, Inc.

  Sept 2015 - Aug 2018

  General Liaison

  • Co-founder, resident of student cooperative based in local food, community engagement, and sustainability• Facilitated formal weekly community decision making sessions, conflict management, and planning process• Identified and recruited student, faculty, alumni support, led negotiation efforts with university administration• Developed a successful “Save Slade” social media and petition campaign • Arranged food partnerships with local Vermont farmers; fostered relationships and managed accounts Show less

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  University of Vermont

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

  • Collaborated with students, faculty and dining services to implement sustainable change in UVM’s food system• Developed outreach materials to promote sustainable practice and change within the student body• Planned, budgeted, recruited support for personal project to promote sustainable food choices

  • Graduate

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2018

  • Eco-Reps

    Jan 2016 - May 2016
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  Fisher Brothers Farm

  Apr 2016 - Aug 2016

  Farm Fellow

  • Mastered farm duties and technique essential to site establishment and maintenance• Strategized and planned for opening day, community events; operated farm stand

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  The Skinny Pancake

  Jul 2017 - Nov 2017

  Line Cook

  • Worked with locally sourced ingredients at a community oriented eatery• Filled orders in a fast-paced working environment

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  Red Barn Gardens

  Apr 2018 - Aug 2018

  Horticultural Assistant

  • Used local and edible horticultural knowledge to plan and maintain greenhouse, grounds, and gardens at small, locally-owned garden center and venue• Provided customer support, assisted in sales• Utilized horticulture hand tools, operated heavy machinery• Trained new employees

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  Flourish Farm

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Production Team Member

  • Managed cricket population in warehouse - feeding, watering, harvesting and cleaning• Experimented new ideas and systems with employees to ensure sustainable and efficient production• Educated visitors on farm activities, provided information, gave tours• Trained new employees

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  Pine Street Studios

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

  Studio Assistant

  Assisted in creative vision, production, and assembly of installation at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY.

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  CHUBBY MUFFIN, LLC THE

  Jul 2018 - May 2019

  Bakery, Front of House, Food Hub Operations

  Provided production and customer service for the Chubby Muffin Food Hub; fulfilling orders for the Skinny Pancake restaurant network• Multitasked front of house; taking orders, navigating and updating order system interface, barista duties and ensuring a positive customer service experience• Communicated across departments to ensure order completion for designated locations• Scheduled tasks to meet daily production quota• Trained new employees

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  FoodCorps

  Aug 2019 - Jul 2020

  FoodCorps Service Member

  Full-time service member at Philip's Academy of Paterson. Continually working with community stakeholders in developing projects and curriculum dedicated toward hands-on learning in classrooms, encouraging healthy eating, and promoting a school-wide culture of health. • Planned, prepped, led food and garden-based lessons with grades K-3rd• Established a school garden • Developed a nation-wide "Tasty Challenge" cafeteria taste test program. • Partnered City of Paterson Public Schools’ COVID-19 emergency food distribution efforts with Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program; matched food donations to community organizations after school closure • Authored bilingual outreach materials and monthly newsletters for multicultural school community • Identified, wrote, and submitted grant applications for school food and garden programs• Partnered with state food programs to enrich school breakfast and lunch programs• Redesigned, streamlined and refined family-style school lunch program• Recruited community garden volunteer task force, before and during pandemic Show less

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  Grow It Green Morristown

  Jan 2021 - May 2021

  Community Garden Manager, Community Outreach and Marketing Manager

  • Managed all aspects of community garden; registration and recruitment, upkeep, community events, projects• Interfaced with community on site, online, and throughout the community and developed traditional and bilingual content to engage with outside partners, vendors, sponsors, grantors, and multicultural customers and members

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  East New York Farms!

  Jun 2021 - now

  Compost Program Manager

  • Manage all components of program; outreach, program development and growth, youth internship supervision, leading workshops and events, budgeting and purchasing, food scrap collection, processing, resource distribution• Create and maintain partnerships with local residents and organizations; identifying areas of need, new opportunities for collaboration, communication and relationships, organizing work days, site visits, and events• Plan, budget for, and launch curbside food scrap collection program for East New York Residents• Develop, streamline, and implement regular compost and clean soil distribution programming for East New York Residents, bringing city-wide resources to East New York• Expand NYC Compost Project food scrap drop off sites into East New York• Increase on-site production of usable compost and intake capacity of food scraps by expanding programming with community residents and organizations Show less