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INTERNSHIPSLast updated February 4, 2010 PLEASE NOTE: If you are interested in more than one internship, please apply for each position separately, and indicate in your e-mail the name of the internship for which you are applying. Food and Health InternMany good policy options exist for changing food availability, food prices or food marketing - thereby changing the food environment - at the local, state and federal level. Many such policies, aimed primarily at the downstream, consumer end of the food chain, could be considered as policies designed to either increase consumer demand for healthy foods or decrease consumer demand for unhealthy foods. In addition, however, policymakers and researchers are only just awakening to the upstream links between obesity and policy determinants of what happens on the farm. Changes to agricultural or food policy at the farm end could have positive downstream health impacts, both in terms of food availability and prices, but also in terms of environmental health writ large, e.g. less fossil fuel use, less eutrophication, better water management, etc. Primary ResponsibilitiesThe goal of the internship is to collect examples of policies that have been proposed, piloted or enacted at both ends of the food chain, and then to organize them, in consultation with IATP staff, in ways that facilitate the public and policymakers gaining access to them. Experience and Qualification RequirementGraduate level student in public policy, food and nutrition policy or related discipline. Additional InformationLocation: Off-site or on-site at IATP's office in Minneapolis. If off-site, initial in-person meeting required, and then phone/email check-ins, as well as a final in-person meeting at the end of the project. Duration: To begin immediately. Flex time over 6-8 weeks. Compensation: Unpaid How to ApplyEmail résumé, cover letter and one writing sample to Emily Barker at ebarker@iatp.org by February 14, 2010. Please indicate in your e-mail the name of the internship for which you are applying. For more informationIf you have any questions about internships at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, call Emily Barker at (612) 870-3454. Unless otherwise noted, to apply, email a cover letter and résumé to ebarker@iatp.org The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems. It is the policy of IATP to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, creed, color, religion, age, sex, disability, marital or family status, sexual or affectional preference, public assistance status, membership on a local human rights commission, ex-offender status or national origin. IATP values diversity and intends to do everything possible to ensure that people of color are encouraged to apply for all positions at the Institute and to encourage women to apply for senior positions at the Institute. |
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