March 31, 2021
Spring is in the air, the sun is shining, the grass is growing and you're wondering what to do with your summer. Why not join us?
We're a committed group of food industry professionals, chefs, gardeners, and food enthusiasts in beautiful Portland, ME. Our mission is to rebuild the food system and make locally sourced food more widely available to everyone. Watch this video to meet our summer interns from last year and learn more about why they chose to work at Forager. Then see the job description and application instructions below.
Summer Startup Intern 2021
We are an early-stage tech startup with the mission of making local food more widely available for everyone. We are looking for motivated and thoughtful individuals with a passion for the local food economy to join our Maine-based team remotely for the late spring and summer.
About Forager: Forager is a digital B2B procurement platform for local food, designed to simplify the sourcing process for wholesale buyers and local food suppliers. Our mission is to make locally sourced food more widely available for everyone, which we believe is only possible when it becomes just as easy to buy from independent local farms as it is from broadline distributors. Our solution streamlines every step of the sourcing process for local food from procurement to payment and it also provides ways to make new connections and receive valuable data about your purchasing trends. We save time and cost in local sourcing, so buyers and farmers can focus on what they love most: sharing and growing local food.
Since launching its beta in June 2016, Forager has enabled millions of dollars of local sourcing, while cutting costs for buyers and increasing sales for suppliers. We work with more than 35 buyers and 400 suppliers in 10 states across the US.
About the Position: The Startup Intern will have the opportunity to explore various aspects of an early stage tech startup, participate in internal strategic meetings and operations, and take ownership of their own projects. There are many opportunities for engagement with our different projects but the bulk of the interns’ responsibilities will likely relate to one or more of the following initiatives:
About You
This position is unpaid and can be for course credit. Hours and location can be flexible and we anticipate this internship to be fully remote due to social distancing guidelines during COVID-19. Please tell us about your strengths and interests in the cover letter, and send it along with your résumé to recruiting@goforager.com.