OUR HISTORY
2017-2019
2nd IFOAM Youth Forum, Shanghai
Network of +100 farmers in +10 countries
2020
Organic World Congress (France)
2016
Abovefarm established in Shanghai
2015-2016
Incubation phase
MISSION & VISION
OUR MISSION
exploring humans & nature in agriculture.
OUR vision
abovefarm envisions a world in which all sectors of society function according to an organic ecological view, where people live in balance with nature and where everybody can equally access organic food.
our approach
万物生长烤太阳，
世间有机磨时间。
all things relay on sun to be alive,
all things relay on TIME to be organic.
our goals
thinking | life | food
zero-waste thinking, to understand humans as part of nature instead of as master over nature.
​lived through a deep mutually beneficial connection with nature by restoring and preserving a natural balance with planet Earth and within ourselves, our community and the global society.
available and accessible for all and produced in respect of soil health, biodiversity and humans rights.
join us
Paid internship opportunity at Abovefarm March 2020!
JUNIOR RESEARCHER IN SOIL HEALTH AND ORGANIC FARMING SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT
Our research programme, Above Innovation, supports and shares social, ecological and technological innovation in the organic sector in order to bring sustainability into the global food system and agricultural sector.
The Junior Researcher will contribute to the implementation of a farm sustainability performance evaluation and to the participatory design of soil analysis methodology.
The project will take place at Abovefarm Shanghai Office. The data collection for the research projects will take place mainly in China.
The timeframe for the research fieldwork is from March 2020 to August 2020 (6 months).
Conditions
Abovefarm supports in the form of:
• providing a letter of invitation for VISA and covering VISA costs (up to 200 euro) (for non-Chinese applicants)
• intake period (finding accommodation, bank account, introduction to project goals)
• flight costs (up to 500 euro) (for non-Chinese applicants)
• Salary: 6000 RMB per month for a 38-hour working week
• Transportation costs related with data collection.
We ask for
- a clear commitment to Abovefarm goals and values;
- Master or PhD degree with specialization in soil analysis;
- 2 years of work experience in the nonprofit sector or research (VISA requirement)
- background in organic agriculture;
- organizational skills (planning, budgeting, reporting)
- a good understanding of empirical social research methods;
- adaptability to live in rural areas;
- proficiency in English required;
- Mandarin fluency is not required but considered an advantage.
Candidates can send a CV (max 2 pages) and a motivation letter (max 1 page) before the 15th of December to monica.g@abovefarm.org
Results of the selection process will be announced on the 15th of January.