Indiana University and the Indiana State Department of Health are leading the efforts from the Indiana Food Council Network to create a statewide food charter and relevant policy pieces and toolkit type information for food councils. We are in need of an intern that would be able to create a somewhat comprehensive guide as to where food councils can affect policy change that can have impact in different settings. This chapter or working document for Indiana’s food councils will build capacity for their organizations to find and target policies that impact food in some way. Examples like school wellness policies, workplace vending policies, purchasing policies for food service, snack policies for teachers in classrooms, etc. This chapter/toolkit would identify places where policies exist and examples of new policy that can have positive impacts. Research on how effective policies are and the unforeseen consequences and benefits would also be needed. Examples of how a collective of food councils can recommend policy for state legislature is also needed. This one semester commitment will have a practical outcome: your ‘how to find and affect food policy in your community and state’ document for your resume, and authorship/credit in the Indiana Food Charter document.

Please email Jodee Ellett with your resume and brief cover letter if you are interested. Jodee Ellett leads the Community Engagement part of the Indiana University Sustainable Food Systems Science initiative.