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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Growing Home, Inc. is a nonprofit social enterprise that empowers individuals with barriers to employment through paid job training in organic agriculture. Our program combines hands‑on, experiential learning on our USDA‑certified organic farms with a comprehensive job‑readiness curriculum that supports participants as they reenter and advance in the workforce. We also strengthen food access in Englewood by providing fresh, healthy produce and community‑centered food education.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">We are a diverse, energetic, and mission‑driven team committed to creating opportunity, building community, and driving meaningful change. 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The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. There will be local travel required and some evening and weekend work. Requires ability to climb stairs, prolonged sitting, some bending, stooping and stretching, requires eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity sufficient to operate office equipment. Requires normal range of hearing and eyesight to record, prepare and communicate appropriate reports. </span><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Primary work hours will be between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, at the Growing Homes Administrative office at 6429 S. 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