Mika is an AmeriCorps member serving in Harvest VISTA Program focused on the sustainable agriculture and food programs. She is serving at the Blue Mountain Action Council as the Community Food Systems VISTA Coordinator in Walla Walla, Washington. Her service will help bring new relations…
Hallie Evans is an almost 6 year resident of Seattle who looks forward to continuing to ground themself in the Seattle community and food systems scene. They just returned from a brief hiatus during which they spent 9 months in Chile on a Fulbright scholarship…
Near the end of October 2023, over 100 people came to rural Leavenworth, Washington to help harvest a huge crop of apples, supplying these to hunger relief organizations throughout the state. With more than 100 people, we harvested over 2,000 pounds of apples in less…
Led by Elena from Hopelink, a group of five harvested over 300 pounds of rhubarb on Jim Eichner’s Food Bank Farm in Snohomish today. It was a nice day for harvesting, with the weather hitting a warm 77 degrees, but with a pleasant breeze blowing…
Sarah Armbruster is an AmeriCorps member serving at AGO & HAH as the Washington State Gleaning Network Development VISTA in Seattle, Washington. Her service is focused on increasing accessibility to fresh local produce to low-income families in Washington state by increasing the capacity of organizations…
Ethan Cory is an AmeriCorps member serving at City Fruit as the Fundraising & Development Specialist VISTA in Seattle, Washington. Their project is focused on the development of a fundraising plan, aimed toward individual donors and City Fruit members; foundations, corporations, and government sources; and…
Danyelle Neumann is an AmeriCorps member serving Tacoma Farmers Market as the Fresh Express Mobile Farmers Market VISTA in Washington. The overall goal of the Harvest VISTA program is to reduce food waste while increasing the amount of fresh nutritious produce available to people experiencing…
AmeriCorps member Bethany Brown serves as the Community Food System Harvest VISTA at Blue Mountain Action Council Food Bank in Walla Walla, Washington. The overall goal of the Harvest VISTA program is to reduce food waste while increasing the amount of fresh nutritious produce available to…
Laura Kozuszek will be focusing on developing long-lasting strategies as a Harvest VISTA Leader in the AmeriCorps Harvest VISTA Program at Harvest Against Hunger. This will include program outreach, engagement, communications, and recruitment to support the 12 host sites around the country. The overall goal of…
Anaistasia is serving in the AmeriCorps Harvest VISTA Program with South King County Food Coalition and Elk Run Farm in Washington as the Cultural Program Coordinator VISTA. Anaistasia discusses the ways in which South King County Food Coalition and Elk Run Farm are addressing systemic…