Harvest Blog
What Stories Do Numbers Tell?
08.07.2021 in Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District, Harvest BlogGillian D’Acierno is a Harvest VISTA serving in Vermont with Northeast Kingdom Gleaners, a new gleaning program in the state’s Northeast Kingdom, a tri-county region nestled against New Hampshire and Quebec. On inspiration, insecurity, and success metrics. Two thousand pounds of squash gleaned! Ten thousand…
Building Seattle’s newest public orchard through community partnerships
30.06.2021 in City Fruit, Harvest BlogJordyn Egbert is the Harvest VISTA serving at City Fruit in Seattle, Washington. City Fruit is a non-profit organization that seeks to put Seattle’s urban orchard to its best and fullest use so that everyone in the community shares in the value of fruit. City…
Welcome, Kyleigh!
29.06.2021 in Harvest Blog, Kitsap HarvestI am Kyleigh Humes, Kitsap Harvest’s Summer Associate VISTA. I came into this role to build a foundation for my understanding of food systems. When I was going to school at Olympic College in Bremerton and living on Bainbridge Island the quality and accommodations at…
Welcome, Marissa!
29.06.2021 in Harvest Blog, Elk Run FarmMarissa Acosta is from Black Diamond, Washington, a little town known for its past in mining. Marissa was raised with plants; her mother having a lovely garden and a hefty assortment of indoor foliage. Marissa’s own passion for plants began at the start of the…
At Tacoma Farmers Market, improving food equity through translation
28.06.2021 in Tacoma Farmers Market, Harvest BlogSamara Gonzalez is currently serving her first year as a Harvest VISTA with the Tacoma Farmers Market in Tacoma, WA. As she gets more comfortable in her role as Community Liaison, Samara is looking forward to bringing progressive change in food equity. Samara one day…
Welcome, Aria!
26.06.2021 in Upper Valley MEND, Harvest BlogAria Knutson is a Harvest VISTA Summer Associate serving with Upper Valley MEND in Leavenworth, WA this season. Hi there!! My name is Aria and I have been living in Leavenworth for the past year. I was raised in Seattle, but I learned to ski…
Welcome, Kaitlyn!
24.06.2021 in City Fruit, Harvest BlogKaitlyn Ganrude is originally from La Crosse, Wisconsin. During her college career at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, Kaitlyn decided to pursue a degree in Public Health/Community Health Education. She found that this path aligned well with her broad desire to help communities…
Welcome, Ife!
23.06.2021 in City Fruit, Harvest BlogIfe Asabi is an Oakland, California native who has recently relocated to Seattle for a drastic change in scenery. Ife loves nature and all things green. A big motive for their move was to have the opportunity to get more in touch with nature and…
Developing tools with Harvest to help farmers and food banks
21.06.2021 in Harvest Against Hunger, Harvest VISTA, Harvest BlogEllis Fahsholtz serves as the Farm to Community VISTA at Harvest Against Hunger (HAH) in Seattle, Washington. Farm to Community is an umbrella that encompasses three of HAH’s farm to hunger relief programs, including Farm to Food Pantry, King County Farmers Share, and the PCC/NFM…