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…
Luca is an AmeriCorps member serving with the Harvest VISTA Program for food recovery initiatives. She is hosted by the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board in Portland, Oregon, where she is their Tribal Food Systems VISTA under the WEAVE-NW Program. Her year of service…
As a Harvest VISTA Leader in the AmeriCorps Harvest VISTA Program, Frenchie Loveheart will be focusing on developing strategic concepts regarding program outreach, engagement, and recruitment to support the numerous host sites around the country. The cornerstone goal of the Harvest VISTA program is to…
Savannah Carter serves as an AmeriCorps VISTA member in the Harvest VISTA Program as a Farm Recovery Manager at Concrete Jungle to help alleviate poverty and decrease food-insecurity across Georgia. Savannah Carter is a Georgia Southern University graduate, and she majored in Public Relations. Savannah…
Eli serves as the Harvest VISTA Summer Associate at Making A Difference Foundation (MADF) in partnership with Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank in Tacoma, Washington. MADF is a nonprofit, charitable organization with a noble mission: to make a difference in the lives of others, one person at…
Skyler Edwards serves as the Harvest VISTA Summer Associate at Concrete Jungle in Atlanta, Georgia. Concrete Jungle focuses on foraging, farming, and supporting food access across Georgia so that communities are well nourished in a world with no food waste. Skyler assists the operations team…
Avery is an Americorps Harvest VISTA Summer Associate member working for a Seattle non-profit called City Fruit. This ten-week summer program entails harvesting, cleaning, packing, and distributing fruit from residential and public fruit trees. Then, Avery helps distribute this fruit either to food banks and…
As a Harvest VISTA member in the AmeriCorps Harvest VISTA program at Elk Run Farm, Skye will be assisting in implementation of farm outreach and educational efforts, helping with all aspects of fruit and vegetable production and distribution, and upkeeping documentation of volunteer, harvest, and…
Liv Michaels is in AmeriCorps Harvest VISTA Program serving as a Harvest and Distribution Summer Associate at City Fruit in Seattle, Washington. Her service is focused on the harvesting, processing, and distribution of fruit to areas that are lacking in access to fresh produce. Liv…
