Hallie Evans is an AmeriCorps member serving at City Fruit as the Communications and Development Specialist in Seattle, Washington. Their service is focused on increasing City Fruit’s fundraising capacities through tools such as event planning, qualitative research, and social media. Every year, City Fruit hosts…
Mika is an AmeriCorps member serving in the 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…
Celeste Mader is an AmeriCorps member serving at GoodRoots Northwest. As a part of their Locker launch team, Celeste engages and educates community members on the Locker program. This is achieved through outreach tabling events, group presentations at local resource centers, and customer support regarding…
Gleaning, an age-old practice rooted in the principle of minimizing waste and maximizing resources, is a critical component of sustainable agriculture and community support. Historically, gleaning allowed those in need to collect leftover crops from farmers’ fields after the main harvest. Today, it remains a…
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…
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…
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…
Celeste Mader is currently serving at GoodRoots Market in Buckley. Her start in farming was a bit unconventional- being that the farm was on the breathtaking Puget Sound. As a shellfish farmer, she spent almost a year of her life harvesting some of the objectively…
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…