If you’ve been keeping up with Huertas, you’re probably familiar with Claire Macon. Claire was with Huertas for three and a half years starting in the Spring of 2015. Having about every position possible at Huertas, it was easy to see after talking to Claire for just a couple of minutes, how deep both her […]
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An Interview with Claire Macon | Una Entrevista con Claire Macon
Posted in Recent Activities on February 28, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Following Our Seedlings: Keeping up with past interns
Posted in Recent Activities, tagged Huertas Interns on February 28, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
This year we’re going to be taking a trip down memory lane and revisit with some of our past interns. As our followers know, interns are an integral part of Huertas. While the larger focus of our work is to serve migrant dairy workers in rural Vermont with access to culturally relevant gardens, a second […]
No un “adiós”, sino un “hasta luego”
Posted in Recent Activities on August 2, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
“I first began work with Huertas January of 2015 as the Social Media and Communication Intern after learning about the organization through a presentation from former Huertas superstar, Jessie Mazar. At this point in my life I was just in my second year living in Vermont and could have never expected the enormous and fulfilling […]
2017 Newsletter / Boletín Informativo 2017
Posted in Recent Activities on April 25, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
Meet our second Field Intern, Kate!
Posted in Recent Activities on March 23, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
Meet Kate! She is our other Field Intern and a major in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Food, Land, and Community. Her main draw to Huertas was her previous work with Dr. Teresa Mares, the co-director of Huertas, and her study abroad experience in Oaxaca, Mexico where she studied Food Systems and Community […]
Meet our Media and Communications Intern, Ana!
Posted in Recent Activities on March 10, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
Meet our Media and Communications Intern, Ana! She is an English major at UVM and from Mexico City, Mexico. Her interest in Huertas stems from her upbringing in Mexico and her familiarity with the reasons that drive Latino migrants out of their native countries and into the US with the promise of better opportunities […]
Meet one of our Field Interns, Nell!
Posted in Recent Activities on March 6, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
Meet Nell! She is an Environmental Studies major with a concentration in Food, Land and Community, and a minor in Ecological Agriculture. Nell is one of our two Field Interns and her work involves reaching out to migrant farmworkers, talking about which fruits, veggies, and herbs they want to grow, seed sourcing and delivery, […]
Meet the newest members of our team!
Posted in Recent Activities on March 6, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
Huertas is off to a great start this year and we have some new faces on our wonderful team! Take a moment to meet them! ¡El año ha comenzado muy bien para Huertas y tenemos algunas adiciones al equipo! ¡Tome un momento para conocerlas!
Behind the Scenes: The people & processes that make Huertas work
Posted in Recent Activities on July 6, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been an exciting couple of weeks for Huertas! Seeds and starts have been distributed and all the gardens have finally been planted. The whole endeavor began over five months ago, when field interns started visiting farms and interviewing Huertas participants in order to determine which seeds and starts each farm or family would be […]
Meet Adam Miller! One of Huertas’ Supporters!
Posted in Recent Activities on April 20, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
Adam Miller Environmental Science Major Adam has been an essential contact for us this year. He has connected us with the UVM Greenhouses and is our primary contact for the Spanish service-learning course. He first heard about Huertas through this Spanish service-learning course, which he now works alongside Professor Rachael Montesano in increasing their involvement […]