{"id":185,"date":"2018-04-03T10:42:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T14:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/huertas\/?p=185"},"modified":"2018-04-17T16:01:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T20:01:23","slug":"185","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/huertas\/2018\/04\/03\/185\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello to Field Intern, Meghan! \u00a1Hola Meghan!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Meet Meghan, one of our 2018 field interns! Meghan is a Community and International Development major with a minor in Spanish. Growing up in the rural Northeast Kingdom and being surrounded by farmland, she developed a passion for locally grown food and sustainable food systems. The ruralness of the NEK lead Meghan to specifically focus on how isolation factors into food security. While Meghan grew up knowing about the involvement and impact of migrant workers in her community, she never had the chance for much interaction. As a field intern, Meghan wound up in her town for a field visit in which she was able to connect to her community in a completely different way. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA trailer which I passed by everyday on my way to school is home to a kind, passionate man with a love for cooking! I was so happy to have the opportunity to connect with a farmworker in my town who I have probably smiled and waved to many times…but would\u2019ve never made the meaningful connection without Huertas.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

While the main focus of the Huertas project is to increase food security through supplying gardens to migrant dairy workers, a second yet equally as important aspect is creating connections and friendships. Bridging the gap between the farm and the community in which it\u2019s situated is something not often achieved; making this a special moment. <\/span><\/p>\n

Meghan had known about Huertas since freshman year after alumna, Jessie Mazar presented about the project in one of her classes. After her time in Spain studying abroad, Meghan felt confident enough in her Spanish to become involved. Meghan always had an interest in connecting with communities cross-culturally. Experiences in UVM service learning courses in St. Lucia and Cusco, Peru allowed her to expand her understanding of topics of food equity, nutrition, and economic security in an international lense. Experiencing other cultures lead to a curiosity on how food systems differ depending on the culture, economy, and region. Huertas has given Meghan the chance to continue profounding her knowledge on these big pictures topics while focusing on how they\u2019re impacting her community here at home in Vermont. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Conoce Meghan, una de nuestras becarias de campo este semestre! Meghan estudia Desarrollo Comunitario e Internacional y Espa\u00f1ol. Durante su ni\u00f1ez, vivi\u00f3 en el noreste de Vermont, el cual es la regi\u00f3n m\u00e1s rural. Por esta raz\u00f3n, Meghan ha aprendido mucho sobre los sistemas de alimentos y los movimiento alrededor de la comida fresca y local a lo largo de su vida. Su enfoque principal es ver c\u00f3mo el aislamiento afecta la seguridad alimentaria de las personas que viven en las zonas rurales en Vermont. Aunque Meghan siempre supo de l@s trabajadores migrantes en su comunidad, ella nunca tuvo la oportunidad de conocerl@s. Durante una visita con Huertas, Meghan termin\u00f3 en el pueblo donde creci\u00f3 y pudo conectar con su comunidad de una manera completamente diferente. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u00a1Yo pasaba todos los d\u00edas por <\/span>una casa en mi camino a la escuela y resulta ser el hogar de un hombre muy amable y apasionado por la cocina! Estaba tan feliz de tener la oportunidad de conocerlo ya que le he sonre\u00eddo y saludado muchas veces pero probablemente nunca hubiera hecho esa conexi\u00f3n si no fuera por Huertas.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Mientras el principal enfoque del proyecto de Huertas es para aumentar la seguridad alimentaria de la comunidad de migrantes latinos en Vermont, tambi\u00e9n es igual de importante establecer y mantener relaciones.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meghan hab\u00eda escuchado de Huertas desde su primer a\u00f1o de universidad. Jessie Mazar, la primera becaria en la historia de Huertas, le dio un presentaci\u00f3n al sal\u00f3n de Meghan donde habl\u00f3 sobre Huertas. Despu\u00e9s de estudiar un tiempo en Espa\u00f1a, Meghan se sinti\u00f3 suficientemente segura con su nivel de Espa\u00f1ol para empezar a trabajar con Huertas. Meghan siempre ha tenido un inter\u00e9s en conectar con comunidades de culturas diferentes. Los cursos de servicio comunitario de UVM en St. Luc\u00eda y Cusco facilitaron un conocimiento m\u00e1s profundo de temas de equidad alimentaria, nutrici\u00f3n y seguridad econ\u00f3mica en el contexto internacional. La experiencia de estar expuesta a culturas diferentes ha encendido una curiosidad en Meghan para aprender c\u00f3mo los sistemas de alimentos cambian dependiendo de la cultura, la econom\u00eda y la regi\u00f3n. Huertas le ha dado a Meghan la oportunidad de profundizar su conocimiento de estos temas y la oportunidad de enfocarse en c\u00f3mo est\u00e1n impactando a su comunidad aqu\u00ed en Vermont.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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