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Levantando las voces de los trabajadores del campo a través de la organización comunitaria
El lanzamiento de V2C, de izquierda a derecha: Juan Saldana, Samantha Guerrero, Irene Ruiz, Ester Ceja, Marielena Vega, Christina Stucker-Gassi, Carrie Seymour, y Zoe Ann Olson. Se estima que más de 3 millones de trabajadores del campo inmigrantes y por temporada cosechan alimentos en los Estados Unidos. Los trabajadores del campo ayudan a proporcionar…
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Global Gardens: Cultivating Diversity, Community, and Resilience
Above: Sarbah Bi and Khadija Mberwa package produce for the upcoming farmers market. In the heart of Boise, Idaho, there’s a nonprofit organization that’s sowing the seeds of diversity, sustainability, and community resilience. Global Gardens, founded in 2004 as a modest community garden, has blossomed into a remarkable initiative that’s transforming lives and the…
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Marielena Vega Returns to her Roots to Protect the People Growing Food in Idaho
In 2020, Marielena Vega met a farmworker with a disturbing story. While he was working in a field one day, he noticed a crop-duster flying close by. When he warned his foreman about it, he was told to just duck down and hold his breath. “When he questioned if that was safe, the foreman…
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Doug Lewis: Transitioning to Organic
Through education, patience and practice, farmer Doug Lewis has succeeded in keeping his family’s farm in business. Today Doug and his wife Mary run Agristar, an organic farm in North Powder, Oregon. Agristar was born out of the Farm Crisis of the 1980s and the Lewis’ have fought methodically and strategically to be where…
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Christina Stucker-Gassi:Connection through Activism
“My name is Ayisha Christina Stucker-Gassi, everyone knows me by Christina. I grew up in the Treasure Valley and I love Idaho.” Christina lives in Meridian, Idaho. She mentors youth transitioning out of juvenile correction centers. Christina has been a member of Idaho Organization of Resource Councils (IORC) since 2014. She is co-chair of…
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Mabel Dobbs: Fighting for Fairness in Agriculture
Mabel Dobbs sat at her kitchen table with her hands folded neatly on a stack of papers. The room is sprinkled with family portraits and ranching memorabilia. A wedding portrait of Mabel and her late husband Grant from 1984 hangs to her left – “Bull Rider” is written in rope below the photograph. “I…