Dear Amigos, 2017 has been a year for the history books. When it began, we all felt trepidation at what was to come, but here is December, and we made it through! In fact, we made 2017 a year to remember for positive and uplifting reasons. Here in our Huerto de la Familia family, the […]
Listen to KLCC’s Rachael McDonald interview our Executive Director – Marissa Zarate and Board Member – Catalina Angeles in this November 2nd radio segment. TO LISTEN CLICK HERE.
Huerto de la Familia was featured in the Eugene Weekly on October 12th. To read the article, written by Carl Segerstrom, CLICK HERE.
AGRICULTURE By Christian Hill The Register-Guard PUBLISHED: 12:00 A.M., MAY 12 Growing together Huerto de la Familia tends Willamalane community garden SPRINGFIELD — Roberto Peralta last week looked at his half-planted garden plot with its leafy starts of lettuce and kale. Not long ago, Peralta observed, he would have thought the plot was small. But […]
WhyHunger, a leading organization in building the movement to end hunger and poverty by connecting people to nutritious foods, featured Huerto de la Familia’s Executive Director, Sarah Cantril, on their blog this past Mother’s Day. The blog piece on Cantril, ‘Growing Family and Change,’ shows how the food justice work that she has dedicated her career […]
On April 30, 2012, Huerto de la Familia joined local non-profits, government agencies, and community members in the lobby of the Springfield public library to support the Lane County Network for Immigrant Integration at their first official press conference. The Lane County Network for Immigrant Integration formed fifteen months ago under the guise of Bob […]
The Weekly discusses how Huerto de la Familia received a $132,000 grant from the Meyer Memorial Trust. The article details the future relationship between the organization and Meyer Memorial Trust with a special look the newly created micro-development program. Visit the Eugene Weekly Web sitefor the full story: www.eugeneweekly.com.
The Summer 2011 issue of Edible Portland presents a wonderful story about The Small Farmers’ Project, discussing the long road the cooperative of seven families have taken to be an established success. The article also maintains the importance of the farm’s headlining crop: black cap raspberries. With three times the antioxidants of blueberries, the farmers […]
Leading on-line sustainable agriculture and food systems magazine Civil Eats published an article about Huerto de la Familia’s “melding of entrepreneurship and cooperative agriculture” in the world of urban agriculture. The article describes how Huerto’s “projects blend a commitment to social justice with an interest in entrepreneurship and the business of farming.” In addition, the […]
Once a kitchen staple, the “black cap” raspberry fell out of favor, like other low-yield, less shelf-stable fruits. Now a unique farm run by Latino immigrants is reintroducing the berries to the local market. The 6-acre farm off River Road in Eugene grows “u-pick” organic strawberries that are tangy, fragrant and sweet. But what’s really […]