Marlene came to us from outside of Portland, Oregon where she was on the production team for a CSA farm. Her interest in agriculture began shortly after college during her time as an AmeriCorps and Civilian Community Corps volunteer, which is a team-based traveling national service organiza- tion. During her year of service she worked with a food bank in Sacramento and tutored youth in inner city L.A. In many of the communities where she worked, knowledge about and access to healthy food was limited. Part of her job responsibilities were to discuss concepts of healthy eating and growing your own food. She decided that if she was going to tell people they should be eating healthy and growing their own food, she should know how to do these things herself.
Marlene’s farming career began two years ago when she started as a WWOOFer (volunteer farmer in exchange for food and housing) at Apricot Lane farm in Southern, CA. Once she started farming, she found she really didn’t want to stop. She loves being outside, getting dirty and watching things grow.
Marlene Hild joined the farm in mid-May to head up our vegetable garden. She’s been keeping busy with our heirloom tomatoes and peppers. She is responsible for all the mainte- nance and harvest of those crops. For those of you who’ve added some on to your boxes, you’ll know what a great job she’s been doing.
