Above: Emily Hwang at an IAC conference in Las Vegas, December, 2019. As a former Pennsylvanian resident, I would like to say to my Northerner friends and family that Arkansas is misunderstood. It’s Arkansas (ahr-kuhn-saw) y’all, not Alabama or any other … Read more
Field Site Spotlight: Anne Marie Noll
Above: Anne Marie Noll (second from left) poses with colleagues from the Native American Agriculture Fund at an IAC conference in Las Vegas, December, 2019. After growing up in the Hill Country of Texas, the Ozark foothills of Northwest Arkansas felt … Read more
Food Policy Done Correctly Does Not Exclude: Megan Smith and Cassandra Granville
(Above: Megan Smith, left, and Cassandra Granville, Washington, D.C., August 2019.) 26th Class Emerson Fellows Megan Smith and Cassandra Granville are in Buffalo, New York, for the field placement portion of their fellowships. Both Megan and Cassandra have been placed with the University … Read more
Who Is Missing From This Table? Ending Hunger in Oregon
(Above: Riley Link, right, and Sebastian Hickey, Portland, Oregon, December 2019.) 26th Class Emerson Fellows Riley Link and Sebastian Hickey are in Portland, Oregon, for the field placement portion of their fellowships. Riley is placed with Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon, … Read more
Working With—Not For—The Community: Ending Hunger in Alabama
(Above: Methany Eltigani, right, and Jarvis Benson, Washington, D.C., August 2019) 26th Class Emerson Fellows Methany Eltigani and Jarvis Benson are in Birmingham, Alabama, for the field placement portion of their fellowships. Methany is placed with Community Food Bank of … Read more
Listening, Learning, and Trust: Ending Hunger in the Volunteer State
(Above, from left: Margaux Johnson-Green, supervisor Caroline Pullen, and Emma Williamson) 26th Class Emerson Fellows Margaux Johnson-Green and Emma Williamson are placed with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee in Nashville, Tennessee for the field placement portion of their … Read more