By Devon Merriman It’s Happening, What Now? took place at Evergreen last month. The event is a series of presentations about climate change. Jessica Schilke stood in front of a room full of Greeners and spoke about her job growing fresh produce for Microsoft at its Redmond campus. Two years […]
Harvest Fest 2015: A Celebration of the Season at the Evergreen Farm
By: Aria Cummings On Oct. 24, 2015, The Evergreen Organic Farm celebrated its 35th annual Harvest Festival, with about over 1,000 people in attendance. There were many activities that students, staff, faculty, and the general public were invited to get involved in such as pumpkin carving, making fresh pressed apple […]
Farmworkers and Students Picket at Olympia Grocery Store, Demand Boycott
By MEXA de Evergreen and the Evergreen Farmworker Solidarity Collective As students, members of the Olympia community, and consumers of food, we picketed in front of Safeway, on Saturday February 28th, 2015, to demand that the store respect the boycott of Driscoll Berries, Haagen Daazs and Yoplait. This boycott was […]