How a Community Gardener Grew Food for Her Family, Quit Her Job at McDonald’s, and Started a Farm

Photo caption: Maximina Hernández Reyes pictured at MR. Farms in Boring, Oregon. Photo credit: Elizabeth Doerr. Interview article by Elizabeth Doerr. Civil Eats – August 20, 2024.

When Maximina Hernández Reyes emigrated from Oaxaca, Mexico, to Oregon in 2001, she was still learning English, had no idea where the food pantries were, and knew very few people. She struggled to find a support system in Gresham, the suburb of Portland where she settled, until 2012, when she happened upon a community garden in the city’s Vance Park. […]

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