From planting crops to filling out paperwork for farm funding, there is no job too taxing or too dirty for Stephanie Kasper.
Kasper, program manager for the UTRGV Agroecology Program, oversees production of the Hub of Prosperity farm, a 5-acre research and education farm managed by the UTRGV Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Advancement (SARA) and the UTRGV Agroecology Program.
One of Kasper’s favorite things about working on the farm is being able to collaborate with a diverse team, especially in a field that has historically been run by men.
“I think a lot of us still imagine a farmer in our minds as being older, usually white men, but I think that model is on its way out,” she said. “Food is fundamental, it’s so important to all of us, and we need all of us in the production of it.”
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