Meet the 2026 Student Farmers!
Name: Avery Smith
Year: Senior
Hometown: Gloucester, MA
Major: Sustainable Food & Farming
Favorite Vegetable: Sweet Potato
Looking forward to: Getting a full season of farm experience
Name: Christopher Corrado
Year: Junior
Hometown: Pepperell, MA
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite Vegetable: Cucumbers
Looking forward to: Driving the tractor and working with the
other student farmers to produce food for the UMass
community
Name: Grace Brenny aka Randy
Year: Junior
Hometown: Lehi, UT
Major: Sustainable Food and Farming, English
Favorite Vegetable: Zucchini
Looking forward to: Taking care of the tomatoes and watching
the sunset at the farm!! Feeding people delicious local food and
driving the tractor
Name: Russell Dobry
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Kingsville, MD
Major: Sustainable Food and Farming
Favorite Vegetable: Sweet potato
Looking forward to: Growing and giving good food to Amherst!
Name: Sal Hoag
Year: Junior
Hometown: Beekman, NY
Major: Sustainable Food and Farming
Favorite Vegetable: Eggplant
Looking forward to: Greenhouse time
Name: Halvdan Høegh
Year: Junior
Hometown: Oslo, Norway
Major: Agricultural operations
Favorite Vegetable: Watermelon
Looking forward to: To sell produce to our customers.
Name: Echo Muñoz
Year: Senior
Hometown: Harvard, MA
Major: Sustainable Food and Farming
Favorite Vegetable: Summer squash
Looking forward to: Seeing our food grow and harvesting it!
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Name: Grace Jungmann (JJ)
Year: Junior
Hometown: Andover, MA
Major: Environmental Science
Favorite Vegetable: Broccoli
Looking forward to: Getting out in the field and putting
plants in the ground!
Name: Julia Kline
Year: Junior
Hometown: Ellicott City, MD
Major: Environmental Science and Applied Plant and
Soil Sciences
Favorite Vegetable: Brussel Sprouts
Looking forward to: Growing delicious food and
feeding the community!
Name: Kami Leigh Trushaw
Year: Junior
Hometown: Northampton, MA
Major: Sustainable Food and Farming
Favorite Vegetable: Whatever I just harvested
Looking forward to: Soil and sun!!!
Name: Mya Goodridge
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Coral Spring, FL
Major: Sustainable Food and Farming
Favorite Vegetable: sweet potatoes
Looking forward to: Learning from each other !
Name: Gracie Tolla
Year: Junior
Hometown: Stamford, Connecticut
Major: Sustainable Food and Farming & Public Relations
Favorite Vegetable: Herbs!
Looking forward to: Playing in the dirt and running farmer’s markets
Name: Lucy Stevens
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Beverly, MA
Major: Sustainable Food and Farming
Favorite Vegetable: Peppers
Looking forward to: Driving the tractor, playing in the dirt, and
selling good, locally grown food to the community!
Name: Winnie McGregor
Year: Junior
Major: Sustainable Food and Farming