Amber Officer-Narvasa of Star Apple Farm
The 164th recipient is Amber Officer-Narvasa of Star Apple Farm @starapplefarm in Emmaus, PA. Amber writes, “Star Apple Farm is a 1/4 acre farm centered on Caribbean and Southeast Asian crops. My love for farming and land justice comes from a childhood spent playing with earthworms and growing plants in urban parks and community gardens—spaces that were often threatened by gentrification and development. As the child of Jamaican and Filipino immigrants growing up in Brooklyn,