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Xochitl Garnica rented a two-acre farm on Sauvie Island shortly before the start of the coronavirus pandemic, hoping to expand the farming collective she runs with two other farmers.
The timing was far from ideal. Many of the farmers markets Garnica had planned to attend last year were canceled, and she could no longer teach in-person farming workshops. Her husband lost his job in construction amid the pandemic as well and has been unable to look for full-time work because he has to care for the couple’s two children and nephew.