{"id":7856,"date":"2025-03-31T10:45:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=7856"},"modified":"2025-03-31T10:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:45:21","slug":"healthy-community-and-sustainability-at-utrgv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/healthy-community-and-sustainability-at-utrgv\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy Community and Sustainability at UTRGV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-1-2-1024x775.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7858\" style=\"width:576px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-1-2-1024x775.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-1-2-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-1-2-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-1-2-1536x1163.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-1-2.jpg 1811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Farmers Market outside Student Union Edinburg last Tuesday.<br>Celeste Cruz \/ Vaquero Radio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/farmers-market-.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Environmental Awareness Club (EAC) held its Farmers Market to sell students\u2019 crafts, plants, jewelry, books and clothes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President of the EAC Apolonio Flores said the Farmers Market helps fundraise for the organization\u2019s trips.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWhether it\u2019d be for trips or other things related to the activism that we do and advocacy we do them monthly,\u201d Flores said. \u201cIt&#8217;s all about promoting sustainability. Whether that be through slow fashion or just organic food, healthier food options, promoting a good student economy out of an affordable price.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Flores, the Farmers Market has been going on for 10 years. He explained how the EAC was inspired to create the market.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cUTRGV is a commuter school, so sometimes it\u2019s a little hard to organize these very simple but effective communal student gatherings,\u201d Flores said. \u201cSo, that was the big inspiration providing that space for students to intermingle and just support themselves, support their clubs and organizations. It&#8217;s all about just promoting a stronger sense of community amongst students, and I think that was lacking for a long time so this is just a way of building towards that.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The items sold at the Farmers Market have shifted over time, depending on what students are most interested in. As of now, Flores said thrifted vintage clothes are popular among students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cIt depends on what students or members of the club and what people\u2019s interests are,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen people be super interested in repurposing clothes and upcycling them and just giving things a new life \u2026 just in the prevention of waste. I know like a few years back we had a strong, like, vegetarian \u2026 vegan community within the school, they sell alot of their foods and just like promote sustainability through food habits.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Member of the EAC Serenity Ross mentioned some of the items and foods that caught students\u2019 attention more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cRight now, probably the clothes, but a lot of people like the tote bags. \u2026 People like buying fruit because it&#8217;s so hot all the time,\u201d Ross said. \u201cWe sold a lot of strawberries really quickly today.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Students interested in being part of the EAC may visit its Instagram @<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eac_rgv\/\">eac_rgv<\/a> or its <a href=\"https:\/\/utrgv.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/eac\">V Link<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Celeste Cruz for Vaquero Radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Environmental Awareness Club (EAC) held its Farmers Market to sell students\u2019 crafts, plants, jewelry, books and clothes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":7858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[722,6],"tags":[730,797,194,726,26],"class_list":["post-7856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-radio","tag-730","tag-healthy-community-and-sustainability","tag-spring","tag-spring-2025","tag-utrgv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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