Project Harvest 2019 Newsletter

year 1
data is out!
DATA SHARING EVENTS!
Starting late November 2018, our research
team packed up and traveled to every Project
Harvest community for the data sharing events.
We connected with 51 community members total
at these events and discussed the data, shared
stories about local environmental histories, ate
food, and exchanged rainwater harvesting/ gardening
tips. Half of the participants received their
data in booklets and the other half got to see their
data presented in an art exhibition, along with the
booklets.
We are so excited to be in our second year of data
collection. We hope to meet even more of you at
our next data sharing event to be held in Winter
2019-2020. Keep up the outstanding work!

NEW ONLINE FEATURES
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Year 1 data is now
available online!
If you’d like to view your data online, go to
projectharvest.arizona.edu and log in with
your username to explore the online interface!
You already received your booklet with water
results, go online to see soil and plant!
If you have any questions, please contact your
local promotora or email Shana Sandhaus at
ssandhaus@email.arizona.edu
OPEN HOUSE HIGHLIGHTS - LAB TOURS, FESTIVALS, SOIL TESTING, FOOD, AND MORE!
Upper left:
Leif Abrell giving a tour
of the ALEC lab.
Upper right:
Dr. Ramirez-Andreotta
giving a soil screening
through the XRF.
Bottom left:
Sanlyn Buxner
conducting an interview.
Bottom right:
PhD student Norma
Villagomez giving the
Spanish lab tour.
GRADUATING STUDENTS
Leona Davis (left) graduated with a Master’s of
Education! Jesus Solis-Leon (middle) graduated with a
Master’s in Environmental Science! Christian Hegstrom
(right) graduated with a Bachelor’s in Engineering!
Project Harvest will miss them, but we know wherever
they go, they will shine bright.

GETTING TO KNOW THE TEAM - FUN FACTS!
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Research Team
Highlight
Promotora
Highlight
SERI Promotora
Highlight
SHANA SANDHAUS
Shana won “4th Most
Philosophical 5th grader
in America” in 2005!
LISA OCHOA
Lisa used to dance
Folklorico in high school!
IMELDA CORTEZ
Imelda got married on
April Fool’s Day!
• Keep soils moist while gardening
to control dust.
• Wash and store all your gardening
tools and clothes outside.
• Wash your hands and all exposed
body surfaces after gardening.
Wash your hands with soap before
and after preparing fresh produce.
SAMPLES SUBMITTED for Year 1
BEST PRACTICES IN THE GARDEN
• Wash your vegetables very well.
Use a scrub brush to remove
remaining soil particles. Make sure to
rinse your produce before you peel!
• If damage or bruising occurs before
eating or handling, cut away the
damaged or bruised areas before
preparing or eating.
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
% of LAB samples submitted by each
community for Year 1 of Project Harvest
1st winter
Last
winter
1st
Monsoon
Last
Monsoon
Tucson Globe Hayden Dewey
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
% of DIY samples submitted by each
community for Year 1 of Project
Harvest
1st
winter
Last
winter
1st Last
Monsoon Monsoon
Tucson Globe Hayden Dewey
% is out of total number of participants in each community with LAB/DIY kit type

Acct# 3021030
1177 E Fourth Street, Rm. 429
Tucson, AZ 85721
UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
We are in the middle of the First
monsoon rainfall collection period,
which ends in mid July.
Your next sampling period is:
Last Monsoon rainfall
LAB sample collection dates are:
September 10, September 17,
September 24
DIY submission/journaling is between
September 8-30
You will receive a reminder via text,
email, or mailer of these dates.
Dewey’s promotora,
Margaret, gave some tips
and tricks to gardening
with Project Harvest. She
brought her own creative
set-up to the Open House,
complete with yummy
chocolate bunnies!
Flor Sandoval spoke
about the importance
of rainwater harvesting
and SERI’s limited income
program on Azteca TV!
This material is based upon work supported by the
National Science Foundation under Grant No.
DRL-1612554. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions
or recommendations expressed in this material are
those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect
the views of the National Science Foundation.