Julie Mustard (right), an associate professor in the Department of Biology, teaches information systems senior Gisela González about the type of cardboard used as a recycling material during the Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning at the Pollinator Cantina on March 31 on the Brownsville campus. The purpose of the garden is three-fold: 1) the conservation of butterflies and other pollinators 2) to act as a platform for experiential learning and research projects for students and 3) to engage the community by providing information on the importance of pollinators and what they can do to help conservation efforts, according to the garden’s webpage on V Link.DANIELA MARTINEZ SALAZAR/THE RIDER Teresa Hernández, a social work junior, removes weeds from the Pollinator Cantina on March 31 to prepare the soil for spring during the Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning on the Brownsville campus. DANIELA MARTINEZ SALAZAR/THE RIDER UTRGV sustainable agriculture sophomore Katy Amador (left) and history sophomore Joseph Esparza listen to agroecology program Manager Stephanie Kasper as she delivers instructions on what they will be working on during the Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning at the Edinburg Hub of Prosperity Farm on March 31. The Hub of Prosperity provided tools and gloves for the volunteers. ISABEL MORALES/THE RIDERRehabilitation services and counseling graduate student Tori Livingston (from left); Angie Rocha, environmental science and art junior; and business graduate student Juan Cantu collaboratively cut the strings for the tomato plants March 31 at the Hub of Prosperity Farm in Edinburg. ISABEL MORALES/THE RIDER
