Astrid Tilton

Astrid Tilton is a 2016 Vision Fellow and Island native. She graduated from Hampshire College in May 2020 where she studied photography and writing with a hint of ecology. Astrid is now the Gleaning Manager at Island Grown Initiative (IGI), where she has worked since 2014. Besides leading the gleaning program, Astrid has been a garden coordinator for Island Grown Schools and she worked in the Mobile Market and Community Lunch programs during their pilot years, among other things. She loves wild food and foraging. All of Astrid’s work is informed by growing up on the Island and witnessing extreme class disparity while developing a deep relationship with the natural world. Astrid is passionate about work that reminds us that we can be generous with each other, there are infinite possibilities for the future, and we really do have the tools and knowledge to get there.