David
David is the team leader for our Washing and Packing crew. He is a native Vermonter, 2022 will be his ninth season on the farm. He ensures all the produce is cleaned, organized, accurately packed, and delivered to our CSA pick up locations and wholesale accounts. You'll find him running the Williamstown CSA on Tuesday evenings. Some of his favorite vegetables are eggplant, broccoli, and leafy greens. When not on the farm David enjoys trail running, working on old Toyotas, reading, and trading financial markets.
David brings so much to our farm team and leads the packing shed crew. We run a small crew and move a lot of vegetables; David keeps is all moving and crosses his t's and dots his i's. Thanks David for all that you bring to our farm team! We appreciate you!
Katie
Katie is the Assistant Field crop and Greenhouse manager as well as Crew Leader. 2022 will be Katie's fifth season here at the farm and some of her duties include; tractor driving, working CSA pickups, and seeing out day to day tasks. Katie went to Johnson & Wales University and has a degree in Culinary arts. She enjoys cooking and eating all kinds of food, being outside, and creating art.
If there is a job to be done, Katie is always game, and is a quick learner. She also is the head of our dried-flower production, and has interest in natural dying. We will also be embarking on year 2 of the "indigo project"!
Way to go Katie! We are fortunate to have you on the team and teach new hires the ropes!
Sage
2022 will mark Sage's first full season on the farm team! Sage is on our field crew and is so conscientious about his work and always has an upbeat attitude for the tasks.
Originally from New Jersey, Sage recently located to Vermont with his girlfriend, Isabel. Isabel and Sage are fabulous vegan cooks and supply the farm crew with lots of great treats for special occasions. In his free time Sage enjoys cooking, hiking, yoga, and is a talented drummer! Thanks Sage! We love you! |
Rob
Rob is the farm's Equipment, Tractor, and Maintenance man extraordinaire! 2022 will be Rob's second year as full time on the farm. Rob has been helping out here and there from the very beginnings of Mighty Food Farm though! Rob has an interest in conservation and no-till practices, which we are incorporating on the farm. Rob and his wife Karen have two awesome kids and live in a straw bale house that they built themselves! Rob's background is in sculpture, but is really a Jack-of-all-trades, which is so helpful on the farm.
Thanks rob for taking care of our soil, buildings, and equipment!
Kathleen
Kathleen is the CSA Manager!
2022 will be Kathleen's third season on the farm season on the farm. She loves the great outdoors including running, hiking, cross country skiing and gardening. She enjoys being a part of the Mighty Food crew and helping bring organic, fresh veggies to the community. It's a team atmosphere which she enjoys and accustomed to after coaching cross country and track at the high school and college level for over 20 years. Kathleen brings a lot to the farm team, including diligence with packing orders and quality control in the packing shed and a love of people, which makes her a real asset as CSA manager! The above picture is of Kathleen with her grandkids!
Anna and Jacob
Anna owns and operates Abruzzi Stables on Whipstock Hill Farm in Bennington with her husband Jacob where they maintain 100 acres of hay fields and start Morgans and American Saddlebred horses to saddle and harness. Anna's favorite jobs include riding the transplanter, bush-hogging big fields, stringing tomatoes and her favorite veggie is spinach!
Jacob operates Whipstock Hill Farm On the west end of Bennington where he Care-takes 100 acres of hay fields with his wife Anna. Jacob has worked for Mighty Food Farm since 2011 when the farm moved to Shaftsbury from Pownal helping to relocate the green houses. Since then he has done Everything from land management work to building sheds and fences lines.
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