#MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Diane!
It’s #MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Diane, Red Wiggler Community Farm’s Business Manager! Diane has worked at Red Wiggler since early 2013, and she ensures Red Wiggler’s finances are in order. Diane manages day to day bookkeeping, payroll, financial reporting, and many other duties related to the “back office”.[spacer height=”20px”] We’re also sad to announce that Diane […]
#MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Katie!
It’s #MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Katie, Red Wiggler’s Volunteer and Grower Coordinator! Katie started work at Red Wiggler in the summer of 2014, and she recruits, coordinates, manages, and leads the volunteers and seasonal interns. Katie also coordinates the Grower Program and helps set and track Grower goals and works with Growers out in the fields […]
#MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Our 2020 Interns!
It’s #MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Red Wiggler Community Farm’s 2020 interns who were with us ranging from April to October. Our interns are an important part of our team and work alongside staff and Growers in everyday farm tasks, such as planting, harvesting, composting, weeding, and pest management. This year, our six interns (Annabelle, Charlie, Dylan, […]
#MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Jackie!
It’s #MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Jackie, Red Wiggler Community Farm’s Seasonal Crew Leader! Jackie works with teams of Growers, interns, and others on tasks throughout the farm such as harvesting, transplanting, and post-harvest sorting and packing. Prior to coming to Red Wiggler, Jackie worked at an urban farm in Baltimore as a Farm Educator, as well as at educational […]
#MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Sam!
It’s #MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Sam! Sam was hired as a Grower in 2007. Since then, Sam has taken on tremendous leadership, helping new staff learn the farm and assumed additional responsibilities to keep things running. Sam has good knowledge of farm practices and the hows and whys of what we do, for example, irrigation, cover […]
#MeetTheFarmerMonday — Meet Melissa!
It’s #MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Melissa! Melissa started working at Red Wiggler Community Farm in spring 2015 as Facilities Manager and was promoted to Farm Manager in winter 2017. As Farm Manager, Melissa wears many hats. She coordinates the work of the farm with our programs, fitting the tasks of vegetable production in with our overall mission. For the past […]
#MeetTheFarmerMonday — Meet Steve!
It’s #MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Steve! Steve was hired as a Grower in 2009. He excels at a wide variety of tasks on the farm, such as seeding, weeding, thinning, planting transplants and seeds, harvesting many veggies, sorting veggies, weighing and bagging produce, and mulching. Steve is adept with many tools, such as a rake, lopper, spading fork, […]
#MeetTheFarmerMonday — Meet Ashley!
It’s #MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Ashley, Red Wiggler’s Assistant Farm Manager! Ashley came to Red Wiggler in the summer of 2017 as a volunteer intern. She quickly found her place on the farm due to her shared love of growing food and community building. After graduating from James Madison University in 2018 with a degree in […]
#MeetTheFarmerMonday — Meet Elaine!
It’s #MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Elaine! Elaine started as a volunteer for Red Wiggler in 2007, and she was hired as a Grower in 2011. Elaine has been back at the farm since the middle of June, assisting with the CSA on Saturdays, where she greets customers, checks people in, and is happy to give produce […]
#MeetTheFarmerMonday — Meet Darlene!
It’s #MeetTheFarmerMonday – Meet Darlene, Red Wiggler’s Education & CSA Program Coordinator! Darlene graduated from Eastern Nazarene College in 2009 and worked in theatre as a sound engineer for 6 years before moving into education. Before coming to the farm in 2018, she worked and traveled internationally with the group Up with People, creating projects […]