Our Staff

Stephanie grew up not too far from Weston, in one of those suburban-rural towns in the north-middle of the state on a road that ended with farm fields. She worked off and on for a local farming family from the time she was 15 onward and tried her hand at academia, earning a Bachelor's degree in Geology from Vassar College and a Master's degree in Physical Geography from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. However, happiness lay in farming, and in 2005 she apprenticed at Red Fire Farm. She was the Assistant Grower at Lindentree Farm in Lincoln before jumping at the opportunity to help out her long-time farming pal, Melanie, manage Land's Sake Farm in 2010.

email: stephanie@landssake.org

Doug grew up in the fields and forests of Washington, New Hampshire on a small family farm. After graduating from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in Outdoor Education he has lead various backcounty expeditions and service learning trips, motorcycled across the U.S, and spent 8 months living aboard a schooner teaching environmental education. Doug is proud to be here at Land's Sake and offer his years of his experience growing up in a rural farming community. He is passionate about helping communities find local solutions to global concerns.

email: doug@landssake.org

Hilary grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After graduating with a degree in Biology and minor in music from Wittenberg University in Ohio, fate landed her at a CSA farm in central Massachusetts. She has been doing it ever since though never in one spot for long. Her farming adventures have included horsepowered logging and field work in Maine, garlic cultivation and satelite farming in Washington (state), and CSA farming in eastern Massachusetts. .

email: hilary@landssake.org

Melanie grew up in southern Connecticut, and spent her summers boating and exploring the seashore with her family. She blames the experience of catching her own food (fishing with her parents) for planting the farming seed in her soul. After leaving Connecticut at the age of 18, she worked as a gardener in eastern Long Island, NY for four years, and fell in love with working outside on her first day at the job. To further pursue her interest in farming and ecology, Melanie went on to study agroecology and art at Prescott College, in Arizona. Upon completing her studies, she returned to the east coast to dive fully into farming. She has worked on a number of small farms in Massachusetts, and joined the Land's Sake team in spring of 2009.

email: melanie@landssake.org

Eric brings diverse professional experience from both the private and non-profit sectors. An economics graduate of Kalamazoo College, his first career was in sales, marketing and management within the lumber industry, culminating in the purchase and operation of a specialty wholesale business. In his thirties, Eric left business to earn a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science from the University of Montana where he developed a sharp interest in conservation and land tenure, particularly related to sustainable food systems. Since then he has worked at the intersection of environmental conservation, farming and forestry in roles that include a foundation program officer and senior fundraiser for environmental justice and human rights organization. In these roles Eric has worked with farmers, educators and students across the United States and in Guatemala, Cuba and Haiti. Eric also serves on the Board of the Gloucester Education Foundation.

email: eric@landssake.org

Born and raised on Cape Cod, Jordan left home in 1999 to pursue an education in journalism from Syracuse University in central New York. Graduating with a dual degree in history and newspaper journalism in 2003, Jordan went on to teach English in southwestern Ukraine for 2 years with the U.S. Peace Corps. There, he developed a love for travel, seeing much of Eastern Europe before returning to the Boston area in 2005. He spent the summers of 2008 and 2009 working as an interpretive Park Ranger with the Massachusetts DCR on the Boston Harbor Islands while traveling and volunteering on organic farms during the off-seasons. In the spring of 2010, he found himself in Lincoln, MA, working on crew at Lindentree Organic Farm and managing the Field of Greens farm project for Food For Free, a Cambridge based hunger-relief organization. That fall, Jordan joined Land's Sake as a part-time crew member and in the spring of 2011 he join Land's Sake full-time as our Conservation Land Manager.

email: jordan@landssake.org

Dave joined Land's Sake in the Fall of 2008 to coordinate our land management activities and events. Originally from Waltham, MA, his love of the outdoors was passed down to him through his parents, whose idea of a vacation was setting up a tent in the pouring rain and cooking over an open fire. Many weekends of his childhood were spent hiking and exploring the various conservation lands in the Boston area. He is a 2005 graduate of Holy Cross and is currently pursuing a Masters in Urban Planning at Tufts. He joined the Land’s Sake team after spending a year volunteering with AmeriCorps Cape Cod working on land management and educational projects on behalf of local conservation organizations.

email: dave@landssake.org

Annie began working for Land's Sake in early 2004 and coordinates all the administrative functions of our organization. Her background is in advertising and marketing, and she is a 5th generation Westonian.

email: annie@landssake.org

Ben is a native New Englander and graduate of Northeastern University. He has been farming in Massachusetts for the past 10 years, including two large orchards and several certified organic vegetable farms.

email: ben@landssake.org