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Hannah Rose
Graduate 2011; former instructor

Hannah Rose is a student of the world. She grew up in rural Michigan, in Leelanau County, on the Leelanau Peninsula. She spent her childhood summers in McGregor Bay, Ontario with her grandparents at their summer cottage, perfecting her dive off the dock and picking wild blueberries. Hannah spent... Read More

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Katherine Kelley Program Manager and Lead Instructor Katherine grew up in Rockford, Illinois, finding refuge from the corn and soybean fields in the pockets of... Read More
Jeremy Moghtader Director, Organic Farmer Training Program & Farm Manager, Student Organic Farm Jeremy has been the Farm Manager for the SOF and its 48 week CSA since August of 2004. He has been... Read More
Denae Friedheim Recruitment Coordinator, Instructor ... Read More
Russell Honderd Farmstand Manager and Assistant Instructor Russell Honderd was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia to two carpet-bagging mid-westerners. After high... Read More
Ellen Murphy CSA Manager and Assistant Instructor Ellen grew up in Chagrin Falls, Ohio and attended Cleveland State University and earned a Bachelor of Arts in... Read More
Susan Smalley Business Planning, Management and Marketing Instructor After earning a BS in home economics at Michigan State University, Susan accepted employment there starting a... Read More
Zach Wilbur Propagation Manager and Assistant Instructor Zach was born in Massachusetts but grew up in suburban Connecticut. He has always been at home in the... Read More
Ben Fidler Livestock Manager After graduating college, Ben spent several years working on livestock intensive farms in Maine, Colorado,... Read More
Dan Fillius Production Manager After five years as an outdoor educator Dan changed careers to organic farming. He is enjoying the shift, and... Read More

Katherine Kelley

Program Manager and Lead Instructor

Katherine grew up in Rockford, Illinois, finding refuge from the corn and soybean fields in the pockets of... Read More

Jeremy Moghtader

Director, Organic Farmer Training Program & Farm Manager, Student Organic Farm

Jeremy has been the Farm Manager for the SOF and its 48 week CSA since August of 2004. He has been... Read More

Denae Friedheim

Recruitment Coordinator, Instructor

Russell Honderd

Farmstand Manager and Assistant Instructor

Russell Honderd was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia to two carpet-bagging mid-westerners. After high... Read More

Ellen Murphy

CSA Manager and Assistant Instructor

Ellen grew up in Chagrin Falls, Ohio and attended Cleveland State University and earned a Bachelor of Arts in... Read More

Susan Smalley

Business Planning, Management and Marketing Instructor

After earning a BS in home economics at Michigan State University, Susan accepted employment there starting a... Read More

Zach Wilbur

Propagation Manager and Assistant Instructor

Zach was born in Massachusetts but grew up in suburban Connecticut. He has always been at home in the... Read More

Ben Fidler

Livestock Manager

After graduating college, Ben spent several years working on livestock intensive farms in Maine, Colorado,... Read More

Dan Fillius

Production Manager

After five years as an outdoor educator Dan changed careers to organic farming. He is enjoying the shift, and... Read More