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Dan
Production Manager

After five years as an outdoor educator Dan changed careers to organic farming. He is enjoying the shift, and experiences a deeper connection to the cycles of nature because of it. Dan has been the Production Manager at the Student Organic Farm since December 2009 where manages SOF crop... Read More

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Katherine Kelley Program Manager and Lead Instructor Katherine grew up in northern 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
Kate Heflick Propagation Manager, Assistant Instructor Originating from the not-so-well-known region known to locals as “Michiana,” Kate got the heck out of Dodge, as... Read More
April Plankey Farm Stand Manager, Assistant Instructor April grew up in a small town just outside East Lansing. Family Spartan pride swayed her to attend college at... Read More
Jill Plesko CSA Manager, Assistant Instructor Jill is a Michigan native who recently returned to the mitten state in order to pursue her lifelong passion of... 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
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 northern 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

Kate Heflick

Propagation Manager, Assistant Instructor

Originating from the not-so-well-known region known to locals as “Michiana,” Kate got the heck out of Dodge, as... Read More

April Plankey

Farm Stand Manager, Assistant Instructor

April grew up in a small town just outside East Lansing. Family Spartan pride swayed her to attend college at... Read More

Jill Plesko

CSA Manager, Assistant Instructor

Jill is a Michigan native who recently returned to the mitten state in order to pursue her lifelong passion of... 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

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