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Daniel

Daniel Mays - Farm Manager

Daniel Mays grew up in Chester County, PA, where through his Waldorf and Quaker educations he developed a respect for nature and a sense of environmental responsibility. Since then he has studied math and physics, taught at a boarding high school, bicycled through Mexico, earned a graduate degree in environmental engineering, and worked on a number of farms. He is passionate about farming and grateful to be rooted in Scarborough. He believes farmers can be stewards of the land, not miners of its resources, and that farms can be hubs of the community, not distant sources of its calories. He also believes that economic sustainability need not be sacrificed, but rather can come directly from the union of environmental stewardship and community involvement. Daniel started Frith Farm in November of 2010.

Stuart

Stuart Mays - Farm Statistician, Customer Helper, Sprout Wrangler

Born on the original Frith Farm in Hampshire, England, it seems Stuart might spend his last working days at Maine’s version of Frith Farm. Here he tries to do tasks that others might be too busy to take on, as well as record an ever expanding array of statistics that a statistician might delight in but only a few of which a farmer might find useful. And when his grandsons are unleashed on the farm, it is often his pleasure to corral and accompany them on their many explorations and adventures.

Josie

Josie - Assistant Farm Manager 2023, Apprentice 2022

Growing up in Annapolis, Maryland, eating raw shellfish and assorted seafood from the Chesapeake Bay, it became apparent early on to Josie that food connects to place. This realization has slowly evolved into a true passion. After graduation from McGill University, Josie went on to travel on and off for five years. From Southeast Asia to South America, Josie met as many strangers as she could over as many meals. She started her sustainable agriculture journey on a biodynamic homestead in Ecuador, then returned home to work a season on an organic farm in Maryland. Her passion for a food system that can be both sustainable and connective is what guides her today at Frith. Coming back for her second year, Josie is excited to expand her technical skill set and uncover a bit more about the type of farmer she wants to be.

Sandra

Sandra Denall - Farmhand and Event Coordinator 2023, Apprentice 2021

Sandra has always loved plants. Her earliest memories of plants come from her grandmothers walking with her around their gardens and helping them plant flowers. Her other memories are of helping her dad in their giant garden that felt like its own little sanctuary in their backyard. Time slowed down there. She became fascinated by the evolution of seed to food. They grew so many veggies that her dad would give them away and Sandra got to see a small bartering system form. They would get baked goods and fish in return. Her friend in high school farmed and would leave for the summers and bring back melons and they were the best Sandra ever tasted. Her dad cooked too. Amazing food that ignited her interest in what food could be. So now Sandra is farming and it makes sense to her to live this way - to grow and eat good food with good people. She looks forward to learning from the land and this community as she establishes a deeper relationship with Frith.

Anna

Anna - Apprentice

Anna grew up in the north of Italy, in a bilingual province where Italian and Austrian cultures merge. She pursued her passion for sustainability by studying Environment and Bio-resources management in Vienna, Austria. She has always been focused on taking an active role in creating a sustainable future. After various working experiences in Ecuador and Iceland she realized that being outside surrounded by nature and working with soil to grow food are her keys to happiness. Before coming to Frith, Anna spent two years managing the market garden at a biodynamic winery in Italy. For now she wants to experience different farm realities, and dreams of living on a piece of land within community. In her free time, Anna enjoys music, playing volleyball, food, hiking, being creative and swimming. She is open-minded and always seeks out new challenges and opportunities to learn and grow.

Catherine

Catherine - Apprentice

Growing up involved with 4-H and FFA in southern Indiana, Catherine was drawn to agriculture from a young age. Much of this early exposure centered around industrial ag, and it wasn’t until she attended DePauw University and interned at the Ullem Campus Farm that Catherine discovered the joy and incredible sense of purpose from small-scale, regenerative farming. She fell in love with this type of growing and used her creative writing degree to make sense of the many relationships that form while spending time in the natural world. After graduating, Catherine managed the campus farm for a year and a half before seeking an opportunity at Frith. She is eager to learn the many details of soil-focused farming, specifically in a context that emphasizes community, mentorship, and the balance of details and science with intuition, inspiration, and emotion. While not engaged in a farm task, Catherine enjoys birdwatching, playing outside, and writing snail mail to family and friends.

Charlotte

Charlotte - Apprentice

Charlotte grew up in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, where her family was fortunate to be members of one of the oldest organic vegetable CSAs in the area. She started volunteering on that farm in high school and worked there for several summers during college. She has also explored work in permaculture/agroforestry and orchards. Charlotte is grateful to have formed strong connections with land and people through food and looks forward to a world where everyone is provided with such opportunities. She is excited to grow into a new community here and learn as much as she can from everyone at Frith and others involved in the local food system. Outside of work, Charlotte likes to walk in the woods, share meals with friends, and take naps.

Eliott

Eliott - Apprentice

Eliott was born and raised in France until moving to the Sates at the age of ten. He has a deep love and passion for growing delicious, nutrient-rich food for his local community. All the while, taking care of and tending the land in a holistic manner, like his ancestors did not long ago. This passion grew from attending a Permaculture Design Course taught by Scott Pittman. Eliott then went on to live in Traverse City, Michigan, where he farmed for 4 years on a 3-acre organic farm. Eliott loves to be out in the elements, rain or shine, wether it’s sailing, surfing, skiing, biking, building, or exploring. When Eliott isn’t studying about farming, he’s most likely researching and practicing Holistic Health, a whole spectrum approach to healing and thriving as a human in a modern world.

Mariah

Mariah - Apprentice

Heralding from the Kansas prairie, Mariah joins Frith for her third farm season! Despite growing up in America's bread basket, her passion for agriculture was realized later. After pursuing an education in Anthropology, living between 7 countries and eventually landing, quite accidentally, in commercial horticulture she found great purpose in hands rooted in the soil. Desiring a more sustainable connection to this work of growing, she left her midwestern greenhouse and took a chance on an organic farm in Montana. Frith will officially bring her coast to coast, following a season of oxen-powered production farming in Northern California and a stint as manager of the OP Farmers Market in her home state. Motivated by the way food informs culture and the power of farming to build community and ecological resilience, Mariah regards her work in agriculture as the ideal intersection of her personal, culinary, environmental and humanitarian ambitions.

Rachel

Rachel - Apprentice

Growing up in Maine, Rachel found her love of all things food at an early age, learning how to bake pies with her mom, and helping in the garden whenever she could. She started working on production farms in high school, realizing how much she loved being outside, and her passion for plants. This led her to pursue a BA in botany at the University of Maine in Orono. After graduating, Rachel headed to sunny California. She spent 5 months hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, and 8 months living in a permaculture focussed community in the mountains of Santa Cruz. These experiences opened her eyes to the joys and beauty that can be found in community living. Rachel doesn’t know where she will end up next, but hopes to continue connecting with people through a shared love of food.

Ross

Ross - Apprentice

Ross got his first taste of farming while wwoofing in Spain five years ago where many unfortunate pepper plants were pulled out of the ground alongside their unwanted neighbors during overzealous weeding sessions on the mountain sides of Asturias. Collateral damage aside, the bug was caught and after a move to Denver Ross continued his journey by getting work on a local organic farm. Slightly fewer plants suffered the same fate as their spanish counterparts, and the endless learning process that is farming was begun. Ross joins the Frith team after many years of absorbing regenerative and minimal tillage methods through podcasts and books and is here to practice them in person. He hopes to take these newly acquired dance steps out into the wide world and continue to grow delicious food while stewarding the health and diversity of the soil.