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.

Farmer, Event Coordinator, & Mama

Sandra’s first memories are of visits to her grandparents homestead in Maine and helping her dad in his vegetable garden in Washington. Watching how they transformed what they grew into delicious meals was an inspiration that led her to discover the wonders of small scale farming. She graduated with a degree in Landscape Design and Horticulture and has worked in various fields of plant care. Farming has been her favorite way to be with the plants. With Frith as her home, and a new little one by her side, Sandra is continuing to learn and grow with this ecosystem of human and non human beings. Beyond the farm you can find her in the ocean or deep in the woods.

Farm Statistician, Customer Helper, Berry Expert

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. My non-farm and non-grandparent activities are pickleball and square dancing.

Farm Chef

Sabra is here at Frith keeping us nourished in our bellies, hearts, and spirits. She is here feeding crew lunch so they can care for the land. Making community dinners as a way to gather with friends and family and deepen connection. Baking bread. She is here to hold the warm center, to feed the fire of our little community and our larger ecosystem.

Farm Chef, Jane of all Trades

Shannon grew up in mid-coast Maine on a small hobby farm. After returning from being away for 26 years she finds herself exploring Maines land with new excitement. She moved onto the farm this year to be a permanant figure in generational living and as a new Gammy. She prepares breakfast for the crew, will be taking on fruit harvesting, and overall taking on small projects as they are needed. On other days you can find her spending time with her grandson, hiking, and anywhere on the beach.

Greenhouse Manager, Kitchen & Bakery Manager

Jeremy comes to us from Morrisville, Pennsylvania, where he was first introduced to farming through a program called Seed to Fork, which gave high school students the opportunity to volunteer at a local organic farm.  He spent several seasons there and began working on that farm while studying sustainable agriculture at Delaware Valley University.  He joined the Frith Farm crew in 2024 to get some practice in managerial roles and learn about no-till, small-scale, high-efficiency farming.  After achieving that, he felt called to stay with us when the opportunity arose for him to practice his other passion in life: cooking and baking.  This season, Jeremy is our kitchen manager, baking all of the bread and treats you see in our farm store as well as cooking a few meals for the crew throughout the week.

Farmer

Born and raised in the Cascade Mountains of Washington, Allyse brings to Frith a love of living in harmony with the natural world. Tender of land and sea, she’s worked as a farmer, fisherman, and baker, and is happiest with hands in dirt and dough. She delights in bringing vibrant food to the tables of a community, and is endlessly curious about deepening and growing local food resiliency. When not farming, you can find her combing the beach for skipping rocks, meandering through the woods, or lost in a good book.

Farmer

Hailing from Missouri, Elena first fell in love with farming through hearing stories from her grandfather-Bob’s family farm, & a few magical summers spent flower farming in Homer, Alaska. Attending college in Missouri, Elena studied Environmental Science, focusing on sustainability, nonprofit management and best of all the Prairie. Two summers back, a summer internship with the Kennebec Land Trust, landed Elena in Maine, where she fell in love with the area, and knew she needed to return. This past year she spent completing a MOFGA apprenticeship at Erickson Fields Preserve, a beautiful grow to donate farm with a focus on community engagement and education. She is excited for this season at Frith, to farm and farm well, in a manner that would make her Great-Grandmother and future generations proud!

Community Member & Mama

Davin grew up in the Pacific Northwest, but now calls New England home. She has a background in teaching early childhood alternative education and art. She is currently in school to become a marriage and family therapist. Her days are spent exploring the farm and forest with her toddler.

Farm Chef

Hope is passionate about the power of food that is tended with care. She has a background in Ayurveda and other healing modalities and believes that food is our fundamental medicine. At Frith she cooks meals for the crew with the intention to honor the complex web of forces that are behind the ingredients, especially the veggies that are grown on the farm and their faithful stewards, the farm crew.

Builder

James was lucky enough to grow up in beautiful Roxbury, CT. Where the shallow waters of the mighty shepaug river have forged a valley through granite and gentle woodland. James has always had a propensity for well designed and well made things. This took him to school in Eugene Oregon to study design. Hot springs, snowboarding, and his now home away from home were hard to leave behind but he finds himself, along with his wife and son, back on the east coast. James continues his journey as a craftsman here at Frith, building with the intention to inspire and explore natural building practices.

Farmer

Louisa grew up in northern Colorado, where her connection to growing food began with a small garden in the alleyway behind her house, nestled under the beautiful Rocky Mountains. Driven by a deep passion for connecting with the natural world, she spent her college years studying wildlife biology and working on a research farm studying pest resistance in wheat and corn. Her path to Frith has been winding, with stints working at a marine biology lab, the National Park Service, and most recently a DC-based nonprofit advocating for stronger protections against pollution from the oil and gas industry and industrial agriculture. Across these varied experiences, her passion for growing food has remained constant, leading her to volunteer on farms in three different states. She is grateful to have landed at Frith after studying environmental health and sustainable food systems in graduate school, eager to deepen her farming knowledge and explore alternative ways of living. When Louisa isn’t playing in the dirt, she enjoys yoga, long walks, live music, and crocheting. 

Farmer

Madel grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where she was touched by the magic of the land and developed a deep reverence for Earth. Soon after high school, she began working with a non profit organization called Feed the Movement in North Carolina, which connected her to local farmers in the area. This instilled in her a real sense of belonging, purpose, community. When she moved back home she had a heart-muscle so passionate about growing food and began at a second-season farm in Copper Harbor. Since then, she has worked on many farms up and down the east coast, now landing in Maine. She wishes to provide for and inspire others to enrich their connection to this planet that sustains us. Nourishing food and relationship to the earth is the sap of life and a language of love. She believes there is nothing more powerful and life-giving than growing fresh food, nurturing the land, bringing people together around a table in community. 

Farmer

Malcolm acquired the love of a home grown tomato from his family who kept beautiful urban gardens and veggie patches in Denver, CO. Western born and raised, he's excited to explore all that Maine and the East has to offer, especially the coast and nearby mountains and forests. He loves nothing more than a hearty meal and a local beer with good friends after a hike through the woods. After an education focused on the human body, health and various jobs in healthcare he came to the conclusion that the basis of wellbeing is rooted in nutrious, lovingly grown food and the community that surrounds it and decided to try his hand at farming. A biochemist at heart, Malcolm can't wait to get his hands into the living soil that is the core of Frith. 

Builder

Tabor grew up in the woods of Connecticut reading books, climbing trees, and rousing rabble. After studying applied philosophy in undergrad, he began passionately seeking to create social change through transformational community. Along this path, he fell in love working with wood, especially with hand tools and integral joinery. At the nexus of these two vocations, he found Frith Farm where he is thrilled to continue developing his passions in tandem. He believes that beautiful, durable, and sustainable structures are one of the bases of a thriving society and hopes to join the legion of nameless craftspeople who have built timber framed structures over the last six thousand years.