J is a lifelong lover of plants and the magic that happens when people cultivate relationships to land. This love for plants and gardening led J to study permaculture and herbalism, seeking learning opportunities throughout New England and California. J’s experience is based in cultivating biointensive no till gardens for both production and education, specializing […]
Author: Sara Zoe Patterson
Meet the Team: Sara Zoe
Sara Zoe joined the Stout Oak Farm Crew in the fall of 2020, after 18 years of being a school librarian. She has a long interest and history working in local food and supporting farmers. Before helping to found Seacoast Eat Local (along with Kate and Jeff) in 2006, she farmed at diverse farms in […]
Images from 2021: a Sherri appreciation post
In early spring of 2021, we had the astounding good fortune to have Sherri Nixon join our volunteer crew as our resident photographer. Several times a week, every week, all season long, Sherri photographed our work. She took care to curate, crop, to ask us what we needed for photos (aiding us in the never […]
Tomato Tasting 2021
We love tomatoes! We love growing them, eating them, and we love talking about growing them and eating them. We are passionate about flavor, quality, and growing Organically. Each year, we grow both tried and true varieties and many many many trials of varieties we are considering. We grow smaller numbers of each trial variety, and […]
Meet the team: Jeff
Jeff grew up in East Kingston, and after serving briefly in the Army, getting his degree from UNH, and teaching for a year in France, he landed back in New Hampshire. His interest in farming started with an interest in eating ethical and healthful food and led him to meeting his future wife at the Exeter […]
Meet the Team: Michelle
Hello, I’m Michelle. I’m a part time field assistant here at Stout Oak Farm. This is my second season working here and I absolutely love it! I love getting dirty and working hard, but I also love being a part of the food system and growing healthy organic food for the community. I’m also a […]
Meet the team: Sam
Sam joined Stout Oak Farm as our Hoophouse Manager in 2021, taking the lead on the Hoop house tomatoes and peppers, as well as playing a really key Jane-of-all-skills role at the farm: in the Farm Store, Washing, Packing, in the Field, and Greenhouse, too! “I planted my first seeds (French Breakfast Radishes!) in […]
GO-OD LU-CK KA-RL
Karl was part of the Stout Oak Farm crew for just a few months this spring, but in that short time he made an amazing mark on the farm and on us. Karl took on the big tasks of pounding in the fencing stakes, and repairing and tightening up the Greenhouse and hoop houses — […]
Masks Required
We are committed to prioritizing your health and safety as well as ours as essential farmworkers. As rules change in the state, we will continue for follow CDC recommendations for operating safely during the pandemic. We screen ourselves for symptoms daily before coming to the farm, and clean and sanitize surfaces. We wear masks and […]
