Email: nicole@vermontorganic.org

Extension: 0078

Nicole began working for VOF in 2003, the year after the National Organic Program regulations went into effect. Since that time, Nicole has worked to represent the views of Vermont organic producers at the National Organic Standards Board meetings and as a member of the Accredited Certifiers Association. She has served on the boards of OMRI and the Real Organic Project. Nicole has a BA from the University of Montana and a Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Education from the University of Vermont. In her past life, Nicole spent less time in front of a computer and more time wrangling poultry, grading apples with seconds to spare, and teaching people how to milk cows.

Email: bay@vermontorganic.org

Extension: 0031

Bay joined the VOF team in July of 2019 after a 6-year stint as manager of Green Mountain College Farm and 25 years as founder and manager of Doolittle Farm. This 30 plus years of farming experience included diversified organic livestock, organic vegetables, berries, and maple with retail, wholesale and online distribution. Bay has served on various market and local community boards; she is currently on the Vermont Sheep and Goat Association Board. She holds an AS in Dietetics from Broward College and a BS in Holistic Health from Johnson State College. After hours she enjoys her garden, helps her kids with their farms, and entertains her 5 grandchildren.

Email: laura@vermontorganic.org

Extension: 0067

Laura joined VOF in 2010 and quickly realized that her tendency toward rule following would finally be considered an asset. She's originally from Vermont and has been surrounded by and involved in the agricultural community for much of her life. When her childhood friend introduced her to their family cow, their flock of layers, and the sweet scent of maple steam she became hooked for life. She successfully convinced her own family to dabble in homesteading and once she was old enough, began working on farms ranging from dairies to maple sugar operations to fruit, vegetable, and flower farms. Nowadays she enjoys keeping a small flock of her own, tending her vegetable gardens, and experiencing life with her husband and two children.

Email: kyla@vermontorganic.org

Extension: 0065

Kyla graduated from UVM in 2008 with a B.S in Environmental Science. After graduating she apprenticed on an organic vegetable farm which sparked her passion for sustainable agriculture. Afterward, she worked for an organic dairy in Addison County and fell in love with cows and dairying. Having spent her whole life in Vermont, Kyla decided to change scenery (& climates), living in California for 5 years working for a large organic dairy and family-owned farms as a farmer, administrative assistant, and organizer. Kyla returned to Vermont in 2017 for a position at NOFA-VT. She currently serves on the boards of the Vermont Farm Show and VDIA (Vermont Dairy Industry Association). In her free time, Kyla enjoys spending time outdoors adventuring with her dog and growing & raising food in Randolph Center with her partner.

Email: winston@vermontorganic.org

Extension: 0079

Winston is a Certification Specialist for Vermont Organic Farmers and works with food processors and maple producers. He graduated from Davidson College in North Carolina with a liberal arts degree. He came back to Vermont and worked at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters/Keurig for 24 years, starting out as a part-time barista in the Factory Outlet in Waterbury, VT and ending as the Farmer Relations Manager, working with coffee farmers all over the world. He was a Certified Q Grader with the Coffee Quality Institute. He has experience in food safety, seed production, vegetable production, dairy, hemp and maple.  He was a member of NOFA-VT at least twenty years before he started at VOF and has always loved small-scale organic farming. He is fluent in written and spoken Spanish and French. He loves mountain biking, downhill skiing, backcountry skiing, cross country skiing, gravel biking, ice hockey and fat biking on snow machine trails. (Yes, he has three bikes.)  

Email: alice@vermontorganic.org

Extension: 0027

Alice grew up in northern Vermont and graduated from Green Mountain College with a BA in environmental studies focusing on environmental education. After working at various nature camps, she worked at Vermont Soap where she did everything from inventory management to formulations to shipping. She also managed Vermont Soap’s organic certification and emailed Winston weekly. When she isn’t helping producers or improving the database at VOF she likes to walk around looking at other people’s flower gardens, knit, and play board games.  Alice is an avid contra dancer and is learning how to call contra and family dances.

Email: gregg@vermontorganic.org

Extension: 0046

Gregg Stevens is the Certification Process Specialist for Vermont Organic Farmers. He earned a B.S. in Biology from the University of New Hampshire and earned his teaching certificate after completing a post-baccalaureate program at Rhode Island College. After teaching high school science in Rhode Island for eight years, he moved to Vermont in 2003 to pursue his interest in certified organic agricultural production methods. He has worked at several diverse operations, gaining experience with organic vegetable and fruit, grain, field crop, ruminant, poultry and maple production. In 2010 he left his position as farm manager at Merck Forest and Farmland Center in Rupert to join Vermont Organic Farmers as a Certification Specialist. In addition to working with hundreds of organic producers, his interest in video production has helped develop the NOFA-VT YouTube channel and he continues to explore ways in which technology can make the certification process more efficient.