Our 2024 Farm Team
Alex Vaughn
Farm Manager
Prior to joining Obercreek Farm, Alex worked in commercial agriculture for 10 years in Maine and Massachusetts. He is a graduate of the Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture at UC Santa Cruz and taught vegetable production at The Farm School in Athol, MA for several years. Here at Obercreek, Alex designs and executes our annual growing plan covering our greenhouses, fields, and high tunnels.
trixie wessel
Farm Co- Manager
Trixie has been working on and around farms her whole life and loves connecting with people about where their food comes from and why it matters. She leads the crew in daily harvest and packing, leads sales of our produce through the farm store, CSA, farmers markets, and wholesale accounts, and manages our social media and weekly newsletter. In her free time, Trixie loves cooking with and preserving what’s in season, and works in the alpine ski racing industry during the winter.
Margot
Director of Farm Morale
Margot is our resident farm pup who carries the most important job of providing much needed joy on the toughest of days, as well as battling our ever-present rodent pressure. You can often find her eating whatever vegetable she can find, especially her favorite, turnips. If you ever see her on the farm or at the brewery (her second favorite place to be) she’s very friendly and always appreciates a good scratch, or a chance to play with other dogs. Ask her what her current hunting stats are!
Farm crew 2024:
RACHEL GILBERT
Natasha Goodman
Andie Mitchell
quinn schoff
rosalie visceglia
JEFFREY CIRAULO
photo coming soon!
Past Years Crew…
Farm crew 2023, L to R: Bob, Nicolas, Andrew, Dominick (our hops grower), Natasha, Rachel, Trixie, Alex
Emily Fratz, Assistant Farm Manager 2020 - 2022
Emily grew up on her family's farm in Maryland and has worked in urban agriculture and education in New York City. She loves spending time outside and growing food, which is why she has signed on to a second year at Obercreek Farm. When she doesn't have her hands in the soil, she can be found camping, knitting, or finding new ways to cook farm fresh veggies!
Obercreek 2021 crew: Alex, Emily, Andrew Jenna
June 2022 crew: Hampton, Jenna, Alex, Trixie, Andrew, and Emily with farm dogs Samuel and Enya
November 2022 crew: end of CSA season party! Back row: Andrew, Alex, Jenna. Front row: Natasha, Margot, Trixie, Emily, Enya