GORMAN HERITAGE FARM 
 
 

 

...planting seeds for the future while honoring the past.
 

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ABOUT GORMAN HERITAGE FARM

Meet the Gorman Heritage Farm Staff

 

Sandra Murphy, Director – has served as volunteer, board member and employee on several educational farms for the past 30 years, including eleven years at Gorman Heritage Farm. Sandra is a published writer of environmental essays and poetry, and has conducted workshops on the local, state and national levels. She has been designated by the National Association for Interpretation as a Certified Interpretive Manager, and also serves as a consultant to other educational farms. smurphy@gormanfarm.org

 

 

 

Vicki Foster, Marketing & Events Manager - Vicki brings a diverse background of government, corporate and volunteer service to Gorman Farm.  With a strong background in customer service and logistics, she's ready to tackle all the details of festival events at the farm.  Vicki's goals are to increase awareness, membership and local support of Gorman Heritage Farm.  When she's not at the Farm, Vicki enjoys sailing on Lake Erie, and visiting her kids in Columbus. vfoster@gormanfarm.org

 

 

 

Mike Roman, Education Manager and Summer Farm Camp Director - His love for the outdoors is evidenced in his past employment at the farm, his interest in ecology while a student at Xavier University, and his self-directed learning in the subjects of permaculture and organic gardening.  His own backyard mini-farm includes a perennial flower garden, organic vegetable garden, berry patch, fruit trees, composter, and chicken coop.  Mike first worked at GHF as an agricultural intern, camp counselor, and office assistant during the summers of 2002-2004. He has spent the last two years at GHF building the school field trip program and summer camp program to be a leader in farm-based education. He was recently nominated for the Merlin G. Pope, Jr. Diversity Leadership Award for his work integrating GHF’s land-based education programs into local schools, specifically Lincoln Heights Elementary. He is committed to continue the Farm’s growth as an excellent place for people to learn about food, farming and care of our world. mroman@gormanfarm.org

 

 

Madeline Dorger, Volunteer Coordinator & Assistant Camp Director - Madeline Dorger, Volunteer Coordinator, Assistant Camp Director - Madeline began working at the farm as a summer camp counselor in June, 2008. She has been an educator, assistant camp director, presented at the Farm-based Education Association conference in November, 2009 and worked with area schools like Peaslee Child Development Center and Seven Hills School in the farm's Growing Roots outreach program. She believes a little bit of camp should be in every part of farming - a little fun and a little education. Ultimately, work on the farm should be a connection to the food that feeds us and and a context for the global systems in which the farm functions, whether that work is rooted in harvesting potatoes to sell at market, appreciating a walk in the woods, or learning about the barriers subsidies create for small farms in Ohio and abroad. You may catch Madeline teaching a volunteer group about government policies that make certain foods cheaper than others before volunteers begin their garden work. But then again, you may catch her starting a mud fight with Counselors-in-Training.  mdorger@gormanfarm.org

 

 

 

John Hemmerle, Public Ally Fellow and Educator- serves at Gorman Heritage Farm as an Americorp's Public Ally's service member.  John loves being outdoors and luckily there is no shortage of that here on the farm. He graduated with a Bachelors of Urban Planning from the University of Cincinnati.  There he learned about how humans have planned, developed and organized the way we go about living and how we must go about planning our future in a sustainable way. John's interests are in sustainable site development, urban farming, and permaculture which fit perfectly with the Growing Roots Outreach Program that GHF has begun to implement at a number of local elementary schools.  John also likes to play and listen to music;  his band plays locally around the tri state area. He also likes to ride his bike, go running, and climb down in the beautiful Red River Gorge.  John hopes to see you on the farm! jhemmerle@gormanfarm.org

 

 

Jamie Clark, Seasonal Educator -  After earning a BS in graphic design from the University of Cincinnati, working for various types of companies, living and teaching on organic farms in Belize, and working with coffee farmers in Guatemala, Jamie decided to continue her passion for agriculture, food and teaching at Gorman Heritage Farm. Her desire is to live sustainably, to educate others, and to harness people’s passions in creating a socially and environmentally sustainable lifestyle for all people. She lives for the next adventure and delights in the small intricacies of life and the natural world. jclark@gormanfarm.org

 

 

Justin Williams, Farmer - Justin has had a variety of work experiences including various farms and ranches. He has also worked for the Boy Scouts and at summer camps. His many travels through out the United States have given him lots of material for yarns of all sorts. If you give him a hand in the farmyard, you'll be sure to get an entertaining earful.
 

 

 

 

Jan Bogle, Administrative Assistant - Has been a jack of all trades. She's decorated cakes, worked in the hardware business, directed summer camps, and much more. But she is very organized, and if you have seen our office lately - we think she's a good fit at Gorman Farm. Jan grew up on a 10 acre farm in Tennessee with chickens. She enjoys crocheting, walking her dog, and spending time with her husband.


Chris Geeding, Farm Hand - Chris worked in the farmyard in the summer of 2008. He attends Wilmington College where he studies agronomy and lives in Loveland, Ohio. He's a whiz with a hay hook and is partial to pigs and chickens.

 

 

 

 

Ralph Aller, Farm Hand - Ralph recently gave up his claim to having longest commute of anyone here at the farm! After living for many years in Lima and commuting to his "day job" managing the production facility at Meyer Dairy, Ralph and his wife Nadine moved down to Cincinnati.  You can find Ralph in the farmyard on Sundays - listen for the sound of the feed grinder!.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GORMAN HERITAGE FARM
Phone: 513-563-6663 Fax: 513-563-6659 Email@GormanFarm.org
10052 Reading Road Evendale, Ohio 45241

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