About Us
Meet our board of directors!
Executive Officers
- Amanda Hege: Board Chair
- Theodoor Visser: Board Vice-Chair, Director, Global Malaria Team, Clinton Health Access Initiative
- Angie Pate: Treasurer, Controller, diSanti, Capua, & Garrett, PLLC
- Monique Eckerd: Secretary
Members
- Jacqui Ignatova: Assistant Professor of Sustainable Development at Appalachian State University
- Nikki Rezvani: Team Leader at Keller Williams High Country Realty
- Liz Whiteman: Executive Director at Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture
- Carol Coulter: Owner, Heritage Homestead Goat Dairy
- Alcinder Lewis: CEO, ImagineEX LLC
- Neil Tilton: Senior Application Engineer, CIGNA
- Susan Poorman: Professor, Appalachian State University
Meet our staff members!
- Renee Boughman: Founder/ Director of Community Engagement
- Elena Dalton: Executive Director
- Kim Short: Front of House Manager
- Pete Herbert: Operations Director
- Shane Hillman: Program Director
- Abby Huggins: Volunteer Coordinator
- Dan Moore: Full Circle Program Coordinator
- Miranda Boone: Cafe Associate
- Marcus Gupton: Cafe Associate
- David Sanders: NC Works Work Experience
F.A.R.M. Cafe in the news
F.A.R.M. Cafe awarded 2017 Boone Chamber of Commerce everGreen Award for Leadership in Sustainability
F.A.R.M. Cafe is pleased to receive the 2017 Boone Chamber of Commerce everGreen Award for Leadership in Sustainability. The everGreen Award sponsored by Mast General Store is presented to a business, organization, project, or person who has furthered the inclusion and integration of sustainable development principles. According to the Boone Chamber website, these efforts must exemplify a drive to preserve the environment while providing for broad means of economic prosperity.
Renee Boughman and Tommy Brown accepted the award on behalf of the F.A.R.M. Cafe. In her brief acceptance speech Renee expressed gratitude to the Boone and High Country Community for their generosity in supporting and participating in F.A.R.M. Cafe which has made it possible for the Cafe to Feed All Regardless of Means. It would not be possible without the support of this generous and wonderful community.
New York Times Feature
New York Times article - 36 Hours in Boone, N.C. (and Environs)
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