Oh how we love our team!
Stacey & John
owner & Operations Manager
Stacey started New Earth Farm with John in 2020 out of a shared desire to work together from home, a compulsion to turn "trash" into something useful, and a love for beautifying and caring for our environment. Thanks to our great team, she doesn't have to do *everything* these days, and now focuses on grant writing, education/outreach, hands-on contamination removal, and the never-ending to-do lists of running a small business. When she's not knee deep in food waste, she loves hitting up flea markets and estate sales. And dogs; she loves dogs!
John is chaplain turned composter. Needing a break from trauma, John found another line of work doing good in community composting! John drives the commercial routes in his super nifty side load Perkins dump and mixes and moves food scraps in his Bobcat--which vehicle he likes best is a toss-up! He handles route planning, manages the team, fixes whatever happens to be broken (or calls someone to fix it), and processes thousands of pounds of food scraps into beautiful, nutrient rich compost! He loves Crossfit, local beer, dogs, coffee, reading, and spending hours in antique malls with his wonderful wife. Living and working with his family in Old North St. Louis feels like having won the lottery.
Melody - Community Outreach Coordinator
Melody does a little of everything: customer service and outreach, education events, working with local eco-orgs, any odd jobs that come up, and a little boots-on-the-ground community composting! Melody has a strong passion for environmental stewardship, cats, and the woods, prairies, marshes, and lakes of the beautiful midwest.
Rudi - Driver
Rudi enjoys the dedication of the compost community and the ability to contribute to the green movement. Rudi takes pride in giving back to the community. He loves spending time with the family and his dogs Champ and Chop. He also loves riding motorcycles, traveling, camping, fishing, hunting, music appreciation and planting.
Misty - Shop Manager & Driver
Misty supports warehouse functions, drives E-Vans for bucket swaps, and tables green events. They organize and maintain the warehouse, bringing creative solutions to workflow and team wellbeing. A practicing teaching artist, Misty teaches locally and integrates green practices into their art, like reusing single-use plastics in creative projects.
Terragan - Driver
Terragan is one of the incredible drivers at New Earth Farm. Terragan likes composting and other green jobs as it's helping our planet and local environment, one bucket at a time. Terragan has had a lifelong love for environmental stewardship, from his time with AmeriCorps, through projects in grad school, and our work at New Earth Farm.
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