Meet Our Staff

Amie Frisch, Director and Co-Founder

Amie Frisch is the Director and Co-founder of Veggielution Community Farm, which is focused on engaging the community and increasing food access in low income East San Jose. A 10 year resident of San Jose, she earned a BS in Environmental Studies from San Jose State University, where she was Director of the Environmental Resource Center and Co-founder of the Environmental Club. She was also part of the founding Steering Committee for the Real Food Challenge, a national campaign to unite students for just and sustainable food, where she worked to develop the Real Food Calculator. She is dedicated to working towards a more just sustainable food system in the Silicon Valley. amie@veggielution.org

Mark Anthony Medeiros, Farm Manager and Co-Founder

mark@veggielution.org

Sean Jones, Assistant Farm Manager

sean@veggielution.org

Sally Neas, Youth Program Coordinator

Silicon Valley HealthCorps Member Full Time

sallyn@veggielution.org

Jessie Nichols, Youth Program Coordinator

Silicon Valley HealthCorps Member Full Time

Just one week after hearing about the Veggielution project, Jessie was booking her flight out to California from her home state of North Carolina to help build the VeggieYouth highschool program. She received her BA in Environmental Studies with a focus in Ecology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2009. While in school, she volunteered at the university’s community garden, worked at the rock climbing wall on campus, and was a founding member of the nation’s first Environmental Honors fraternity, Epsilon Eta. She has a background in environmental education, facilitating nature hikes for school groups at the Green River Preserve in the Appalachian Mountains. At the farm, her favorite chores include acting as Mother Hen to our flock of chickens, breaking up compost with the machete, and of course, “Wacky Wormbin Wednesdays”. Oddly enough, after assuming the care of our lovely worm bins she discovered that she comes from a long line of worm-farmers in her family which includes her mother, uncle, and sister-in-law. They are all very proud of her. jessien@veggielution.org