MEET OUR TEAM
Erica Berman
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/ FOUNDER
After 20 years in Paris and Italy, Erica swapped city living for a life steeped in sustainable values, nature, and creating less waste when she moved to Midcoast Maine in 2012 with her French husband, and Veggies to Table co-founder, Alain Ollier. In 2019 the launch of Veggies to Table stemmed from a deep-rooted desire to give back to their community. Previously Erica created and ran the boutique vacation rental company Haven In (luxury rentals in Paris, Provence, and Tuscany) and founded and curated HiP Paris a cultural blog on Paris. In her rare free time, Erica loves to read, cook, learn languages, walk in the woods, snuggle with her cats, and travel off the beaten track. Erica has a passion for flowers, beautiful interiors, industrial furniture, and reclaimed and reused everything. She has a degree in Journalism and Psychology from Syracuse University and originally hails from Lexington, Mass where her family owned Berman’s Wine and Spirits for 115 years—since its inception in 1909 until summer 2024.
Mary Conner
Farm manager
Mary (she/her) is a brand-new Maine resident coming from Georgia where she has managed both non-profit farms and commercial organic farms growing no-till fruits and veggies to provide for the community. With her experience in no-till, permaculture, and organic farming, she is passionate about connecting people to land and food, believing all people have a right to access fresh and healthy produce. She graduated with a degree in Horticulture and Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences from Kansas State University where she spent as much time as possible working on the Student Farm getting her hands dirty. She is a huge bookworm and loves to embroider and cook. She lives with her partner and their three cats right down the road from the farm. Mary grew up in Florida in a house filled with both people and plants.
Maya Netzer
Development manager
Maya comes to Veggies to Table from a background in farming, visual art, and nonprofit development. Her early academic and career focus on youth advocacy led her to work for an environmental & social justice semester school in 2015, where she learned about farming and nutrition alongside the students, and stayed on as part of the farm team. For the last ten years, she has integrated working as a farmer and educator, and going behind the scenes to build programs, events, relationships, and storytelling to keep it going (and get people paid!) Her favorite part of the season is spring when kids and calves are being born, and trays and trays of possibility are being seeded. She has witnessed the infinite and cosmic nature of growing food in multigenerational community again and again, and is grateful to be a part of this work.
Sam Hallowell
Administrative Coordinator
Sam (she/her) is a life-long Midcoast Mainer, multimedia artist, and sporadic but enthusiastic reader. Pre-pandemic, she studied communications, integrative health, book arts, and printmaking at the University of Southern Maine in Portland. In recent years, she’s discovered a passion for the behind-the-scenes world of nonprofit, supporting those who provide direct service to the public. As an organizer for Bath Pride and volunteer for the Midcoast Youth Center’s SAFE Club, she works to engage youth in community-building and leadership-development activities, creating an environment that encourages them to feel hopeful for their futures. She is compelled by work that centers wellbeing, connection, and community. Outside of work, Sam loves to make collage art, read non-fiction, and try new recipes. She lives in Woolwich with her boyfriend, their cat Sage, and a teeny-tiny vegetable garden.
Ice Lekometros
Farm Consultant
Ice has been farming since 2015 and has managed farms in New York, California, Texas, and New Hampshire. With a degree in agriculture and studio arts she thinks of growing fields as a canvas to be filled with shades of green. She has worked on both large and small farms and feels strongly that growing and donating fresh food is essential for building resilient communities. Ice is a master tinkerer, aspiring woodworker and loves sailing, reading, and splitting firewood. Ice and her wife are currently restoring a log cabin in New York and renovating a farmhouse and barn in Maine.
Jessy Marty
Farmer
Jessy is a gardener and artist from Cape Cod. She has been a landscaper for over seven years, planting flower beds and tending to veggie gardens. In addition, she has worked at a small scale farm and plant nursery, as well as an urban fine gardening company in Boston. In 2024, she obtained a degree in Natural Resources Conservation from UMass Amherst. Her passion for permaculture and sustainability is intertwined with her love for art. In her free time, Jessy loves doing pottery, printmaking, and collecting seashells and driftwood on the beach. Jessy is now completing a van conversion to live out of and travel the United States! She is excited to be a part of the midcoast Maine community at Veggies to Table.
Katherine Treat
Farmer
Kate (she/her) grew up in Washington, DC and has spent many of her summers in Maine. While attending college in North Carolina and working on the college’s 275 acre farm, she discovered her passion for agriculture, and went onto major in Environmental Studies with a minor in Spanish. Throughout the last couple of years, she has dedicated time working on livestock and organic produce farms on the East Coast. She gets true joy in facilitating people to feel acknowledged, cherished, and advocated for – and in fighting to make healthy, delicious food more accessible! Outside of work, she is off discovering new running trails, trying out all of the coffee shops, and creating art.
Annemieke Buterbaugh
Community Needs Intern
After attending high school in Connecticut, college in Massachusetts, time abroad in Switzerland and Butah— Annemieke circled back to her hometown of Cape Elizabeth, Maine (although there are plans for Denmark this year as well). At school, Annemieke created her own major “Sustainable Design and Development”, where she aims to explore the complexities and collaboration of human and more-than-human systems. In 2024, she came to Veggies to Table as a volunteer and has returned as a Community Needs Intern this summer. She’s passionate about community development as a critical aspect of sustainability and climate resilience. She is most grateful for being surrounded by the wealth of nature and good people.