Fairview Gardens Staff and Board of Directors
 Tiffany Cooper Carpenter
Education Director
Acting Executive Director
tiffany@fairviewgardens.org
Tiffany is passionate about sustainable agriculture and connecting people with the land and food that nourishes the body and the spirit. As a gardener and food enthusiast, she is excited to educate folks about the importance of local, seasonal and organic foods. Tiffany graduated with a BS in GeoScience from Middle Tennessee State University and later with a MS in Environmental Education and Outdoor Recreation from the State University of New York (SUNY) Cortland. From New York to Idaho and now Southern CA, she has taught kids and adults about the natural world. She loves to be outside and to inspire people, big and small, to be active, healthy community members.
Toby McPartland
Farm Manager
toby@fairviewgardens.org
As the Farm Manager, Toby is responsible for the overall management of the farm. Toby first found his love for farming while working with the Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa. For two and a half years he lived in a small village of peanut farmers and taught them how to start tree nurseries while introducing different techniques for incorporating the trees into their fields. In Senegal he was exposed to a simple way of living and a connection to the earth that really touched him and he have been involved with educational farming ever since. Toby most recently farmed at the organic farms at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Santa Cruz, which reinforced the importance of education alongside production agriculture.
Sunshine Caulfield
Marketing Director
Sunshine knows Fairview from more angles than most. As an intern 5 years ago she worked along side the farm crew, harvesting, weeding and doing all manner of fieldwork. When the opportunity came along to do sales at the farmers’ markets, she jumped at it, soon attending 3 markets a week. When her stint as an intern ended she spent summers helping her family establish a farm in British Colombia, getting experience in orcharding, remodeling and green building. Now back on the farm, she is the marketing director. She handles all of the harvest to move all of our yummy food to the people!
Tynes Viar
Director of Development & Sustainability
 Salvador "Chava" Gomez-Ochoa
Head Farmer
Chava is an expert in observation and has been farming at Fairview Gardens since 1987. He has farmed all of his life. "I asked my father at 13 years if I could quit school to work on the farm. I have been working ever since." He managed his first four acres at age 13 with a team of horses. When asked what others should know about farming, Chava commented, "It is important to grow something; everyone needs to grow something."
Cesar Madrigal
Farmer
Cesar has been working at Fairview Gardens for fourteen years. He began here as a young farm worker weeding and cleaning. He is now the irrigation manager. Cesar knows the fields intimately and works closely with our marketing director. While picking a peach is a chore for some, it is a purely romantic experience for Cesar. You can see his love of this place in his eyes as he works.
Kelly McConihe
Assistant Stand Manager
As assistant stand manager, Kelly is responsible for ordering and inventory as well as customer service. Originally from San Francisco, she has lived in Santa Barbara for two years.
Matthew Logan
Administrative Director
info@fairviewgardens.org
In this position Matthew does it all in the office as the office and human resources manager and bookkeeper. He moved to Santa Barbara in 1998 from Los Angeles after living there for 13 years where he was involved in the printing and prepress industries as a production manager.
Mary Louise Parker
CSA Volunteer Coordinator
marylouise@fairviewgardens.org
Mary Louise is a current CSA member and helps us out so much by coordinating the weekly CSA distribution day volunteers. We couldn't do it with her help.
Farmers Market Sales
Odile Dell Aquila
Produce Stand Sales
Depending on What's in Season, you'll find pyramids of tomatoes and peppers, mountains of melons, baskets of strawberries or mandarins, rows of fresh-picked lettuce and greens, bundles of fresh herbs, and our famous white asparagus. We also offer a grocery selection featuring freshly baked bread and locally produced gustatory delights.
Staff:
Shannon Cecil
Chris Connor
Casey Fabing
Leslie Gerken
Zack King
Peter Lindstorm
Devin Nigh
Nicole Pacino
Farm Crew
 Fairview Gardens' crew is made up of men and women who work together start to finish to bring in our harvest and to market and sell our produce.
Most of our farmers live on the farm year round. Providing on farmer housing has created a workforce that is consistent and loyal. A few of our farmers have been lived at Fairview for 20 or more years!
Board Members
Adrianne Davis
President pro tempore
Gebb Turpin
Secretary
Cynthia Brock
Treasurer
Karen Borris
Andrew Davis
Adam Green
Selma Rubin
Arjun Sarkar
Doug Steigerwald
Advisory Board
Wendell Berry
David Brower (1912-2000)
Yvon Chouinard
Wes Jackson
Russell Petersen
Anthony Rodale
Alice Waters
 Michael Ableman
Founder
info@michaelableman.com
Michael Ableman is a farmer and founder of the Center for Urban Agriculture where he farmed from 1981-2001. He is the author and photographer of From the Good Earth (Abrams, 1993), On Good Land (Chronicle Books, 1998), and Fields of Plenty: A farmer's journey in search of real food and the people who grow it. (Chronicle Books, 2005). Michael now farms on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia at Foxglove Farm. Visit Michael at www.fieldsofplenty.com/
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