Farm Friends Mary & Mel

Around ever corner we find we appreciate and enjoy Mary Middleton and Mel DiLeva. We are blessed by their friendship in so many ways!

How do we love thee?  Let us count the ways!

They genuinely care about finding, eating and sharing healthy, local, sustainable, GMO-free farm-fresh food. They walk their talk. Both Mary and Mel have dedicated countless hours to leading GMO-Free Josephine County and Oregonians for Safe Farms and Families (OSFF) into the international spotlight and local legislative success. They are constantly networking and working to help local farmers get the support they need as well as fundraising and creating public outreach/education for GMO-free living.

When we have needed a helping hand, they are the first to extend it, no strings attached.  They are truly generous and kind. We took our first two-week family vacation in years this summer, courtesy of Mel and Mary's farm-sitting, and they even sent us pictures of all the critters.  When we returned, everything was in perfect pitch.  What a gift!

They make us laugh and are always into having a good time.  I mean, look at that picture, would ya?!

Mary is a fine chef!  Her specialty is taking local farm goodness and spinning them into fermented yum-yums.  Last year she even held classes at the farm on fermentation.

Beyond all this, both Mel and Mary contribute to the community through their professional careers in higher education.  Mel is an admin goddess at Rogue Community College, basically making the place spin like a top.   Mary teaches smarty-pants mathematics that is way over our heads.

So, if you need to know about (or want to participate in) food, farming, local politics, higher education, the best IPAs or which breed of chickens are the friendliest, reach out to Mel or Mary.  They'll hook ya up.  ;)