MEET OUR STAFF

Nicki, with her charming English accent, takes your orders, lets you know if we are short of anything, suggests new items to try, and makes sure everything is in perfect shape before it leaves our farm for your kitchen.  She arrives very early Tuesday and Friday mornings to make sure your orders leave on-time and error-free.

Deb carefully manages the salad greens, seedlings, edible flower, and garnishing leaf harvesting and packing.  She makes sure we have enough perfect leaves and flowers to meet your needs.  Deb uses her extensive dining experience to offer suggestions for ways Cookstown Greens can help our chefs with appealing presentations.

Kaila helps Deb harvest and pack the salads and leafy greens. She is eagerly learning what it takes to create a satifying and long-lasting salad blend.

Kelly is responsible for having all the seedlings ready to harvest on the exact day they are required.  She also seeds and nurtures all the edible flowers and bedding plants.

Claus is our Field Manager who is kept very busy getting next year's fields ready for cropping by managing the cover-crops.  And of course he also maintains this year's fields by getting them ready for seeding, makes sure they are cultivated in a timely manner, and supervises the harvesting.  He manages our Mexican helpers who assist him with all these chores.

Alejandro, Rigoberto, Nacho, Reuben, and Andres eagerly work very long hours cultivating and harvesting our crops.  We really appreciate all the caring help they provide.  Gracias!  Their favourite activity is calling home every evening for the six - seven months they are in Canada.

Tawnya manages the edible flowers and garnishing leaves. She also inspects every vegetable that is packed in bags to make sure it is ready for efficient service.

Kailene harvests the seedlings at just the right time every week; then carefully packs them for extended shelf-life.  She also helps with packing the vegetables and making sure there are always just enough to fill tomorrow's orders.

Tom delivers our produce in the Toronto area.  He makes every effort to arrive at the expected time each week.  Tom is retired, but provides us with invaluable help three days a week.

David Cohlmeyer is the Founding President of Cookstown Greens.  He could never do all that is involved with serving loyal customers without great skill and dedication from all our workers.  He concentrates on  1) researching improved growing methods,  2) the actual seeding of crops, and  3) promoting the benefits of quality local produce.