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Meet the folks at D Acres...
Staff
Residents
Board of
Directors
Guest Teachers
D Acres
of New Hampshire Staff:
Joshua J Trought (Executive Director)
is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Colorado
in Boulder. While at the University he participated in School Year
Abroad in Spain studying Spanish & European Economics. The program
provided not only an opportunity to perfect basic Spanish but also an
opportunity to travel Europe and North Africa. In addition, he worked at
Campus Recycling Center in Boulder, which provided an in-depth
experience that illuminated the realities of large scale recycling.
Josh worked at a Health Clinic for Marginalized Peoples in Boulder,
where he served as a nurse’s aid to translate and record vital signs for
predominantly Spanish speaking patients. He was an Intern for the
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder acting
as a research assistant in a project that measured high atmospheric
levels of Methyl Bromide and other greenhouse related gases. During the
summer of 1992, he served as an intern at the National Park Tapanti in
Costa Rica analyzing species diversity and assisting in day to day
duties of park rangers.
After receiving his B.S. in environmental studies, Josh spent several
years interning and volunteering in various environmental and
agriculture projects. These included participating in the
Solar Energy International summer intern training programs in
Colorado, building a straw bale house in the Pacific Northwest, building
a timber home with locally forested materials in Wyoming, post-hurricane
reconstruction of homes on St John, USVI, and farming on several organic
farms and experiencing sustainable communities in the US and South
America. As a self-directed learner, Josh has acquired knowledge and
skill in environmentally sensitive construction and agriculture.
Involved in many community service activities, Josh received the
Dorchester Citizen of the Year award in 2003. Josh currently serves on
the Dorchester Conservation Commission and as the Dorchester
representative to the Pemi Valley Solid Waste Council. In 2006, Josh
was recognized as a leader in his community by the Union Leader in their
"40 under 40" award program.
Josh’s avocation is woodworking and he is a member of several NH
Artists’ Groups including Artistic Roots, an Artists Cooperative in
Campton, NH, and is the president of the Cardigan Mountain Art
Association located in the Mascoma Valley. He is a juried member of the
League of NH Crafters in woodworking.
Over the last ten years, he has developed and implemented the vision of
D Acres of New Hampshire, committed to educating others in environmental
stewardship of land and forests within a framework of community shared
decision-making. Josh’s commitment to social justice and sustainable
living has led to his ongoing efforts to share his knowledge and skill
in underserved areas such as South America. He spent the winters of
2001 and 2002 volunteering with an NGO,
"La Caravana Arcoiris Por La Paz," promoting the importance of peace
and connection to the earth. In the summer of 2008, Josh worked as
an intern for the Bread & Puppet
Theater in Glover, VT.
Regina Rinaldo (Kitchen
Manager & Fiber Arts Coordinator) Regina arrived at D Acres on a rainy day the
second weekend of September 2008. It was the day before the 2008 Health
and Wellness Conference—a celebration of living healthfully and with
sustainability in mind. She jumped right into work, cooking the final
meal for 70 or so conference participants. It was the best way to get to
know the other residents and the layout of the kitchen.
Regina has always
had a love for food, but it wasn’t until her junior year at Houghton
College in western New York that she understood the joys of preparing
food and sharing it with others. That year was spent living in Walldorf
House, an all women humanities house. Living in this community with
thirteen other women, cooking, studying, laughing, and making decisions
together allowed Regina to develop a new sense of how to live in the
world. This year impacted her life, subsequently effecting future life
choices (living arrangements, job/work choices, eating lifestyle,
consumer choices).
Regina graduated in 2003
with a B.A. after majoring in both Writing and English; she has a minor
in Biblical Studies. These studies have given her the tools to think
critically and express her self in various ways, specifically through
writing. Regina keeps a daily journal of her life’s adventures, a
practice she has developed since she was a teenager. She regards writing
as a discipline, and uses it as a means of processing her thoughts and
recording significant happenings. She has hopes of publishing other
creative writing, but is currently happy to focus her writing energy on
maintaining this daily diary.
After college, Regina
embarked on a great trek across the country to explore the Northwestern
United States for the first time. Her travels took her as far as
Fairbanks, Alaska where she spent two months exploring the wild
frontier. She almost stayed, but decided to return to the Northeast,
closer to her family. Her brother Chris encouraged her to take a
position as an Instructor for the School Program at Sargent Center for
Outdoor Education in Hancock, NH where he had been working for those
past three years. This position began her residency in New Hampshire.
She spent a full academic year living and working at the camp: teaching
various ecology lessons, wilderness skills, team-building, and just
general fun to groups of young kids between grades 4-8.
It was wonderful living
so closely to her brother, and learning outdoor living skills and
community building techniques, but Regina was being pulled to another
outdoor skill—organic farming. This building interest brought her to The
Daloz Mill and Farm, a small CSA and market farm in Hancock, NH. She
spent a summer as a farm intern, developing her weeding, harvesting,
seed planting, and culinary skills. Regina perfected her Radish Salsa
recipe and concluded that growing food organically and sustainably is
vital to maintaining a local community.
As the season came to an
end, Regina wanted more—more farming, more food, more homesteading
skills, and more education. She was interested in combining education
with farming, and was fortunate enough to find an immediate position at
a small Quaker-based boarding school, The Meeting School (www.themeetingschool.org).
This position allowed her to remain in the Monadnock Region, as well as
develop teaching skills. During her three years at the school, she held
many responsibilities: houseparent, kitchen coordinator, writing/fiber
arts/literature teacher, milker, plus many other community tasks and
duties. The school cared for their own flock of sheep, which they bred
for the meat and the fleece. Regina learned to clean, card, and spin
this fleece into yarn, which she then used in crochet projects. This
experience began an involved interest in Fiber Arts, specifically
weaving.
After leaving The Meeting
School in June 2007, developing this Craft and Art skill became
important to Regina’s next steps in life. She attended a weaving
concentration course at Penland School of Crafts for two months in the
Fall of 2007. This class solidified Regina’s love for weaving and gave
her the confidence to continue this craft as a lifelong Art. Regina
endured a mentally involved Winter and Spring of quiet and reflection,
some farming and weaving, after which she joined The Bread and Puppet
Theater (www.breadandpuppet.org) in June 2008 where she was an
apprentice and volunteer. She continues to volunteer with the theater
and hopes to return to help with as many performances as she can. This
is where she met Josh Trought, who made a welcoming invitation to join
the D Acres community.
Her
journey to D Acres has been winding, but her cumulative experiences in
farming, cooking, art, and community have prepared her mind, body, and
spirit for the work she is now enjoying.
D
Acres of New Hampshire Residents:
Beth Weick
Beth first came to D Acres as an intern in April
2008. After two seasonal stints at the farm she has returned as a
resident, where her focuses include gardening, animal care, and writing.
Growing up in Kintersville, PA, the daughter of a farrier and a
gardener, growing food and working hard was par for the course.
After leaving home to attend Colgate University, Beth had the
opportunity to live and study in Spain, Dominican Republic, Peru, and
Mexico. From these experiences her understanding of global issues
and inequities was significantly broadened, but also her desire to
address real issues in her own community.
Beth spent her summers between college semesters working in the AMC
White Mountain Huts, where the fragile ecosystems and dramatic weather
further developed her love for the northcountry climate and landscape.
After graduating salutatorian from Colgate University in 2007 with a BA
in Latin American Studies and a minor in Social Geography, Beth
returned to New Hampshire, and spent the next two years splitting her
seasons between backcountry work and farming.
Beth has now returned to D Acres, after hiking
the Appalachian Trail with her mother during the spring and summer of
2009. She is invigorated and enthused to be a part of the process
towards local food, vibrant community, and thriving small-scale
agriculture.
D Acres Board of Directors:
Brian Eisenhauer
(Chairman)
Mr.
Eisenhauer serves as an assistant professor of sociology in the social
science department of Plymouth State University, and as the associate
director of the University’s Center for the Environment. His primary
academic specialty is natural resource/environmental sociology. Mr.
Eisenhauer brings a strong background in social research methods and an
active and varied research agenda.
Kevin
Wall (Vice-Chairman)
Professionally, Kevin spent 10 years working seasonally for the National
Park Service (NPS) and the past 4 years with the National Forest Service
(NFS). For the NPS, Kevin worked primarily as an interpretive park
ranger leading various education programs in places such as Boston
African American National Historic Site, Shenandoah National Park (NP),
Great Smokey Mountain NP and Grand Teton NP. His current position with
the NFS is as a Wilderness Ranger here in the White Mountain NF. Lateral
duties for the NPS and the NFS include wildland firefighting, disaster
relief assistance, search and rescue, trail maintenance and visitor
information services. Academically, Kevin received his BA in History and
Geography from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is currently
finishing a Master’s of Education from Plymouth State University.
Kevin’s involvement with D Acres began in 1997 as a work-exchange
volunteer for the summer. He continues to support the organization
through various means including forestry, gardening and serving on the
Board of Directors. In April 2007, he became a permanent resident of D
Acres. He anticipates playing a significant role in the bright future of
our organization.
Dr.
Elizabeth Trought, PhD (Treasurer)
Dr Trought has recently moved to become a full time resident of
Dorchester, NH after living over 30 years in North Carolina.
Professionally she has served as a staff nurse, Head Nurse, Supervisor,
Director of Education, Vice- President for Patient Services and faculty
for BS, MS and PhD students. She has been active in many nursing
organizations. Dr Trought is currently retired from nursing. An active
community volunteer, Dr Trought has served a variety of nonprofit
organizations including the United Way, The Pitt County Health Education
Foundation, the Sierra Club, Operation Sunshine, and the Pamlico-Tar
River Foundation. An active long-term member of the League of Women
Voters, she has served as President and Voter Service Chair of the Pitt
County League and is currently a member of the Upper Valley League. Dr
Trought is a Founder of D Acres of New Hampshire.
Michelle Dunn
Ms. Dunn is a dynamic force onsite at D Acres by sharing her expertise
in marketing and administration. She is an author and experienced in
business. She is founder and president of Never Dunn Publishing and her
10 year old Credit & Collections Association has over a thousand
members. Michelle founded and operated M.A.D. Collection agency for 8
years.
Michelle has been named one of the Top 5 Women in
Collections and has been featured in Forbes.com, The Wall Street
Journal, Smart Money Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, PC World, Home
Business Magazine, Home Business Journal, Entrepreneur magazine,
Professional Collector, Credit & Collections Risk, the NH Business
Review, Smart Money magazine, About.com, Master Cards small business
website and in many books including Home Based Business for Dummies. She
has been a featured guest on (NPR) National Public Radio and many other
radio programs as well as published in many newspapers and magazines
nationwide. She has been a repeat guest on television shows such as the
CBS Early Show, The Book Authority and Process for Profit. Michelle has
many published articles and 7 published books. Entrepreneur Press has
released “The Ultimate Credit & Collections Handbook, the check IS in
the mail” penned by Dunn in 2006.
In
addition to writing and marketing her books, Michelle was a member of
The American Collectors Association for 9 years and shares valuable
credit & debt information with business owners on her blog at
www.BizCreditPolicy.com. Michelle is originally from RI and now
lives across the valley in N Groton, NH. Visit
www.michelledunn.com and
www.credit-and-collections.com for more information.
Brett Durham
Brett Durham graduated from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1996. He worked as an Civil/
Environmental Engineer for 7 years working on and designing ground
water Remediation Systems, Natural Gas Pipelines and Road and Sewer
Projects. From there he went on to teach 7th & 8th Grade Math at an
inner city school in the Boston Area. He moved to Plymouth, NH in
2003 having spent enough time in the city and began building
Log/Timber Frame homes. Currently he is working for the Squam Lakes
Association as the Director of Recreation, responsible for
maintaining the hiking trails, camp grounds, and facilities, as well
as battling the invasive aquatic plant Variable Milfoil. He has
been attending events and functions at D-Acres since the winter of
2003 and is excited to take on a more active role with the
organization.
Mike Long Mr. Long has been a banker in this area for 25 years;
he has lived in the area all his life. He has served as
the Executive Vice President of Community Guaranty Savings Bank since it
began in 1988. Mike, Ron Sibley (president of CGSB) and 9 other
employees of a large bank left when it was taken over by a larger
banking institution and formed CGSB, a locally owned bank. He is
currently chair of the Community Development Finance Authority of
Concord and has been actively involved with many local organizations.
Taylor (Chip) Mauck
After receiving an education in Natural Resource
Management and Forestry from Duke University and the University of New
Hampshire, Mr. Mauck has worked in the renewable energy field for the
past 25 years.
He is currently the owner of Sunweaver, a company
specializing in the installation of renewable energy systems. He also
co-owns the Solar Uprising Soundsystem, a solar electric powered sound
system featuring politically charged music. The Solar Uprising
Soundsystem is committed to using music as an instrument for change and
a healer of spirits. He is co-director of the Traveling Solar Show, a
festival based energy education center funded through it’s solar powered
kitchen.
For the last 13 years he has been actively involved with
SolarFest, a 501 (c) 3 that produces the New England Renewable Energy
Fair. He currently serves as the board’s vice president. His other
interests include writing, homesteading and leading workshops on
reducing our ecological footprint.
Jim Merkel
Mr. Merkel is the author of
Radical Simplicity. Originally a military engineer and
arms trader, Jim changed his life at the time of the Exxon Valdez
disaster, quitting his job and devoting himself to environmental service
and world peace. He downsized his life and lived on $5,000 a year for 16
years. Jim founded the Global Living Project (GLP) and initiated the GLP
Summer Institute where teams of researchers attempted to live on an
equitable portion of the biosphere.
Formerly the Sustainability Coordinator at Dartmouth College, Jim's role
was to integrate environmentally and socially sustainable practices into
the College's operations, culture and strategic plan. His
responsibilities included working with administrators,
faculty, community members and students to provide the knowledge,
skills, and motivation to make Dartmouth a model of sustainability
through the management of its resources and operations; facilities
planning and design; research activities; the curriculum; and the
extra-curricular life of the College. Merkel assisted to develop a strategy to
embed principles of sustainable prosperity in all of Dartmouth's
roles-as a place of learning and research, a business enterprise, and a
member of the local and global community.
Merkel
earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Stony Brook University in
1984 and has 12 years of experience in industry. His projects at TRW,
ITT and Photocircuits included energy demand management systems, design
of industrial equipment, military cryptographic communication systems,
and foreign military sales.
In his work to
develop and promote sustainable practices, Merkel founded the
Alternative Transportation Task Force in San Luis Obispo, Calif., that
helped create an interconnected bike lane system throughout the city and
county. He was elected to the board of the Environmental Center of San
Luis Obispo County and to three terms on the Sierra Club's Executive
Committee. As a lobbyist in Washington D.C., he has worked to promote
wilderness legislation, peace and Native American rights. In 1994 Merkel
received an Earthwatch Gaia Fellowship to research efficient resource
use in Kerala, India, and visited communities in the Himalayas. The
following year he founded the Global Living Project (GLP) in British
Columbia and initiated the GLP Summer Institute for the measurement and
reduction of biospheric impact. In 1996 he developed a permaculture
demonstration site where teams of researchers monitored biospheric
consumption for a six-week period. He taught courses on wild edible and
medicinal herbs, alternative construction, renewable energy, timber
framing, ethical money management, ecological footprinting,
bioregionalism, the Science and Practice of Sustainability and gardening
for self-reliance. He is the author of The Global Living Handbook (2000)
and Radical Simplicity (2003).
Jim initiated the "Cycling
for a Sustainable Future" speaking tour that has logged over
17,000 miles delivering lectures and workshops at over 30 colleges and
universities. And in the month prior to joining Dartmouth, Merkel
launched Simplicidad Radical, the Spanish edition of Radical
Simplicity, and toured Spain by bicycle meeting with NGO’s,
universities, and permaculture experiments.
He is a member the Simplicity Forum Steering Committee and the Global
Footprint Network, and has led hundreds of workshops on "Your Money or
Your Life" and sustainable lifestyles. Jim is an avid homesteader, bike
commuter and thrift store patron.
D Acres
Guest Teachers:
Lauren Buyofsky,
M.S.
originally from New Jersey, joined D Acres in 2007 after spending the
prior three years on the New Hampshire seacoast. Having been fascinated
with the natural world since an early age, Lauren now holds a B.S.
degree in Environmental Studies from The Richard Stockton College of New
Jersey and a M.S. degree in Natural Resources, with a concentration in
Water Resources, from the University of New Hampshire. Lauren had the
opportunity in both 1999 and 2001 to work as a research assistant at
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce, Florida, where she
assisted with marine educational programming and studied dolphin
populations in the Indian River Lagoon. In 2002, she interned at a
Rutgers University toxicology laboratory evaluating the health of oysters
in New Jersey's Raritan Bay. Additionally, independent studies focused
on tropical ecology and northeastern medicinal plants allowed Lauren to
further develop her connection to the environment.
In 2006, Lauren completed a research
study at UNH detailing the link between land use practices and
groundwater quality in southern New Hampshire's Lamprey River
Watershed. During her time at UNH, Lauren also played a significant
role in the development of the UNH Organic Garden Club and their 2-acre
campus community organic farm. Lauren currently serves as a member of
the Advisory Committee to the club through the UNH Office of
Sustainability.
A certified herbalist and Usui Reiki
practitioner, Lauren founded
Wise River Herbals, an herbal product-making business, after
completing an apprenticeship at Misty Meadows Herbal Center in Lee, NH
in 2006. Lauren is currently enrolled in the Advanced Herbal
Training program at Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center in East Barre, Vermont,
where she is further developing her herbal practitioner skills. In
addition to her love of plants, Lauren has been an equestrian since
childhood. Her experience includes riding, competing, and training
horses of various breeds and disciplines, as well as giving riding
lessons to youth. She served on the on the Board of Directors of
Equine Protection of North America from 2006 through 2008, and she
currently rides and trains
Arabians at
Phase II Show and Sport Horse Ranch.
Kayla Dauphine Kayla Dauphine has been folk/circle
dancing since 1995. She has attended numerous dance workshops and week
long dance camps to study with teachers from Europe, South America, and
the United States. She has led dance circles in Plymouth, Wentworth and
Franconia, and presented circle dance programs to senior centers,
women’s groups and schools. Her passion is gypsy dancing and teaching
beginners. She is currently Program Director for Neskaya Movement Arts
Center in Franconia, NH.
Bill Errickson, M.S. is a 2004
graduate of Stockton College, located in the NJ Pine Barrens. Bill has
spent the past three years working on a M.S. degree at the University of
NH, where he studied soil ecology and sustainable agriculture. Bill was
the Farm Manager for the UNH Organic Garden in 2005 and 2006; he
achieved a Certificate of Permaculture Design from
Humustacia Gardens in 2006. He is a
recipient of scholarships from the New Hampshire Federation of Garden
Clubs, the Durham Garden Club, and the Festival of Trees. Bill was also
recognized by the UNH Office of Sustainability as an Agent of Change in
2006.
Bill’s primary interests lie in evolving a just and sustainable
relationship with the Earth and its inhabitants through education and
celebration. Through working with these natural elements and with our
fellow community members, Bill hopes to rekindle that connection that
once nourished our civilization.
Mark Fulford Mark Fulford is a well-known,
independent farm consultant and educator whose range of topics and
expertise encompasses transitioning from conventional to organic and
biological agriculture, soil, crop, and forage nutrition, and preparing
agriculture for peak oil, climate change and economic drift. He also
teaches non-electric water technologies, hands-on skills in organic
orcharding, organic no-till crop production, commercial and small scale
composting, and fundamental rural skills and small farm food
preservation.
Mark Fulford addresses audiences from a wide range of backgrounds and
philosophies embracing common sense, science, and cultural wisdom for
the times we live in. His lifelong study of the natural world and
immersion in agriculture on his own farm and abroad grounds his
practices in experience. Mark and Paula Fulford operate Teltane Farm in
Monroe, Maine.
Sarah
K. Hall (Certified Yoga Instructor & Certified Herbalist)
Sarah has practiced yoga for more than a decade, moving between a
consistent and absent practice over that period. Her work as a
professional instructor, which began 4 years ago, focuses on a variety
of yoga techniques and disciplines for diverse audiences from
California to New England. She gained her Yoga Teacher’s Certification
at the California Essence School of Yoga in Eureka, CA. Sarah is a
yoga instructor at The Mountain Club on Loon Mountain in Lincoln, NH
and at D Acres of New Hampshire. Along with her passion for yoga,
Sarah maintains a strong connection to the natural world. She is
currently employed by New Hampshire Audubon in Concord, NH as an
Information & Natural History Coordinator.
Sarah is a graduate of Humboldt State University in California where
she earned a B.S. in Environmental Sciences. Her deep respect for
nature has been evolving since childhood, when undeveloped woods
surrounded her Virginia home, giving the opportunity for wonderful
exploration. Currently, Sarah is developing her passion of medicinal
plants, an interest born in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Sarah completed
her Apprenticeship Program at Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center in
2008. She is married to Kevin Wall, a Board member, and is currently
living in Hebron. Sarah is an employee of NH Audubon and teaches Yoga
at D Acres every Wednesday evening.
“My intention as
an instructor is to create a focus on the breath (prana), allowing the
body to gently move into postures (asana). This approach helps to
facilitate an increased awareness of the body and breath- which
encourages relaxation, strength building and endurance. My classes are
designed to ensure a safe and comfortable atmosphere that honors
individualities and establishes an environment where individual
expression and appreciation of yoga can occur freely.” –Sarah Hall
Gayle Hannan
Gayle Hannan is a Reiki Master and graduate of the Barbara Brennan
School of Healing. In 2005 she attended The Energy Touch School where
she learned advanced holographic energy healing techniques. Gayle has a
B.S. from Northeastern University and has worked in the Real Estate
industry in various capacities for the better part of 25 years. Since
2000 she has developed Hannan Healing Arts, an energy healing practice
in Campton, New Hampshire. She works with people, animals and the
earth. Much of her interest includes raising consciousness awareness of
energy medicine, as well as teaching and helping others to experience
the healing effects of Energy Medicine, which integrates the physical,
emotional, intellectual and spiritual components of Human Energy Field
(aura).
Terry Anya Hayes
Terry-Anya is a Maine-based writer, herbalist and educator, whose past
lives have included lengthy sidebars in New York City, Morocco and the
American Southwest. She raised her three daughters as a single parent
and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1984 with a fistful of honors and
a degree in Film. She is an award-winning poet and writes frequently on
health issues. Terry-Anya’s core herbal teachers remain Rosemary
Gladstar and Peeka Trenkle; she studies whenever possible with other
luminaries of contemporary herbalism.
From childhood, poetry, plants, reverence for the earth, and the desire
to heal have been central to Terry-Anya’s life. In addition to annual
workshops at D Acres, she teaches ethical wildcrafting and plant and
mushroom identification wherever the herbs and fungi beckon, leads
popular classes on herbal medicine making and managing health with
medicinal mushrooms at the Natural Gourmet Institute in Manhattan, and
since 1988 has taught for a week each summer at the International
Women’s Writing Guild conference at Skidmore College. She was
co-director of Poets Union in Brooklyn, New York for over a decade and
is a past president of the New York Mycological Society.
Ivy
Page
Ivy Page is a poet
whose poetry has been described by Ross Gay as, "passionate, sometimes
heartbreaking, sometimes hilarious poems, (which) always have a deep
and generous intelligence." She lives in the White Mountains of New
Hampshire with her husband and two daughters.
Ivy Graduated
from Plymouth State University with a BA in English and minor in
Medieval Studies, and went on to complete her MFA in Creative Writing
at New England College. She has taught creative writing for Plymouth
State University's Community Education program, and currently teaches
the creative writing workshop here at D Acres! Ivy is also teaches
at New Hampshire Technical Institute, Keene State College, and Axia
College.
Her poems and reviews
have been published Nationally, and her book, Any Other Branch
will be released in 2012 under Salmon Poetry, of Ireland. She is
the editor and founder of Organs of Vision and Speech Magazine, a New
Hampshire based art and poetry magazine.
Darcie Shedd
Darcie has been
teaching yoga in New England for 10 Years she has studied many styles of
yoga.Darcie hold's an Amrit Yoga Certification. After completing the
Immersions of Anusara in 2007, Darcie currently is enrolled in the
Anusara Teacher Training Program with Debra Neubauer at Flowforms Yoga
in Worcester MA. Darcie is also a Massage Therapist, Thai Yoga
Bodyworker, Reiki Master, and a Certified AEA Aquatic Exercise
Instructor and Personal Trainer teaching several classes weekly.
Louise Turner
Louise
Turner has a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy with over 30
years of experience in hospital, home care, transitional care, and
nursing home settings. With her medical background she has a deep
understanding of current medical and health issues that our society is
experiencing. Her interests in nutrition and herbal medicine complement
and broaden her medical background. She is a Chapter Leader for the
Weston A. Price Foundation, which supports the restoration of
nutrient-dense whole foods to the American diet along with the necessary
food preparation and preservation techniques.
Louise has shared
her knowledge about food preservation techniques at D Acres and recently
led a workshop on Sauerkraut-Making. In the future she plans on
contributing additional workshops that incorporate preparation of
fermented fruits and vegetables, raw milk and dairy products, meat stock
and broth, and nuts and grains.
Beverly Walker
Beverly Walker is a member of the NH Artists Association. Having studied
with numerous teachers over the years, Walker’s most recent studies have
been at The Studio School in Nashua in master classes with painter James
Aponovich. She received her AA degree in Studio Art from Rivier College
in Nashua. She has also participated in studies at the Art Institute of
NH and the Currier School in Manchester. For over two years she was a
juried member of Artistic Roots Gallery and Teaching Center in Campton,
NH, and has also exhibited at galleries in the lakes region, and in
juried shows throughout the state including the League of NH Craftsmen/NHAA
joint show in Concord in 2004.
At
present she is teaching at D Acres focusing on the fundamentals of
drawing, to help students gain a strong foundation for all art
work-realistic to imaginative and abstract.
Beverly lives with her husband Gary in Wentworth where she maintains
her studio, “Fox Haven,” and continues to explore line, color and space,
as well as collage and making books.
David Wichland, Wichland Woods
Wichland Woods is a
unique local myco-business located in the Monadnock Region of New
Hampshire. By educating the public about mycology, we strive to promote
people’s awareness about the health and ecological benefits of
mushrooms. Through various workshops, Wichland Woods encourages people
to expand their gardening realm into a mycological-friendly landscape.
We educate the public on the techniques of “backyard mushrooming” and
how everyday resources can be used to cultivate their own mycelia
network. We create over a dozen local strains of mushrooms, which are
carefully expanded using sterile techniques. We have trained under Paul
Stamets of Fungi Perfecti and have spent 8 years studying and
experimenting with growing mushroom in a plethora of different indoor
and outdoor mediums.
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