About Joanne, farmer at Mountain Heartbeet LLC 

I have found my way to the special place that is Farm by the River through an excellent stroke of luck, friendship and recognized exuberance & commitment to growing food for those around me!  My passion and love of food has been growing over the past two decades. 

From 2012 through 2014 I spent three years as assistant manager of Stout Oak Farm in Brentwood, NH.

Before that I completed a yearlong apprenticeship at Crystal Spring Farm in Brunswick, Maine. This is where I met Nicole & Olivia, who later introduced me to Bill & Eve and The Farm By The River. 

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I also spent two years as the Assistant Director of Agricultural Arts at the Hartsbrook School in Hadley, Massachusetts.

I earned a Permaculture Design Certification, and BS in Environmental Science from UNH. I have many years of gardening and sharing food with friends as a foundation for the work I do now. I have been known to turn many a backyard into a garden, spend late nights canning salsa and excitedly tell everyone I meet at the Farmers’ Market about the tastiness of kohlrabi! 

I am so grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with The Farm By The River and to continue in a long tradition of farming and land stewardship here.  I could never have gotten here without the help of my family and friends along the way, THANK YOU! 

I am so excited to share my love of the White Mountains, farming and food with you. I look forward to learning about what enlivens you!