MEET THE FARMERS
Matt Nolte: Director
Matt likes food and people who like food. His background is in wilderness management (Yosemite), construction and systems design and repair (Great Lakes, Sierra Nevada, Antarctica), farming (US, Australia, Central America, Eastern Europe), and field biology (Sierra Nevada, Inter-mountain West, tropical South and Central America).
His technical farming and sustainability mentors are Dieter Proebst (NZ) and Arvo Thompson (NM), and much of his inspiration comes from writings of and time spent with Bill Mollison and essays from Wendell Berry and Gary Snyder.
If he had an attention span, he'd be dangerous. Or maybe less so.
Eve Kelly: Farm Manager
Eve showed up at Wondernut in 2017 and forgot to leave. She provides support, freshness, joy, generosity, creativity, skills, odors, diverse interests, an open mind, and a strong back. No doubt she’ll rewrite this blurb when she has time.
Jamie Plouffe: Farmer
You can usually find Jim caring for animals, growing vegetables, cooking, running, playing music, or doing whatever needs to be done to help people. People often confuse him with Matt, but it turns out they’re actually different people.
Jim is also well known locally as a wilderness guide and a movie star.
Deb Nolte: Mother-Nut
You’ll never see Deb without one of up to four little dogs by her side (often tucking them into bed). She welcomes our Hip-campers and keeps the kitchen clean! What would we do without her.