Warm Valley Farm Team
FARM STEWARDS
ANNIE MCINTYRE
Annie fell in love with Warm Valley Farm, the moment she stepped on to the land, it just sang with possibilities. Annie’s experience with gardening started at a very young age. Her lineage has a host of women growers, her great grandmother, born in the 1880’s was a landscape designer in Texas, her mother and grandmother shared her love of gardening, and her stepmother is a Master Gardener. Annie has spent a lot of time with her hands in the soil, or wrapped around a pair of pruners. Becoming one of the stewards of Warm Valley Farm is an honor, a challenge and a labor of love. She has happily dedicated herself farming, and growing in all ways possible as a person of the soil. Annie’s past work history includes 25+ years of interior and functional building design, as well as a 10 year career in music, as singer and songwriter for the AnnieMac band. Annie’s roles at Warm Valley Farm include management, teaching, design and planning, restoration and building, marketing, grant writing, events, sales, curating the vintage shop, growing cut flowers, and operating the farmstand.
JOEL STEWART
Joel grew up with a rich family history of farming and orchard work in southern Oregon. Farm chores were part of his daily childhood experience. Joel’s father was a Master Gardener and at his passing at 89, was still king of the tomato growers in the Rogue Valley. Joel’s first paying job was within the famous pear orchards of the Rogue Valley. Since the 1980’s he has been concerned about and focused on Co2 emissions and climate change. Joel has dedicated the last 33+ years to being a ships Captain for Greenpeace International. His passion for food security and sovereignty, sustainability and local food, helped him focus on the search for this farm, and its potential. Joel is working towards Warm Valley Farm becoming an example of a regenerative, carbon neutral farm. Stewarding a farm in the San Juan islands is a lifelong dream. Joel’s roles at Warm Valley Farm include: management and stewardship of Warm Valley Farm, including orchard, cidery, vineyard, and seed production, as well as management, sales, infrastructure, and teaching.
LIRA & Maggie
Spend time watching the skies for birds that harass our poultry. When not chasing egg snatching ravens and troublesome eagles, they happily share their home with Rollo and Archie, known to the rodents in the vicinity as the Ferocious Felines. They are all happy to share Warm Valley Farm’s beauty, as well as all the wonderful adventures to be had. Lira and Maggie’s roles at Warm Valley Farm are official greeters, pest chasers, running mates, and best friends of just about everyone, even the cats.