I’m Ian Jerolmack and I bought the land that is now Stonecipher Farm in 2008 after a lifetime of dreaming and searching for my farm home. I am proud to keep this land in agriculture, and to keep this community in locally produced food.

At the time of purchase, the land was just that: woods, a tired hay field, and nothing else. I first built a house. Since then, the farm has added an employee house, a greenhouse, then a few others... and hundreds of dump trucks of gravel later, we have created this viable little hub of food production, employing 6 people, and moving hundreds of thousands of pounds of organic food per year. From very humble beginnings, the farm is proud of all we have accomplished, and all the dollars that we have moved around Maine.

Mario is Stonecipher Farm’s crew and farm manager. Coming to Maine from Chiapas, Mexico, Mario brings with him a huge background and knowledge of farming. In the months that he is home in Mexico with his wife and 3 young children, Mario owns and operates his family’s shade grown coffee farm. (His coffee is fantastic!) For the 9 months that he is in Maine every year, Mario earns money to continue building his own home in Chiapas and support his family. We’re lucky to have Mario here with us. He is a knowledgeable farmer, a smart manager, a good friend, and the only person here who can teach our kids how to fish.

You’ll find Abe here in our greenhouses: harvesting, planting, weeding, and seeding. He grew up here in Maine (even though he is pictured there in Iceland). Abe keeps all of our 9 greenhouses looking lovely.