In 2003, Mimi Arnstein founded Wellspring Farm, a 5-acre certified organic, diversified vegetable farm serving 160 farm share members & wholesale accounts in central Vermont. Since then she has gone on to provide business consulting assistance to farms, mentored beginner farmers, and has presented to the Vermont legislature, governmental organizations, trade associations, business development programs, and university classes. She was awarded the Conservation Farm of the Year by the Vermont Natural Resource Conservation District in 2005. She is a proficient Spanish speaker and has consulted internationally in the Dominican Republic & Haiti, as well as participated in two farmer exchange programs in Cuba. Mimi serves on the Northeast Organic Farmers Association of Vermont’s Executive Board of Directors.
Mimi teaches from the personal trials and tribulations of starting and managing a small scale farm. She has extensive expertise in greenhouse & field production, business planning, soil management, small scale mechanization, record keeping, marketing & media relations, employee management, and alternative land leases.
Mimi teaches from the personal trials and tribulations of starting and managing a small scale farm. She has extensive expertise in greenhouse & field production, business planning, soil management, small scale mechanization, record keeping, marketing & media relations, employee management, and alternative land leases.
Contact: mimiarnstein@gmail.com