Megan Phillips, Farm Manager
Megan Phillips, Farm Manager
As a life-long learner and educator, Megan finds deep relevancy and contentment in the complex balance of education and production on Chewonki’s farm. A native of the South, she studied elementary education at Furman University and earned her graduate degree in environmental education from Audubon Expedition Institute.
Before moving to Maine, Megan taught elementary school in South Carolina, led extended wilderness trips and residential enviromental education programs and coordinated school gardening projects and farm education programs for Calypso Farm and Ecology Center in Ester, Alaska, where she lived for two years. She is an avid food preservationist and Nordic skier.