Grace Oedel

Executive Director

Email: [email protected]

Extension: 7164

Grace has served as Executive Director of NOFA-VT since 2019, bringing with her a lifelong commitment to work at the intersection of people, land, and justice. Prior to coming to NOFA-VT, Grace served as the Executive Director of a community center and synagogue in Burlington. Before moving to Vermont, Grace founded and directed Dig In Farm and Educational Center in Massachusetts, a working farm and living laboratory for young people to learn both about small-scale farming and social change movements. In earlier lives Grace served on the Farmer Education team at Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association; ran a small farm at a residential school in the Sierra Nevada mountains while teaching a course called 'Peace Studies;' and picked tomatoes on a large certified organic farm in northern California. She is currently pursuing rabbinical ordination in addition to raising three small children on a mini homestead in Burlington with her partner Jacob.

Grace Oedel