Our Stories

		Rita Wollmering is the founder, manager and grower of The HERB FARMacy.  She grew up on her family’s 500 acre dairy farm in Minnesota.  Like some farm kids, she wanted to experience the wide world, so she joined the Peace Corps and worked on agricultural projects in the Philippines.  After her graduate studies, Rita continued her international work with USDA and USAID in Washington, DC until her urge to get “back to the farm” led her to pursue her herb farming ambitions. While working year round on the farm and greenhouses, she takes her “break” doing international volunteer work on the USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Program, most recently working with medicinal herb production in Nepal and Sri Lanka
		Brooke Finn is the co-owner of The HERB FARMacy.  She grew up in Connecticut and became an avid sailor in the waters of Long Island Sound.  After her graduate work, Brooke got her start in small scale agriculture as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Central African Republic.  After working at Peace Corps’ Washington, DC headquarters, she migrated back to domestic community development working with a national non-profit in Boston.  Brooke helps keep the operations of The HERB FARMacy going, and is an all-purpose farmhand despite her nautical upbringing.
		HERBie is our very lovable Labrador Retriever. He strayed into our lives on the farm and made himself right at home. HERBie is absolutely certain that people only come to the greenhouses to visit him.  He’s always ready to give you a tour and, of course, is always looking for some love and a treat.