Mission of the Santa Fe Community Farm

To practice sustainability; preserve agricultural land & appurtenant water rights; promote community awareness; provide education in best practices; and produce fresh food for those in need.

The Community Farm raises fruits and vegetables for those in need; improves the environment by soil amendment and vegetation restoration; offers opportunities for community service; and provides a venue for educational and community development programs.

Board of Directors
The work of The Community Farm is guided and supported by an expert, volunteer Board of Directors. Members are:

• John E. Stephenson, Chairman
  John Stephenson has lived in Santa Fe since his birth in 1914. He has been honored as a “Santa Fe Living Treasure,” and as one of Santa Fe’s “10 Who Made a Difference.”  John was recognized by President Clinton as a “Points of Light Foundation Award” Recipient. In 2009, he received The Sustainable Santa Fe Lifetime Achievement Award. He also has been named to the Hall of Fame for the National Weight Lifting Association. John Stephenson continues to make a difference.
• Roy E. Stephenson, Vice-Chairman
  Roy Stephenson is also a native of Santa Fe.  He has a BA and MA in English from Cornell University and a JD from UNM.  A career public servant, he was a Children’s Court Attorney for the Children, Youth & Families Department.  Since 2000, he has been with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, as Staff Attorney, Legal Division Director, and currently is Director of the Utility Division.  He has been on the Board of Directors of the Santa Fe Watershed Association.
• Linda Marple, Executive Director
  Linda Marple, eldest daughter of a distinguished World War II career Air Force veteran and his wife, spent much time at her grandparents’ farm in Kansas while waiting for Dad to come home from Korea. After several transfers, a final move found the Marple family in Arlington, TX where Linda went to high school. She graduated magna cum laude with a biology degree from Bethany Nazarene College. She has been employed as a surgical technician, a Pharmacology research assistant at the OU College of Medicine, a microbiologist, and a college professor. It was during her tenure as professor that Linda fell in love with educating students. The next 25 years found her teaching public school grades 7-12 in TX, OK, and NM where she earned several awards and recognition for excellence in science teaching. She also sponsored many school clubs, including one nationally recognized for its environmental and animal rights activism (the EARS club). It was on an extracurricular field trip that Ms. Marple and her students ‘discovered’ the Community Farm – and upon retirement from the Santa Fe school system, Linda became the Farm’s most devoted volunteer and currently, Executive Director.
• Ed Maglisceau, Treasurer
  Ed Maglisceau grew up in the Buffalo, N.Y. area and worked on his family’s vegetable garden as a youngster.  He retired to Santa Fe in 1995 and served as Volunteer Coordinator for the farm through Ghost Ranch.  When he is not refereeing high school sports or providing tax advice, he and his wife, Anne, are world travelers with Elderhostel.

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Entities and individuals providing financial support

• Sherry Hooper, Director of the Food Depot
• First Presbyterian Church
• The Susan and Conrad De Jong Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation
• Trisons Foundation
• Susan Rundstrom
• Sturm and Associates, CPA’s
• McCune Charitable Foundation
• New Cycle Foundation
• Cynthia DeCosta
• Hidden Valley Ranch
• The Santa Fe Community Foundation
• Architecture for Humanity
• Rotary Club of Santa Fe
• Stephenson Family Trust