Staff

Nathan Duclos is the Program Coordinator for the NH Farm to School Program. He holds a BA in philosophy from Rivier College and a MA in Environmental Education from the University of New Hampshire. He ran the theater program at Rivier for four years and now runs the drama company at R.W. Traip Academy in Kittery, ME. Apart from theater, Nathan is a certified EMT, a Wilderness EMT and rescuer, and a CPR/First Aid instructor.He also serves on the board of trustees for the Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy charter school and the alumni board for Rivier College.

Elisabeth "El" Farrell is the Program Coordinator of the Food and Society and Culture and Sustainability Initiatives at the Office of Sustainability. In this role, she assists with the organization and implementation of curricula, research, projects and events related to issues of culture, public arts, community, food, local and sustainable agriculture, nutrition and other related issues. El has worked for the Office of Sustainability for over five years managing initiative projects and events, including the New Hampshire Center for a Food Secure Future, the Local Harvest Dinner, the Cultural Excursions program, and many others. She holds an M.F.A. in writing and literature from the Bennington College Writing Seminars and a B.A. in anthropology from the University of New Hampshire.

Lynda Brushett is the principal of Niche Marketing, a rural development consulting practice founded in 1983 to support community-based, community-led, community change and a Senior Partner with the Cooperative Development Institute, the technical assistance provider for cooperative development in New England and New York. She is the Facilitator for the New Hampshire Coalition for Sustaining Agriculture, an informal network that brings together members of the farm community and non-farming public with agricultural and community development professionals to enhance the social, economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture in New Hampshire, In this capacity she is the Program Director for the New Hampshire Farm to School Program. She is the co-author of Market Planning for Value-Added Agricultural Products, the author of a related publication, Specialty Food Business Fundamentals, and numerous food, agriculture and rural development studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Natural Resources from the University of New Hampshire.