Mara Welton

Mara co-owns and operates 2.5 acre Half Pint Farm with her husband Spencer in Burlington’s Intervale. Mara farms because she loves good food – and started her specialty veggie farm in 2003 to provide Vermont with locally grown niche produce. She loves that farming keeps her grounded, inspired, and eating the best possible food everyday! Mara is board chair of Slow Food Vermont, bringing to this position a passion for food and traditional foodways, enthusiasm for the process of seed to plate and educational event planning. She also continues to maintain her role as Slow Food State Governor, liaising between Slow Food International, Slow Food USA, and Slow Food Vermont. When Mara is not farming, she is: running, experimenting in the kitchen, reading about food, snuggling with her dachshunds, traveling abroad, practicing calligraphy, entertaining, and pining for the growing season.