Our Team
Jen Salinetti
Jen Salinetti (she/they) is a co-founder, queer farmer, and a co-director at Woven Roots Farm. She has chosen a path of deep relationship with the land to reconnect with ancestral ties that were forcibly removed from her. It is through this relationship that Jen has come to understand her responsibility for tending to community. As a farmer and community organizer for over 20 years, Jen has offered workshops and courses that develop relationships to land, build skills of resilience, promote Indigenous growing practices, and amplify pathways to social justice. Jen is a member of the Massachusetts Environmental Justice Council. They are also a soil health and beginning farmer consultant.
Aviva Klein
Aviva (they/she) is the Farm Manager at Woven Roots Farm. Aviva is a queer Jewish farmer who pivoted to agriculture from classical music. She has farmed in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Tennessee, and has been with Woven Roots Farm since 2022. They love science fiction, the smell of spring emerging, and dancing with body and voice.
Pete Salinetti
Pete Salinetti (he/him) is a co-founder and a co-director at Woven Roots Farm. He meticulously designs and plans our comprehensive crop rotation system, maintains the harvest schedule, and oversees all aspects of infrastructure and meadows. For 20 years, he has led garden education programs in the region and has been actively involved in the local food movement within the Berkshires. Pete offers practical talks and consultation about hand-scale farming, successive crop production, season extension, and farming as a community endeavor.
Eleanor Stewart
Eleanor Stewart (she/they) is the Program Coordinator at Woven Roots where they coordinate the CSA and year-round programming. Eleanor is a farmer, activist, and artist. She has worked on various farms as part of the farm crew, as well as has supported people with disabilities. Before Woven Roots, Eleanor ran programming at a nonprofit that feeds kids on weekends who rely on free and reduced lunch at school. Their passions are food justice, food access, environmental sustainability, and kindness. In their free time, you can find Eleanor painting, dancing, or spending time outdoors.
additional Staff
August Miller - Farm Crew Coordinator
Adam Gardner - Grounds & Facilities Manager and CSA Coordinator
Kelli Clemens - Farm Store Coordinator and Farm Crew
Ciana Barnaba - Farm Crew
Sasha DeCaro - Farm Crew
Taylor Slonaker - Farm Crew
Alexandra H. - Farm Crew