Rhonda Gotway Clyde

Rhonda has been growing food on her property in Spanish Valley for 12 years and in the Moab valley for 26 years. Rhonda has worked with numerous individuals, nonprofits, and businesses to help educate on growing practices and increase the production of healthy, local food to our community.

She has fed countless people in Moab from a small space and plans on expanding the current garden area to include fruit, berries and a new large area of her property for more vegetable production.

When not in the garden, Rhonda enjoys spending time with her husband and her pets in the red rock back country.

Jess Oldham

Jess had her first garden in her parents’ backyard in high school and has been growing food ever since. She studied global environmental studies in college. The more Jess learned about our issues as a planet, the more she saw the need for stronger communities where food is produced locally and with the greater environment in mind.

Jess moved to Moab in 2008 and worked 5 years with the Youth Garden Project, an organization dedicated to growing food, empowering community and teaching youth about environmental stewardship.

She is also the founder and owner of Farm Yard, designed to encourage others to grow food in their yards and work with fruit trees. When not digging in the dirt, Jess is exploring the canyon country with her husband and son, climbing rocks, cooking delicious meals with friends and planning the next road trip.

Emily Klarer

Emily Klarer worked with Rhonda and Jess at the Youth Garden Project in 2010 and has been a friend of the farm since its beginning. She has worked in various capacities with the farm and is currently the farm photographer (or as we like to call her, our “Farmographer”). Emily’s eye for detail has not only helped at the farm, but also makes her an incredibly talented photographer and story teller. She owns a successful photography business photographing couples in love. She is also a part owner of a new gym in town.

Tali Hice

Tali has been our Thursday kitchen worker bee for the past two seasons. Her attention to detail is one of the reasons our veggies are always so clean. When Tali is not at the farm she is busy hanging out with her fang, feather and fur critters, volunteering around town and cleaning homes or being a “dirt therapist” as she likes to say. Tali has the best jokes and of course provided the googly eyes for all of our human-like vegetables.

Sascha Steinberg

Sascha’s love for plants and the outdoors stems from summers spent in her mother’s expansive garden of flowers in Ohio. During her college years, her summers were spent working with her school’s Grounds Crew. She planted thousands of flowers across campus, weeded daily, and if she was lucky, attracted at least one bout with poison ivy. A post-graduate year of exploring the country landed her in Moab for the summer where the red rocks and blue skies bewitched her into sticking around. The 2018 season led her to get her hands dirty at the Youth Garden Project as a volunteer and Easy Bee Farm as a worker share member. The beauty, serenity, and therapeutic fresh air at Easy Bee compel her to return as a farm hand. When she’s not at work, she’s hiking through the desert, listening to 1950’s Rock and Roll, or eating peaches.

Tatsy Guild

Tatsy is Easy Bee Farm’s main herb dryer or person who dries the herbs! Tatsy accumulated most of her herb-drying skills as a homesteader in Montana. At that time, she learned that the more that we can provide directly for ourselves, the higher quality of life we have; so she learned a lot of skills.  Now she’s happy to be able to pass some of this on to you (to add a little bit to YOUR quality of life).

Chi

Chi the garden dog is an important member of the Easy Bee Farm team. He is a member of the Techichi, a 6,000 year old Aztec breed of Chihuahua, and he exemplifies his roots. He oversees both the entertainment and public relations departments. Chi is the face of the farm, so you’ll be seeing many photos.