Meet our Staff
Photo by Charlotte DuPont
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Mariah Truax [Market Manager]
Mariah Truax, has been a resident of Bend for almost 7 years. She moved here from Indiana in 2013 and has spent much of her spare time volunteering and working at the farms of many of our vendors past and present. Mariah grew up on a small family farm in Indiana where her dad and brother are currently farming corn and soybeans with increasing regenerative and non-GMO practices. Her dad is the 3rd generation farmer of their family land and began farming with no-till practices over 30 years ago. Due to her upbringing, Mariah was taught to think differently about our food systems and developed a passion for agriculture on a local scale. She was drawn to Bend because of the unique passion that permeates this community around local food. When she's not managing the Bend Farmers Market, she is learning floral design, supporting people in childbirth as a Doula, preparing and preserving foods for winter storage, and taking long walks in the woods. |
Meet our Board
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Marielle Slater [Community Member] Board President
Active member since 2017 I have always been an avid farmers market seeker. If I am at home or abroad, I always find the market; it is the life force of the community. Do you want to see what the locals are growing, eating, and celebrating together? Go find the local farmers market and become a part of that community- even if it’s only for an hour. Soon after I moved to Bend, I wanted to find a way to connect with and contribute to my new community. I joined the board in 2017 and in January 2020 became the Board president. I am here to serve and support the best representation of the mission of the Bend Farmers Market. |
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Justice Hoffman [Great American Egg] Secretary
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Scott Witham [Lone Pine Coffee Roasters] Treasurer
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Photo by Abacus Photography
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Megan French [Boundless Farmstead]
Active member since 2017 I am an Oregonian through and through. Born in Bend, living in the Willamette Valley, and finally finding my way back over the great white hills, I enjoy all things pine-scented and grown in Oregon soil. I graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in Journalism, spent time in and out of nonprofits, and now co-own and co-farm Boundless Farmstead with my fiance David. I am a locavore and strive to be self-sustainable every day. To me, being a locavore is more than just eating; it is canning, preserving, animal husbandry, brewing, baking, writing, farming, and cultivating relations with neighbors. |
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Eliza Johnson [Roots Wild Co]
Active member since 2020 |
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Rachel Grigsby [Community At Large]
Active member since 2020 |