Mandy Fisher recalls path from Delaware to building Intervale's programs

Mandy Fisher, identified in the program as Intervale Center development director, told a personal story that traced her path from a poultry-processing town in Milford, Delaware, through theological study and into community-based agriculture in Vermont. She described early days at the Intervale: a 15-hour-a-week job at $11 an hour as grants coordinator and assistant, working without a permanent desk before helping build the Food Hub and agricultural services.

Fisher highlighted program scale and concrete services: "our agricultural services programs that now serve 100 farmers all over the state of Vermont every year," she said. She also described early organizational transitions (compost systems and staff turnover) that preceded development of social enterprises such as the Intervale Food Hub.