Staff

Tom Phillips – Executive Director
Otherwise known as “Farmer Tom” when he’s at one of our farm sites working, Tom comes from an executive background in the for-profit workplace.
Since coming to
After living in Connecticut for more than half of his life, this New England transplant has been living in Canton, OH for nearly a decade.
Tom is a father to five children and spends his spare time going on adventures, yard farming, playing board games and doing research on subjects he is passionate about.
Current Americorp Vista Service Volunteers
The Americorp Vista Volunteer Service Program and the people who have served here through it at StarkFresh have been invaluable for us.
Each year we are lucky to have several Vistas serving alongside the staff, building capacity and helping to keep making forward progress on helping our community tackle causes of hunger by creating pathways out of poverty.