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George Ball George Ball is a Colorado native who made his way to Floyd after a short 25 year stay in Chapel Hill N.C. A woodworker and cabinet maker by trade, he likes to do the occasional bookkeeping job because he can do it sitting down. He practices qi gong regularly, enjoys music, likes to dance and is a lifelong bookworm. He helps Spikenard Farm with all woodworking needs for the bees: we love his work!
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Bob Bower oversees the management of the Hawthorne Valley Farm's Corner Garden, Harlemville, NY. This 2-acre biodynamic garden uses some bio-intensive techniques (such as no tractors). The aim of this garden is to provide vegetables for the various branches of Hawthorne Valley including the On-farm Grocery Store, the Visiting Students Program, the Waldorf School's lunch program, the Bakery, the Store's Deli, Branch Conferences, and more. Additionally, Bob is managing Hawthorne Valley's Greenhouses. Hawthorne Valley Farm includes a 60 cow dairy operation, which sells milk and makes yogurt, cheese, and sauerkraut.
Prior to joining HVF in late 2010, Bob worked for over 15 years at Angelic Organics, a northern Illinois 1,500 member biodynamic CSA with 30 acres in vegetable production each year. At Angelic Organics, Bob has been both the General Manager and the Growing Manager. Additionally, since 1995, Bob also headed up the efforts in Customer Service, Distribution, Finance, Marketing, and more.
Bob has a degree in Accounting and Computer Science from Northern Illinois University, is a father of 3 adult sons, and is learning how to keep honeybees and enjoys studying Anthroposophy and Biodynamics. It is because of his deep care about the honeybees and their plight that in 2010 he began to work at Spikenard Farm and Honeybee. Bob helps the sanctuary in a variety of ways such as computer office support, strategic planning support, fundraising support, and editing.
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Gunther Hauk, director. He has been an educator educator, biodynamic gardener/farmer and beekeeper for nearly four decades. In 1996 he co-founded the Pfeiffer Center and built up one of the first biodynamic training programs in the US. Since that time he has been lecturing and giving workshops on biodynamic / sustainable beekeeping methods. His book "Toward Saving the Honeybee" was first published in 2002. Together with Vivian he co-founded Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary in 2006. |
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Vivian Struve-Hauk, artistic and administrative director. She is an educator, therapist, gardener, photographer, beekeeper and co-teaches with Gunther at the Sanctuary. Her artistic sense and healing capacities find expression in the order and beauty developed in the sanctuary.
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Andy Morikawa Since his recent retirement as the executive director of the Community Foundation of the New River Valley, Andy Morikawa continues working in nonprofit governance, social entrepreneurship, and community capacity building. In his community work, Morikawa often employs a presentation and storytelling approach that integrates digital imagery and narrative to report and present ideas.
Morikawa serves as a trustee on the boards of the Community Group (a local African American civic engagement organization); the New Mountain Climbers Giving Circle (a grassroots African American philanthropy); the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library System; Community Housing Partners, a multi-state affordable housing corporation; and, SustainFloyd a community-based initiative for sustainable community development.
He serves as consulting advisor for the Via Institute of Via International; for Spikenard Farm of Floyd County VA; and the Sojourn Center of the NRV hospice house.
Morikawa believes that a community must know itself, and must learn its own story as a vital step in the development of a vibrant civil society. He serves as IPG Fellow of the Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance and as a Senior Fellow of the Virginia Tech Honors Residential College.
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Morgan Ohland spent the last 11 years in Central Florida where she started a gardening service that set up and maintained private vegetable gardens for residents, founded Four Hands Farm, LLC - the county's first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program, and taught gardening workshops and classes to kids and adults. She and her husband have recently moved to Floyd, VA and purchased a 7-acre property where they intend to grow a wonderful mix of vegetables, fruits & flowers and provide habitat for the bees. Morgan assists with the bookkeeping duties at Spikenard Farm.
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Cortney Pace is currently responsible for the art and design work for Spikenard Farm. While her professional life focuses on creating online and print media, at home she enjoys gardening, hiking, and exploring our world's natural resources. She is also a massage therapist practicing in Floyd County.
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Elizabeth Wenscoot has been practicing Tai Chi since 1982 and teaching professionally since 1992. Se is the owner and head instructor of the Tai Chi Center of Chicago located in Chicago, Illinois. When she is not teaching she is a web designer social and media developer for Spikenard Farm, beekeeper and is deeply committed to local initiatives that support a natural sustainable lifesyle.
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