Lewiston FamerS' MArket ASSOCIATION (LFMA) 
​BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

 In 2021, the Lewiston Farmers' Market re-incorporated as the state-non profit, Lewiston Farmers’ Market Association (LFMA), and convened a robust multi-stakeholder Board of Directors made up of vendor and community members. We are incredibly grateful to all the time and energy our Board contributes to helping to grow and operate a robust farmers' market for greater Lewiston-Auburn.

Mario Blais

Mario Blais is the owner of Blais Maple Syrup, in Greene Maine. He has been a member of the Lewiston Farmers' Market for approximately five years and served as the Interim Market Manager in 2022. The last 30+ year Mario has worked professionally in Operations Management and has since retired. For hobbies, Mario loves to bass fish, play music, hunt and is active in his car racing team. He is close with his extended family including his five grand children.  While at market Mario enjoys interacting with customers each week where he can indulge in his "gift of gab!"

Ben Daley (Secretary)

Ben Daley is the owner and operator of Chirp Creek Farm in Lisbon. He has experience working on a large number of veggie farms as well as a couple of dairies. He moved to Maine in 2018 when his family bought land in Lisbon (The Packard-Littlefield Farm) and started Chirp Creek Farm the following year. The Lewiston Farmers Market was Chirp Creek Farm's first big break in accessing a market, and it's been very nice to be able to grow alongside the market. He's been working with the LFMA as part of the steering committee and in various capacities since he joined in 2019. In addition to working with the Lewiston Farmers Market, he's been involved as a board member of the Lewiston Auburn Community Market (to be developed soon!) and other farmers' markets as well. It's been great to be able to grow and sell certified organic veggies every week in Lewiston, a City that is near and dear to his heart.

DEBRA MONGEAU

Deb Mongeau is one of the original vendor members of the Lewiston Farmers' Market having sold with the market for more than a dozen years. Throughout that time she has played a consistent leadership role on market steering comittees, the market set up and break down team and now the Board of Directors. What Deb loves most about the Lewiston Farmers' Market is all the vendors. She has been in many other markets and never has she experienced the fellowship and thoughtfulness that she does with the LFM. Deb is a retired Bible study teach to first graders and which she thoroughly enjoyed for 10 years. These days, she tries to spend as much time as she can with her 5 grandchildren.

Sherie Blumenthal (Treasurer)

Sherie Blumenthal is a steadfast advocate for equitable food systems, land justice, and community building. She is a lover of local food and the Lewiston Farmers’ Market which found a special place in her heart more than 15 years ago when she began supporting market operations and development. She feels incredibly privileged to work alongside her fellow LFMA Board Managers and long-time vendors to grow a market where people can nourish their bodies with good food and their hearts and minds through communtiy. Sherie is the Community Programs Manager at St. Mary’s Nutrition Center, serves on the Board of Land In Common Land Trust, and the Board of Maine Federation of Farmers’ Markets (MFFM). She lives in Lewiston with her husband, two children, and their ever expanding wild garden.

Julia Harper

Julia Harper has supported community-based food system solutions through her role as the Coordinator of the Good Food Council of Lewiston-Auburn since 2014. She also has work experience in a variety of farming and food retail operations. She holds a BA from the University of Maine. Julia lives and gardens in downtown Lewiston with her partner, baby, and neighbors in Raise-Op Housing Cooperative.

JOSHUA NAGINE
​(Vice Chair)

Joshua Nagine lives in Lewiston with his wife Season and their dog, JJ. He has been involved with LFMA in support, develoment, and promotional roles since 2018. Joshua finds great purpose in promoting food access, supporting local food systems, facilitating direct to consumer sales for farmers, makers and producers, promoting and facilitating sustainable and equitable community supports as they relate to land access, conservation, agriculture, the built environment and the natural world. Joshua believes physical and social infrastructure, access to open, green and natural spaces as well as connections to community and sense of place overwhelmingly affect the physical, emotional and spiritual health and development of individuals as well as overall quality of life in our communities.  Joshua also serves on the Board of the Androscoggin Land Trust, the Downtown Lewiston Association, the Planning Board for the City of Lewiston, and immerses himself in the affirming and vitalizing experiences that nature, family, friends, new adventures and acquaintances provide. He also works for Auto Europe in Portland, ME.

Memarie Christoforo

Memarie Christoforo has been a vendor at the Lewiston Farmers’ Market for many years. She hand-dyes local fiber using natural dyes, many of them from plants that grow in my backyard. Her business name is From Straw to Gold. She has also been on part of the market leadership, first as a steering committee member, for many years. Memarie enjoys supporting the vendors, the market and the community. We all benefit when we cooperate to make a strong market.

DOMINIC GIAMPAOLO

Dominic is an ardent supporter of the Lewiston Farmer's Market and very interested in local organically grown food. He believes strongly in knowing who grows your food and supporting the local community.  He comes nearly every market and is invested in seeing the market succeed. Dominic is a Softward Engineer at Apple, Inc. and founder at Busy Town Bikes in Lewiston.

 Glenn Stevens Shrouds (CHaIr)

Glenn was born, raised and spent most of his life on the Ohio River Valley in the southern tip of Indiana. He grew up on a dairy farm and was the youngest of four kids, but when he turned 18 his parents sold the herd. He’s done many things in his life including construction and ministry, but farming’s deep in his veins and came back to it even after he said he’d never milk again. Glenn and his family started sustainable agricultural practices in Indiana, but since it was a big ag state, they found themselves running into the ground. They tried selling through CSA’s, Farmer’s Markets, and on the farm, but when they moved from selling just vegetables and meat to try to do dairy as well, they realized it would be nearly impossible to do that there. So in the fall of 2018, they found a farm and moved 1200 miles to near Bowdoinham Maine where they established a dairy and were soon licensed to make cheese. Glenn spent most of his life sharing his skills with others and using his knowledge to benefit them and not just himself. This is something he’s actively and constantly working on whether it be for large groups of people or just a couple who asked a simple question.