MEET OUR TEAM
Erica Berman
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/ FOUNDER
After 20 years in Paris and Italy, Erica swapped city living for a life steeped in sustainable values, nature, and creating less waste when she moved to Midcoast Maine in 2012 with her French husband, and Veggies to Table co-founder, Alain Ollier. The launch of Veggies to Table stemmed from a deep-rooted desire to give back to her community. Previously Erica created and ran the boutique vacation rental company Haven In and founded and curated HiP Paris a cultural blog on Paris. In her rare free time, Erica loves to read, cook, learn languages, walk in the woods, snuggle with her four cats, and travel off the beaten track. She has a passion for flowers, beautiful interiors, industrial furniture, and reclaimed and reused everything. She has a degree in Journalism and Psychology from Syracuse University and originally hails from Lexington, Mass where her family owned Berman’s Wine and Spirits for 115 years—since its inception in 1909 until summer 2024.
Mary Conner
Farm manager
Mary (she/her) moved to Maine in 2025 from Georgia where she had managed both non-profit and commercial organic farms growing no-till fruits and veggies to provide for the community. Her foundation for wanting to grow is the belief that everyone has the right to fresh and healthy produce, and the view that farming is inherently communal. She graduated with a degree in Horticulture and Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences from Kansas State. In her spare time she loves to read (preferably while cuddling her three cats) and cook vegetarian food. She lives with her partner right down the road from the farm.
Christina Marie Rahaim
operations coordinator
A native New Englander, Christina developed a deep affinity for plants, food, and sustainability early in life, and is excited to feed these passions at Veggies to Table. During her decade-long stint as a software developer, Christina spent the rest of her time cooking, growing plants and raising animals, studying herbalism, and reading voraciously about and experimenting with various permacultural techniques and homesteading practices. She lives in Maine with her wife, her gardens, and a menagerie of cats, dogs, rabbits, and barnyard fowl.
Rebecka Dykstra
Communication and Development manager
Rebecka grew up between California and Oregon, where she studied fine art and communication. Her path eventually led her to Maine, where she lives with her husband, a timber framer and old home preservationist. A surfer, lifelong gardener, and environmental advocate, Rebecka is deeply rooted in a love for land, food, and community. She has worked on farms, orchards, and as a private gardener. For over a decade she has been shaping mission-led outreach, communication strategies, building community partnerships, leading events and crafting stories connecting people to place and purpose, all while keeping her hands in the soil. This is all underpinned by a deep love of cooking. She believes food is a human right, and that feeding people and caring for one another is an essential expression of love and a quiet, collective step toward a more just and nourishing world.
Ice Lekometros
Farm Consultant
Ice has been farming since 2015 and has managed farms in New York, California, Texas, and New Hampshire. With a degree in agriculture and studio arts she thinks of growing fields as a canvas to be filled with shades of green. She has worked on both large and small farms and feels strongly that growing and donating fresh food is essential for building resilient communities. Ice is a master tinkerer, aspiring woodworker and loves sailing, reading, and splitting firewood. Ice and her wife are currently restoring a log cabin in New York and renovating a farmhouse and barn in Maine.
Soleil Decher-Morley
Assistant Farm Manager
Soleil (they/she) grew up in Indiana, spending much of her time in gardens and garages with her family. She graduated from DePauw University, where she found purpose in small-scale organic agriculture while working on the campus farm. Their graduate thesis: 'Communally Rooted: Ecologically Mindful Agriculturalists of Rural Indiana', explores how communal relationships among women, nonbinary, and queer growers sustain agricultural practices. Since graduating, she has farmed in Colorado and Massachusetts; exploring differing growing methods, farm models, climates, and communities. Soleil is excited to join a new farming community in Maine that uplifts equitable access to fresh, local food and flowers! When not in the field they enjoy live music, thrifting, weekend adventures, and handcrafting in their cabin.