Nikki Oke 

At heart, Nikki loves food... Born and raised as a resident of Wolfe Island, Ontario she has spent her life adventuring in the outdoors.

​Her passion for food and the natural world led her to Fleming College where she studied Ecosystem Management, learning about the complex and fascinating connections between living things and the way they interact with one another. She followed her studies by working across the breadth of the province from Kingston to Thunder Bay on commercial vegetable operations, gaining invaluable practical experience in operating a farm business in the modern day.

Learning from skilled professionals, using a wide variety of techniques she has a deeply rooted appreciation of good food and is committed to providing the highest quality produce and value for her farm community and customers. 

Stuart Oke 

Raised just outside of Kingston, Ontario Stuart grew up in a non-farming family but has been farming full time  since 2009. After several years working throughout Ontario on a wide range of farms, in 2017 he co-founded Rooted Oak Farm, an agroecological CSA and Market farm serving customers in Eastern Ontario.

Stuart is a proud member of the National Farmers Union and has worked as an organizer and advocate at the grassroots, provincial and national level of the organization. He served as the National NFU Youth President for three years and co-authored the NFU report Who Will Feed Us: New Farmer Perspectives on Agriculture for the Future. He is a past Vice-President of Canadian Organic Growers and is a passionate advocate of ecological and organic production.  He currently represents the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario on the Policy Working Group  for the farmer coalition Farmers for Climate Solutions and Is the Eastern Ontario Land Access Coordinator for the National Farmers Union - Ontario.  In the winter months and when not otherwise working you can hear him on the Sow and Grow Podcast where he is a producer and co-host.