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Staff

Tom Ayling · Operations Supervisor

Hometown: Portland, ME
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Spinach
I am all about playing music/writing songs, drawing pictures, skateboarding, hiking, pumping iron, and I love rocking out with my bros! Prior to working at Boston Organics I attended the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University where I studied Fine Art. My focus was figurative drawing and painting. I also used to work at a cemetery.

Christian Barraza · Warehouse

Hometown: San Jose, CA
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Apples
Bio: I live in Boston with my dogs and I'm a huge fan of photography, straight-edge, riding bikes, America, and making jokes. In my spare time I can be found fixing things that need fixin' or hanging out at the end of Newbury Street. If I could choose any one song to be defined by, I would choose "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden.

Jeff Barry · Founder

Hometown: Providence, RI
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Mangoes
Bio: I graduated from Skidmore College in 1990 with a degree in Anthropology. From 1990-1992, I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Comoros Islands off the coast of East Africa from 1990-1992. While a volunteer, I taught high school English; I also helped get funds to build a central marketplace in my village for the local growers, artisans, and fishermen.

After Peace Corps, I went to the Fletcher School at Tufts and got a Masters degree with a focus on Environmental Economics and International Business in 1995. I then moved to San Francisco where I did all kinds of jobs, but mainly had a lot of fun (mountain biking, yoga, marathons, eating good food, making good friends). While in SF I subscribed to a similar service called Planet Organics. In 2002, my wife and I decided to head back east to be closer to our families. It was at that point that I decided to start Boston Organics, with the goal of bringing fresh organic produce to the people of the Boston area. With help from my grandfather, I purchased a van, posted a few fliers around town and started the business.

Most of my free time outside of work is joyfully spent with my wife and three boys cooking, eating, and building elaborate Thomas the Train train sets.

Sam Bett · Warehouse

Hometown: Weymouth, MA
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Rhubarb
Bio: I grew up in Weymouth, MA, near the marshes of Great Esker Park, where I learned about the natural world and became an expert in horseshoe crab anatomy. In fourth grade I wanted to be a botanist, and spent a lot of time listening to The Beatles. In 2009 I graduated from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst with a degree in English and Japanese, having spent over a year in Japan studying abroad. After backpacking that summer in Italy and Croatia, I took a seasonal position at a Japanese organic farm in Hadley, MA, where I gained firsthand experience with organic farming. My hobbies include making labor intensive homemade foodstuffs like bread, beer, maple syrup, and hard cider, publishing a literary zine called Between Lavas and a slow food zine called Easy Jaws, and going on adventures to quirky and unusual destinations with my fun loving friends.

Matt Burt · Produce Buyer

Hometown: Wrentham, MA
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Collard Greens
Bio: I grew up in Wrentham, MA, in the days before the outlet mall and moved to Boston to study audio production at the New England Institute of Art. After graduating, I moved to Philadelphia with my band to take advantage of the cheap rent and vegan cheesesteaks. Upon returning to Boston in 2005, I learned about Boston Organics, and heard that they were hiring! After a year behind the reigns of a Boston Organics van, I moved into the office to manage the delivery logistics, and now handle produce buying and inventory. I enjoy riding my bike, playing music, and cooking. Lauren (my "pre-wife"), myself and our lazy cat, Gizmo, live in Jamaica Plain.

Don Coburn · Warehouse Supervisor

Hometown: Brattleboro, VT
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Bananas
Bio: Before my time at Boston Organics I was the assistant manager of a movie theater in Vermont, upon my move to Cambridge I began working here in the warehouse. I've been DJing for about eight years and I currently have a monthly at the Weathervane back in Vermont. I enjoy the Red Sox and Fenway Park, techno music (breaks, house, drum and bass, dubstep), catching up with my Vermont friends (TEAMDON), and hanging out with my daughter Disa.

Jay Graham · Warehouse

Hometown: Concord, MA
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Baby Bok Choy
Bio: I joined the team at Boston Organics and I now help to pack orders and keep the warehouse in working order. Prior to my time here, I attended Skidmore College and studied jewelry making and metalwork. I also worked as a woodworker, creating picture frames and building/finishing furniture. Outside of work you might find me cooking, print-making, or welding. I really enjoy conceptual art, food related puns, Foxfire books, single speed bikes, and Marxist theory.

Galen Lipin · Marketing/Specialty Items/Customer Service

Hometown: Derry, NH
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Patty Pan Squash
Bio: I braved the dense rainforests and sprawling deserts of New Hampshire and made my way south on a makeshift raft via the raging rapids of the Merrimack River. Running aground in Lowell, MA, I hoped to break into the field of mill-style building construction, though quickly discovered the local market was thoroughly saturated. Four years later I found myself with a degree in Music Business from the University of Massachusetts. After a two-year stint conceptualizing and handling national, tour, and event publicity for a variety of clients in the music world, I joined up with the crew at Boston Organics. An avid enjoyer of coffee and tinkering with code, instruments, and bicycles; I live in Gardner with my wife Libby and our two adorable cats.

Adam Lucia · Delivery Driver

Hometown: Bridgewater, MA
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Carrots
Bio: After growing up on the South Shore of Massachusetts, I moved to Boston around the turn of the century and received a degree in writing from Emerson College a few years later. I have since lived in London, New York City, and Springfield, Missouri; before settling in Jamaica Plain with my wife and two cats. I enjoy local adventures, including but not limited to: urban biking, rural hiking, and sailing in any climate.

Matt Malinowski · Warehouse

Hometown: Woodford, VT
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Garlic Scapes
Bio: I grew up in southern Vermont outside of Bennington, stacking wood and hiking for childhood activities. I went to the Putney School for high school, then to the University of Chicago for a degree in Philosophy. And then, I moved to Cambridge! I like cycling, cooking, and listening to the radio.

Pete Meuse · Warehouse Manager

Hometown: Hyannis, MA
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Pluots
Bio: I received my cosmetology license in 2005, though I have been a cosmic consultant since I was born. I lived on Cape Cod for twenty two years (skateboarding since 1992), and then moved to Rhode Island, then Boston, then Las Vegas (spent five months in the desert and climbed mountains as much as I could!), and then back to Boston.

I can be best summed up by the following list:
Shredding mini ramps, jokes, wheelies, high fives, hanging out, D&D, World of Warcraft, strategy, philosophy, Taoism, psychology, Doomsday theories, having fun, Metal, air guitar (or guitar on anything that is not a guitar), jumping off stuff into water, writing, movies, Buffalo wings, pop culture, lists, studying Juggalo subculture, whiskey, wizards, shamans, sorcerers, mystics, astrology, climbing mountains, swimming, survival scenarios, couch surfing, reading minds, picking up vibes, and headbanging.

Stephen Nunes · Delivery Driver

Hometown: North Dighton, MA
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Avocado
Bio: I lived in Philadelphia for six years, studied graphic design and painting, and worked for two years as a production designer before packing up and moving to Boston. I currently call Dorchester home, and I am a delivery driver at Boston Organics. In my free time, I've built a few noise generator/oscillator/analog synth devices and I make music under the name findings.

Jeremy Pearson · Delivery Driver

Hometown: Oakland, CA - Everything you heard is true.
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Avocado
Bio: Never to be referred to as "Robert" (unless under severe weather conditions at sea), Jeremy has been working and farming the lands of the Boston Organics warehouse for some hundreds of years (6 months). It affords him a healthy and necessary exposure to delicious organic produce and the unique opportunity to study the various insects that call the leafy greens home (entymology being Jeremy's retirement plan). One could say Jeremy feels quite at home at Boston Organics; but then again, who wouldn't? In Jeremy's spare time he might be found reading, writing, makin' beats, playing with cute puppies and kitties, riding bicycles through minefields, trying to remember Wing Chun training, avoiding cell phones, stir-frying any object and making it edible and tasty, short walks on long piers, flying kites, historical adventure vacations, longing for canoes.

Andy Peretti · Delivery Driver

Hometown: Salem, NH
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Avocados and Strawberries
Bio: I am a delivery driver at Boston Organics on hiatus from a career as an Officer in the Merchant Marine. Outside of Boston Organics I enjoy riding bicycles and bicycle mechanic work, as well as surfing/skateboarding, and playing music. I recently became a father of a beautiful little girl and I hope to some day own my own apple orchard and/or art space.

Andy Roberts · Delivery Driver

Hometown: Camden, OH (BIG cornfield)
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Pears
Bio: Tuesday through Friday you can find me behind the wheel of a Boston Organics van or picking and packing boxes in the warehouse. I currently call West Newton home, though I grew up in the Midwest and prior to my tenure at Boston Organics I spent seven years in Morehead, KY. When I'm not slinging fruits and vegetables you might find me at a computer or out hiking, fishing, camping, and/or playing frisbee. I hold a BA in Philosophy from Morehead State University and a long term goal of mine is to start a commune with my friends and do my best to get off the grid. Did you know that spray foam insulation can be used to coat arrowheads for use at live action role playing battles? I, in fact, did know that.

Sarah Schwanz · Warehouse/Delivery Driver

Hometown: Buffalo, NY (represent)
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: White Nectarines
Bio: I call Somerville home and I am a driver and warehouse worker at Boston Organics. My interests include obsessive re-watching of Tarantino films, Zoe Bell, vintage Nintendo games, the Buffalo Bills, Joss Whedon, my dog Beatrix Kiddo (AKA cutest Dachshund ever - see obsessive Tarantino), pop culture, Madonna, and who doesn't love a very special musical episode of TV shows? I will bet you one-hundred bucks that I can destroy you at Dr. Mario.

Adam Shave · Delivery Driver

Hometown: Brightwaters, NY
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Avocado
Bio: Born ON glorious Long Island, I had a pretty ordinary, yet fantastic childhood in suburbia. I worked for a small successful wholesale greenhouse for most of my teen years and enjoyed playing a lot of different sports (tennis, golf, bowling, basketball, etc). I graduated from Marist College in 2008 with a degree in Psychology and moved to Boston promptly thereafter. After toiling in an assortment of temp assignments for my first year in the Bean, I realized that big business was definitely not for "this guy," and I made the jump back to the small business roots of my young adult years. I currently reside in Brighton, MA, with my girlfriend Meg and our awesome puppy Posey (named after the former Celtic James Posey, not Parker Posey), and I absolutely love this city. On weekend nights, you can often find me working the door at the Greenbriar Pub or enjoying a nice pint with friends.

Kevin Smith · Delivery Driver

Hometown: Stoughton, MA
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Strawberries
Bio: I grew up in Stoughton, have lived many places around Greater Boston, and now live in Somerville. I thoroughly enjoy playing guitar and you might find me out and about performing solo or with other groups around the area. I am the most senior driver at Boston Organics!

Jay Sullivan · Fleet Manager

Hometown: Lowell, MA
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Garlic
Bio: I grew up in Lowell, MA, back when boom boxes were huge and linoleum wasn't just for flooring. After graduating from Montserrat College of Art, I moved to Boston to be closer to my friends. I've spent the past six years working for Boston Organics, making sure the produce gets where it needs to go. After retiring my driving gloves, I moved into the office, where I supervise delivery logistics. Outside of work, you can find me sipping a homebrew beer, playing music in any number of local groups, or letterpress printing on a vintage Kelsey press.

Brady White · Customer Service

Hometown: Alvarado, TX
Favorite fruit and/or vegetable: Watermelon, Cantaloupe
Bio: I grew up in a small town called Alvarado, Texas (population around 10,000) and went to college in Dallas, TX, for a recording technology degree. Graduated, then went to Baylor University. I proposed to Sarah McAdams, now White, and then got married in May 20, 2006. Finally, I ended my long journey of schooling at the University of Texas in Arlington. I enjoy taking road trips with my wife and dog, hanging out with friends, taking my dog to the park, and doing a lot of BBQin'. I've lived in Brighton for over a year now and have really enjoyed it. The winters are fun!