Farmer, Derrydale Farm
Meg Moynihan was born and raised in Milwaukee, WI and Nashville, TN, and earned her B.A. from Brown University. She was captivated by agriculture while working with the Peace Corps in Thailand where she served as a community development extension specialist. After returning to the U.S., she earned an M.S. in Agronomy at University of Minnesota. Meg has led the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Organic Program since 2002. She has been active in the National Association of State Organic Programs and serves on the board of directors for the Organic Field School in Farmington, MN.
She’s now a dab hand at milking cows, driving tractors, fixing fence, repairing water lines, oh – and organic paperwork for Derrydale Farm, which she and her husband run in Le Sueur County, Minnesota. Derrydale Farm is a certified organic dairy. They milk about 60 crossbred cows and direct market beef.
Meg also formerly served as OFRF board president.