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Shamu Fenyvesi Sadeh is an environmental studies instructor, Jewish educator, writer, organic farmer and wilderness guide. He has taught environmental studies, ecology, and Judaic Studies at Portland State University, Berkshire Community College, Southern Vermont College and the Wild Rockies Field Institute. Shamu directed, developed curriculum for and taught at the Teva Learning Center in its early years of development. His essays and articles on environmental education, Jewish ethics, and family history have been published in Orion, Tikkun, The Washington Jewish Week, Response, and the anthology Ecology and the Jewish Spirit (Jewish Lights Publishing, 1998). Shamu holds an M.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana, a doctorate in Educational Leadership, and studied permaculture design in Costa Rica and in New England. He has directed the ADAMAG Fellowship since 2004. Shamu loves to compost, farm, scavenge, brew biofuels and riff on Jewish learning and ritual.
Miriam, an ADAMAH alumnae from summer 2006, left ADAMAH at the end of the summer and left her heart in Falls Village, CT. After moving back home to the West Coast for two years, she's back at Isabella Freedman as the Value Added Products Manager. She now spends her time fermenting cukes into pickles and boiling berries down into jam. She is thrilled to be helping the ADAMAH Fellowship become a more sustainable program by creating revenue from pickle sales. One of her favorite parts of the job is experimenting with new products and recipes, and of course doing quality control on the old favorites (read: tasting the pickles and sauerkraut).
Megan came to ADAMAH fresh out of college in the fall of 2006. She graduated from Smith College the previous spring with a degree in Sociology and Anthropology. While in ADAMAH, Megan developed many diverse skills, including but not limited to manure shoveling, pickling and successful cookie baking. During her time as an ADAMAH fellow, Megan fell in love with the environmentally conscious, vibrant spiritual community so much so that she returned in the fall of 2007 to work as the pickle apprentice. She’s been here ever since, and took on the role of greenhouse manager for the 2008 season. Favorite parts of her job include the magical act of putting seeds in soil, growth (both people and plants) and sharing her love of goat-post.
Prior to working at ADAMAH as the Farm Manager, Anna worked on a number of projects that connect Jewish tradition with environmental sustainability. She holds a double B.A. from Barnard College and the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she majored in Urban Studies, Environmental Science and Bible Studies (2004). She worked at Hazon for three years as the New York Ride Coordinator and is the co-author of Food for Thought, Hazon's sourcebook on Jews, food and contemporary life. Anna also coordinated the first pilot season of Tuv Ha'Aretz, Hazon's CSA program, and started the Prospect Heights CSA in Brooklyn, NY in 2006. Anna participated in ADAMAH in summer 2007 and joined the faculty in 2008. Her future plans include running an organic CSA farm with her family.
