Sunflower time! Photo by Scott David Gordon

I have to give a shout out to our amazing Operations Manager, Krishna Raghavan. It was his birthday earlier in the week, and this July also marks his third full year at JBG. Man, has he done a lot in three years! I don’t know where we would be with out him - really, there’s not an aspect of the farm that Krishna hasn’t worked hard to improve.

JBG's amazing operations manager, Krishna Raghavan. Photo by Scott David Gordon

Krishna has done so much that it’s impossible to list it all. He reorganized our overall business structure and organizational chart to better fit our needs, revamped our wholesale program and record-keeping systems, negotiated for employee health insurance, consolidated the farm loans, received grant funding for new greenhouses and for wholesale expansion, helped design the new irrigation system and barn/packing shed at the Garfield farm, updated our organic certification process - I really could go on an on. But you get the idea – this man can do it all! And, on a daily basis, he really does. He is the person that employees turn to most when there's a problem, and he keeps this farm going, day-in and day-out.

The amazing thing about Krishna is he does it all with such grace. He truly is one of the kindest people I know, and I feel incredibly lucky to get to work with him everyday. And did I say patient? I know I am not always the easier person to work with, but Krishna has the patience, focus and drive to keep me on task. We are so very lucky to have such an incredibly smart, kind, and hard working person on our team. Krishna, I wish you happy birthday and extend a heartfelt thanks for all you do for JBG.

Photo by Scott David Gordon