Staff
David Kuhn (Owner/Operator)
David grew up on Kuhn Orchards ground. In 1973 he graduated with a degree in Horticulture from North Carolina State University. After marrying the daughter of a North Carolina tobacco farmer, Mary Margaret Barnes, David moved back home with his new wife. In 1976, David and his father entered into partnership to operate the farm as "Kuhn Orchards". After helping to manage the farm for many years, David transitioned into ownership of the farm in the 1990's.
Mary Margaret Kuhn (Owner/Operator/Office Manager)
Mary Margaret grew up in Wilson County, North Carolina on a tobacco farm. While attending school at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, she met David. Upon her graduation with a teaching degree, she and David married and moved to the orchard in Pennsylvania. For many years Mary Margaret worked as a part-time or substitute teacher, raising her two daughters, Sidney and Rachel, and helping out at the orchard in her "free time". Upon the death of David's mother in 1984, Mary Margaret took a more active role in the business as the Office Manager and has brought her experiences of growing and arranging cut flowers and raising vegetables in NC to the diversification of the operation.
Sidney Kuhn (Assistant Manager - Sales and Marketing)
Sidney is David and Mary Margaret's oldest daughter. After acquiring a degree in Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State University, Sidney returned home in 2001. For five years she worked as the Land Conservation Coordinator for the local non-profit land trust, helping to protect thousands of acres of farmland and open space. In May of 2008, Sidney returned full time to the operation, with hopes to transition into the role of Owner and General Manager in conjunction with her parent's retirement. Sidney currently serves on the Board of Directors for the State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania, serves as the chair of the Mid-Atlantic Young Growers Alliance and as chair of the Scott Brown Memorial Scholarship Committee.
Rusty Lamb (Production Manager)
Rusty is the newest member of our team. He brings a diverse background of growing vegetable and fruit crops in Massachusetts and New Jersey after acquiring a Associate of Science degree in "Fruit and Vegetable Crops" from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture (University of Massachusetts).
Sandy Lombardi (Farmers Market Coordinator)
Sandy has been with Kuhn Orchards as first a part-time and now a full-time employee since 1993. She has performed a wide array of jobs for the operation, but most importantly she prepares, coordinates and attends our farmers markets!!
