Welcome, Mandy Kalin

Please join us in welcoming Mandy Kalin to the Healthy Acadia team! 

Mandy joins us as a Maine SNAP-Ed Nutrition Educator. She helps SNAP-eligible households gain knowledge and skills to eat healthily on a limited budget and provides coordination for nutrition education and obesity prevention initiatives across Washington County in accordance with USDA SNAP-Ed guidelines.

Mandy, what prompted you to join the Healthy Acadia team?

A desire to work with an organization that benefits the communities that it services. I have a passion for healthy food and growing organic produce and canning what I grow. I really enjoy harvesting and preserving food with friends, and hopefully now can share those interests with others on a professional level.

What most inspires you about Healthy Acadia's work? 

The ability of the organization to reach so many people on so many different levels and in such varied environments.

What most inspires you on a personal level?

I love community and living gently on the earth.

What is your favorite thing to do, or place to be, in Maine, and why?

Walking in the beautiful Maine woods, and ending up by the ocean or a river or stream, then sitting still and seeing what appears.

I love traveling around New England with my hubby and two dogs, visiting my grown-up "kids", and traveling to Canada to visit all of my family back home.

Mandy is a former restaurant owner and traveling food vendor. She, her husband, and two dogs currently reside in Cherryfield. Contact Mandy by email.