Our Team

Stephanie Bailey
Executive Director

Stephanie Bailey (she/her) first moved to western NC in 2005, to follow in the footsteps of her grandparents. She is a graduate of Appalachian State and has worked and volunteered on farms all over the country while also working for nonprofits and small businesses centered on ecological and community work and care. 

Steph joins the RAD Farmers Market following a joyful return to farming in 2020, at Against the Grain Farm in Boone, where she also started her own farm to table cooking business. Her personal mission: may we all be nourished. 

Contact Stephanie with vendor questions, sponsorship inquiries, or any general market-related needs!

director@radfarmersmarket.com

Sass Ayres
Market Coordinator

Sass Ayres (she/her) is an herbalist, farmer, and forever health and happiness advocate. She found her livelihood in herbalism and farming through food while earning a masters degree in nutrition in 2010. Since then, she’s spent her days learning and working in nearly every part of the farm-to-table and farm-to-apothecary movements, aiming to help shed a brighter light on the vital interconnectedness of people and planet. 

When not hanging out at the market, Sass runs her businesses, Botany Culture Co., a product-based lifestyle brand rooted in the practice of everyday herbalism, and Wallflower Floral & Fiber, a micro flower farm specializing in edible flowers and natural dye craft.

Contact Sass with musician inquiries, social media questions, special event ideas.

coordinator@radfarmersmarket.com

Board of Directors

  • Flavio Sloat

    President

  • Sidney Perkinson

    Secretary

  • Mike Bean

    Treasurer

  • Crawford Rizor

    General Board Member

  • Suzanne Nolter

    General Board Member