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AUBURN — Kim Finnerty will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Lunch Club, from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at The Village Inn, 165 High St.
Finnerty, director of Whiting Farm, which, under her leadership, has become a working four-season farm dedicated to offering education, nutrition and enrichment for a population of diverse needs.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from West Virginia University in 1996. Agriculture became an important topic for her while she was a teacher at Edward Little High School in Auburn. She created the Chemistry through Agriculture program at ELHS to engage students in the process, leaving teaching to work full time at Whiting Farm in 2015.
She is on the board of the Lewiston-Auburn Food Council and is a member of the Auburn Agriculture and Natural Resources Rezoning Committee. During her tenure as director, she has created partnerships with many area nonprofits, making Whiting Farm a community farm.
The farm is open year-round selling poinsettias, annuals and fresh produce while offering community engagement and educational space. The goal for the farm is to be a working-educational facility open to professionals and community members for locally grown produce, education and enjoyment.
Reservations are not required for the luncheon. For more information, contact Monica Millhime, 207-713-7045 or email millhime@myfairpoint.net. Events and other club information are posted at www.lewistonauburnrotary.org and www.facebook.com/lewistonmainerotary/.
PHOTO: Kim Finnerty, director of Whiting Farm in Auburn. (Submitted photo)
