Kerry Mess
Operations & Administration Manager
kerry@cadefarms.org
607-433-2545 x2001
Kerry L. Mess is the Operations & Administration Manager at CADE. As a young girl, Kerry played agricultural entrepreneur in her backyard and dreamed with her sister about living on an organic farm (Anne of Green Gables style). She spent 15 years creating a chemical free permaculture oasis in the heart of her hometown Milwaukee, WI before moving to upstate New York. With permaculture design certificates, she and her husband hope to create a similar oasis on a much larger
plot of land in rural NYS.
Before coming to CADE, Kerry spent 22 years teaching English to high school through college students and four years training English teachers in Sri Lanka with the Peace Corps. As a lifelong learner, she perpetually looked for new ways to engage students and colleagues and served in leadership roles at local, state, and national levels through various professional organizations. She earned her BS in secondary English education at UW-Milwaukee and is a National Board Certified teacher; she completed her MA in Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University.
Kerry is excited to blend her professional skills with her family’s personal agricultural interests in service of a healthy, vibrant NYS state food economy.
