The Team
Peter S. Volz
Peter Volz grew up in the 1950’s in a small Ohio town. His grandmother, the neighbors and just about everybody in town gardened and grew vegetables and flowers. One of his first memories is making his next door neighbor’s large tomato patch into a "castle."
At the age of ten, Peter moved with his family to Laguna Beach, California, where the family garden featured avocado, tangerine and grapefruit trees, as well as year-round vegetables, a bamboo forest and abundant flowers.
In his early twenties Peter started an alfalfa sprout operation, with distribution up and down the West Coast. In the mid-70’s Peter grew vegetables in a large hobby garden at a Buddhist community in Mendocino County, California.
In 1977, Peter moved to Boulder, where he was intimidated for several years by the wild climate and challenging soils of the area. After some trial and error, he gardened for many years at the Boulder community gardens on Hawthorn Ave, in North Boulder.
After serving for nine years as the director for international education at Naropa University, Peter started Oxford Gardens in 2006.
Beth Santistevan
Beth Santistevan is a Colorado native, hailing from the San Luis Valley. Her family raised potatoes, grains, and sheep. She spent her childhood digging in the soil, riding horses, bottle feeding lambs, swimming in water troughs, and taking naps in tractors while riding along with her father.
She attended Adams State College, played a year of basketball, and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in Exercise Science. She spent 11 years dedicated to helping others improve their quality of life and excel athletically. Beth coached at high school and collegiate levels, worked as a fitness director, and owned a personal training business. She is currently a private trainer for a Boulder family.
Naturally, Beth wanted to incorporate a more holistic approach to health so she returned to her farming roots. In 2009, she moved to Boulder and spent the next 4 years working for Isabelle Farms as the Irrigation Specialist. This year Beth joins Oxford Gardens as the Farm Manager. Her experiences thus far have validated her growing passion for sustainable agriculture and reinforced the importance of incorporating quality food into the circle of wellness.
Brady Anderson
Brady is an Oklahoman native who has lived in the Boulder area for the past five years. His parents instilled a love for plants and animals, and a passion for the outdoors at a very young age. He studied biology at the University of Oklahoma for a year before deciding to transplant to Colorado to pursue other interests. He now has a hobby farm at home, raising chickens, ducks, rabbits and goats. He returns to the Oxford Gardens core team for his third season in vegetable production. Brady brings passion, endless energy and great humor to the farm.