When not fermenting at House of Ferments, Erin can be found outside attempting to be sporty while usually drinking some sort of fermented beverage.  She has a soft spot for all things furry, especially her best bud, Omi. ​

Erin has called Western Montana home since 2001.  She hails from the Northeast where she earned a BS in Environmental Science from The University of Vermont.  Erin worked in the field of restoration ecology in the intermountain west for 15 years before the lure of fermentation and her love of food and community inspired her to start her own business, House of Ferments.  Erin believes that food is a common denominator.  It’s a great way to learn from and about others.  Erin loves fermentation because it is a blend of science, art, and culture.

As a child growing up in central Ohio, Craig and his siblings were each assigned a section of the family's one acre garden. He was fascinated with the variety of flowers and vegetables they could grow. His first job was selling honey, and eventually he opened a food co-op that still exists today.

Craig is a founding member of the Board of Directors for O'Hara Commons. He joined to connect with the community and hopes to share and nurture his lifelong passion for the growing things of this planet with others. He has served in officer roles since the inception and brings a wealth of experience. 

Craig is the father of four children and has been married to his beautiful, calm and patient wife for over 40 years.

Meghan’s love of vegetables began early, helping in her parents’ gardens and harvesting raspberries, sugar peas, and rocks. For her, food is a powerful connector to time, place, and community, and she enjoys exploring these connections through baking, cooking, and fermenting. Although school and work have carried her to Colorado, Meghan remains deeply tied to the Bitterroot Valley where she grew up. Over the past decade she has supported O’Hara by leading children’s programs, volunteering at the Old Blue Moon orchard, and baking pies late into the night for the annual pie sale and auction. When she’s not in the kitchen, Meghan can be found in the Colorado mountains backpacking and trail running with her partner Sean and their dog, Doug.

Brian hails from Wyoming and has lived in Western Montana for 25 years, 8 of those in Victor. He helps manage a farm called verdure pastures and is owner of Rabbitbrush Archaeological Services, a job he has been doing since 1992. Brian is well versed in the prehistoric archaeology of the Intermountain West and Pacific Northwest as well as the historic resources of the region, most notably historic mining, early settlement, timber extraction, and water resource sites. Brian is community minded, can be found skiing at Lost Trail with his son Clancy, playing music as half of the local duo - the Bear Creek Boys. At Verdure Pastures, he loves providing niche culinary items, mangalitsa pork, spanish goat meat, and a variety of other oddities and treats.