Cheryl Wixson

Cheryl Wixson grew up on a dairy farm in
Winslow, Maine. She is a third generation
graduate of the University of Maine, and is the
University's first woman agricultural engineer.
After 10 years in the pulp and paper and
telecommunications industry, Wixson founded
a catering company and small restaurant that
served international cuisine featuring organic
Maine products. The last meal served at her
restaurant was a nine-course meal featuring
Petunia, Wixson's pig, that achieved
international notoriety when code enforcement
determined it was residing illegally in the same
neighborhood as novelist Stephen King.

Cheryl then retired from the restaurant business to bake cookies and raise crops, rabbits and three daughters
on her organic, urban farm in Bangor. In 1999, Wixson built a state-of-the art kitchen and educational facility
dedicated to teaching people the joys and benefits of healthy eating and cooking utilizing Maine products
while supporting a sustainable environment. Cheryl is a food columnist for the Bangor Daily News, consults
with restaurants from Maine to California, develops recipes for food manufacturers and hosted two Maine
Public Television series, the latest being What's for Suppah?. She has studied food science and human
nutrition at the University of Maine, is a master composter, and teaches kindergarten children that food comes
from farms.

Cheryl Wixson