Justin Bramhall

Justin Bramhall is Sun Hill Farm’s property manager. He grew up in southeastern Pennsylvania where his favorite thing to do was to play soccer. After moving to Arizona to study at Prescott College and continuing to live for 15 years, he moved back to the east coast after stumbling upon the unique position being offered here at Sun Hill.

Justin cares deeply about building resiliency, whether it is with the surrounding community or within the soil. He has dedicated his focus in growing nutrient dense food in a way that also improves the environment. He strongly believes that this is the future of agriculture, and is proud to be a part of the regenerative agriculture movement.

Justin is a life-long learner. He enjoys the thrills of fatherhood, being outside in nature, connecting with people, and listening to the best band in the world, Phish!

John Burt

John Burt is the owner of Sun Hill Farm. Since 1986 John has been president of an independent producing company in New York, John Burt Productions. Partial credits include, producing artistic director, Clayton Opera House, Clayton, NY, curator, Environmental Theater Festival, New York State Parks, The Road Home: Stories of Children of War, premier Asia Society NYC, and has been represented on Broadway in the Tony nominated musical, Starmites, and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Tony Award for Best Musical.

John is co-founder and board chair emeritus of Cambodian Living Arts (1998) where he commissioned and produced the Cambodian-American opera, Where Elephants Weep (2008) and served as executive chair of Season of Cambodia, a New York City-wide festival of Cambodian arts, music, dance, theater and film. He was a founding board member of Next Stage Arts Project, Putney, VT and is president of the Fresh Sound Foundation, Boston, MA.

John divides his time between New York City and Putney, Vermont. 

Ruth Sessions

Former manager of Sun Hill Farm, Ruth now turns her focus almost exclusively on the ornamental gardens that surround and define the grounds. 

Working with a local landscape company, she helps to maintain annuals and perennials as well as cutting flowers imbedded in the bountiful vegetable gardens.  Her floral arrangements, created from this palette, embellish bedrooms, porches, and dinner tables, greeting visitors and residents all through the growing season.  She relishes working in this studio of living shape and color!