COLIN McCRATE has been growing food organically for more than a
decade. He worked on a variety of small farms in the Mid-West
before taking a position as Garden Manager at an Environmental
Education center on Orcas Island, WA. After leaving Orcas, Colin
stayed in the Pacific Northwest, working simultaneously for
Farmhouse Organics in Poulsbo, WA and as a residential landscaper
in Seattle. After spending a few seasons designing and installing
gardens in the city, he officially founded the Seattle Urban Farm
Company in January of 2007. It all started with a simple question:
"Does anyone need help setting up a vegetable garden?" and it
turned out, quite a few did. Learn more at
seattleurbanfarmcompany.com
BRAD HALM'S interest in food production started in a small
vegetable garden at the Homestead, an experiential living option at
Denison University in Ohio. After graduating, he apprenticed on
organic farms around Ohio for several years, then took a position
as the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Manager for Village
Acres Farm in Pennsylvania. He moved to Seattle in 2007 to help
Colin start the Seattle Urban Farm Company, and he has been
building urban farms ever since. Learn more at
seattleurbanfarmcompany.com
HILARY DAHL, a Seattle native, has been with the Seattle Urban Farm
Company since the winter of 2010. She brings with her an
educational background in landscape architecture and urban planning
from the University of Washington. During college Hilary spent
three summers interning on a sustainable, net-zero energy housing
construction project on Lopez Island in the San Juan Islands where
she learned traditional and alternative construction skills as well
as organic gardening methods. Hilary is also our in-house
photographer and you will find her photos on this website and on
our other outreach material.
..There's nothing stopping you from settling down with these
inspirational and informative tomes out on the porch swing,
backyard hammock, or from the comfort of a bench in a local park.--
"Mother Nature News"
"Discover your own green thumb with this wonderfully detailed
introduction to backyard gardening." "Save time and money, while
eating more healthfully with this easy, inspiring book of
instruction."-- "Territorial Seed Company 2014 Spring Gardening
Catalog"
featured as a Best Beach Reads 2012: Green and Gardening Books for
the Summer-- "Huffington Post Green"
[Food Grown Right] teaches beginners the basics, like where to put
their gardens, how to test their soil and how to keep their plants
alive.-- "The Akron Beacon Journal"
Beginners should (green) thumb through Food Grown Right, in Your
Backyard, the new tome from Seattle Urban Farm Company.-- "Daily
Candy"
If only all textbooks were this pretty. Founders of the Seattle
Urban Farm Co. have created a terrifically informative, nicely
photographed guide to gardening--not just for Western Washington,
but for any planting zone.-- "Edible Seattle"
If you are in your first couple seasons of growing and you find
yourself with more questions than answers when you look at your
raised bed, or if the idea of vegetable gardening sounds great -
until it sounds way too overwhelming to try - then this is the book
for you.-- "Northwest Edible Life"
McCrate and Halm prove that anyone can develop a green thumb.--
"Urban Farm magazine"
The cofounders of Seattle Urban Farm Co.--a nationally recognized
outfit that has helped hundreds of families, schools and
restaurants design and implement urban gardens--share the wisdom
they have accumulated over the years in this overstuffed, lively
and personable tome.-- "Cascadia Weekly"
With gorgeous photos and conversational writing, the authors lay
out an easy-to-follow plan.-- "The Everett Herald"
With information based on organic farming and gardening principles,
from building a raised bed to specific growing techniques, this
guide will make you a farmer from the get-go.-- "Mount Baker
Experience"
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