Colin McCrate – Colin 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.
Brad Halm- Brad’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.
Benjamin Engelhard- Benn’s roots in farming extend to the muck lands of Western Michigan where he spent his childhood exploring and eating from his grandparent’s gardens. His passion for food and agriculture has taken him from a small goat dairy in the hill country in Texas to a two-year apprenticeship with the Food Bank Farm in western Massachusetts, an early leader in the CSA and local food movement. Though an unrepentant Michigander, Benn moved to Seattle to pursue his Master’s of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington. In his thesis project he blended his love for agriculture and the built urban environment in a study of rooftop farms across the country. In 2011, he joined forces with the Seattle Urban Farm crew where he applies his skills in landscape design and construction to cultivate food gardens, custom chicken coops, and urban farms in Seattle.
Hilary Dahl- Hilary, 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.
Sign up for our free newsletter!