Unique Experiences
Ben Flanner, Urban Farmer, Brooklyn Grange
- Item Number
- 113
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 195 USD to sweetbee212
- Number of Bids
- 9 - Bid History
Item Description
Ben Flanner is the head farmer and co-founder of Brooklyn Grange, a rooftop farm business in based in New York City. A pioneering urban farm operation, the business grows vegetables and herbs on intensive green roofs, and sells its produce to restaurants and the general public at farmer’s markets and through a CSA. Brooklyn Grange is widely recognized as the leader in rooftop soil farming and as an exceptional green business that is bringing urban agriculture to a new level of fiscal sustainability. Prior to founding the Brooklyn Grange, Ben co-founded and managed the Eagle Street Rooftop farm. He has a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, and prior experience in consulting and marketing for the finance industry. The Brooklyn Grange received the LICBDC Green Business Award in 2010, and the Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Award of Excellence in 2011. He was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and currently resides in Brooklyn.
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