About
From DIY projects to guerrilla gardens to urban food policy, community gardens, farmer’s markets and balcony gardens, Grown in the City covers everything you need to know about food grown in the city.
About the Editor
John Reinhardt is an urban planner, writer, photographer, and urban gardener. He holds undergraduate degrees in Communication and Honors from Villanova University and a Master of City Planning and certificate in Urban Design from the University of Pennsylvania. An avid cook, John is interested in the intersection of urban design, sustainability, and food systems planning. John works at IBM as the Program Manager for City Forward, a free, web-based platform that enables users – city officials, researchers, academics and interested citizens world-wide – to view and interact with city data while engaging in an ongoing public dialogue. John previously served as a Program Manager for International Programs at the American Planning Association, where he ran the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas urban planning initiative and Delta Urbanism Programs. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and currently resides in Washington DC.
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Web Developer/Partner
Bob Wall is a software engineer, videographer, and artist. He holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the Shippensburg Univeristy. He currently lives in San Francisco, CA where he enjoys playing raquetball, running, and tennis. His artisitic work can be seen at his website ohSanFran.com which he created as an artisitc outlet for him and some fellow artists when he moved out to California. Some of his work, including a Swings Happiness Project, has been picked up by the Wooster Collective, urlesque, and the Prince of Petworth, and he was invited to give a speech at a TEDx event for the project. As a contributor to GITC, he is most interested in sharing his knowledge about the intersection of Urban Agriculture with Computer Technology.
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Contributors
Patrick Doyle is a writer, editor, home vintner/brewer, cyclist, and urban gardener. He holds an undergraduate degree from Villanova University, but slacked off when it came to graduate school. Despite growing up in a rural area of New York state, he’s slowly adapted to city life. He’s interested in self-sufficiency, sustainable living, alternative transportation, and urban planning. You can read more of Patrick’s work at http://patrickcdoyle.com/. He currently resides in Denver, Colorado.
Kimberley Hodgson is an urban planner, community nutritionist and food systems planning expert. She holds an undergraduate degree from New York University, a Master of Science in Food Policy and Applied Nutrition from Tufts University, and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning with a specialization in Community Health and Sustainability from Virginia Tech. She is also a registered dietitian. Kimberley is a member of the American Public Health Association’s Food & Environment Working Group, a member of the American Dietetic Association’s Hunger & Environmental Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group, and a steering committee member of the American Planning Association’s Food Interest Group. She is passionate about the intersection of urban planning, food systems, public health, and sustainability. Kimberley works as the Manager of the American Planning Association’s Planning and Community Health Research Center. She currently resides in Washington DC with her husband and their dog. In her spare time, Kimberley loves to cook, garden, hike, and bike. You can read more about Kimberley’s passion for food and sustainability at http://cultivatingsustainability.com/.
Jennifer Horn is a registered landscape architect and the principal of JHLA/Jennifer Horn Landscape Architecture. Her firm is located in Washington DC and New York City and specializes in luxury residences and resorts worldwide. Jennifer has collaborated on projects in Hawaii, Colorado, California, the Caribbean, Barcelona, Spain and Athens, Greece, as well as properties along the East Coast. Jennifer teaches at Columbia University in New York and at the USDA Graduate School in Washington DC. Prior to “planted cloud,” Jennifer authored the blog “New York, Plants and Other Stuff.” She has a BS in Horticulture and a MLA in Landscape Architecture. JHLA’s website can be found at jenniferghorn.com.
Emily Oaksford is an urban and landscape designer and planner. She received her masters in City Planning and Urban Design at the University of Pennsylvania and her undergraduate degree at the University of Florida. She is an avid gardener, hiker, and biker. She currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she works at a local landscape architecture and planning firm working on civic projects that range from development plans to trails master plans to the landscape design for public parks, schools, and gardens.
Sarah Kathleen Peck is a writer, graphic designer, and landscape architect. A self-professed “urban nerd,” Sarah loves living in and exploring cities and the places that people inhabit. She followed her passion for gardening, people, and place-making to pursue a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania, with a focus on understanding city planning and landscape urbanism. Sarah is interested in the tools with which designers communicate their ideas – graphically and in written work – and the influence that landscape architects and planners can have on our immediate and future environments. You can see more of Sarah’s work at www.sarahkathleenpeck.com or check out the forthcoming website, www.landscapeurbanism.com. She currently resides in San Francisco and works full time as a writer and landscape designer.
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The opinions and views expressed in Grown in the City are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of their employers. Grown in the City accepts some advertising from affiliate marketing programs, in order to defray costs of site maintenance. Grown in the City writers do not accept cash or merchandise for product endorsements.