Staff - Grow Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh native Tacumba Turner sees working at Grow Pittsburgh as a point of convergence in his life, as it draws together his love of...

Adia Effiong describes her background as eclectic, laced with meaningful experiences and constant stretching outside of her comfort zone. Her love...

Ginger Brooks Takahashi wears many hats: artist, forager, community organizer and assistant at two of our grow sites, Shiloh Farm and The Frick...

Chances are you’ve already met Max at the Garden Resource Center this season. Our Repair the World: Pittsburgh food justice fellow is back...

August 20, 2017

Alyssa Kail started at Grow Pittsburgh as an apprentice three years ago and is now the head grower at Braddock Farms. Alyssa has a background in...

March 27, 2017

Raqueeb Bey, Garden Resource Center Coordinator Raqueeb staffs the Garden Resource Center, a multi-user gardening tool lending library and...

January 23, 2017

Every winter, we we get the same question: What do you DO all day? Just because we aren’t harvesting plants in the sun, doesn’t mean...

December 6, 2016

Grow Pittsburgh is pleased to announce our new Executive Director, Jake Seltman! Jake is our current Director of Educational Programming and has...

February 19, 2016

Grow Pittsburgh is excited to welcome Jim and Rachel to our staff. Rachel Brunner, Community Garden Coordinator Rachel is new to Grow Pittsburgh...