New Urban Agriculture Manager promotes city farming and community gardens
Tara Tracy has been named the Urban Agriculture Manager at the Delaware Center for Horticulture, following a rigorous national search by the nonprofit based in Wilmington's Trolley Square neighborhood.
As head of Urban Agriculture, Tracy is responsible for developing and implementing food production and community gardening programs, including: TheDCH's Urban Farm at 12th & Brandywine on Wilmington's northeast side, the greater Wilmington area's Urban Farm Coalition; and 23 community gardens in New Castle County. With a BS in Plant and Soil Science from the University of Maine at Orono and a Master's Certificate in Geographic Information Technology with a soil science concentration from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, the Certified Professional Soil Scientist has three decades of professional experience in farm planning, land preservation, and environmental policy with government, non-profit, and for-profit organizations.
Tracy says she is thrilled to be managing the program.
"TheDCH is Delaware's leading horticultural organization," she said, "and this position fulfills my commitment to and passion for the close connection that locally grown food can create between people and their environment."
In her new position, Tracy says it is a priority to make the fruits and vegetables produced at the Urban Farm available in more community venues. In addition, promoting greater Wilmington's network of farmers and community gardeners - and others who aspire to produce their own food - is important, she said, so that the locally grown, organic movement continues to grow, literally and figuratively.
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