Dan Allen | Source | CEO and Founder at Farmscape

Dan Allen is Co-Founder and CEO of Farmscape, the largest urban farming company in California, dedicated to creating lush, organic gardens that reconnect people to fresh food right from their own backyard. Dan met his Co-Founder, Lara Hermanson, when running competing urban farming ventures and connected over a shared passion for getting their hands dirty. Since launching in 2008, they've grown immensely, building a thousand gardens and consulting on many more. They currently oversee more than 160 gardens, at least 6 acres, across the state, collectively yielding between 150,000 to 200,000 pounds of food each year, and employ over 50 people.

As Farmscape's CEO, Dan is passionate about rethinking and transforming local spaces into resilient edible gardens that are water-conscious, vibrant ecosystems and Farmscape's vegetable gardens use 70-90% less water than if those areas were used for lawn. He is also dedicated to providing a fair wage for a new generation of farmers, while bringing a fresh perspective to the landscape industry. He brings more than 14 years experience in landscaping and food production to his role and is a Certified Master Gardener.