Colin McCrate is an experienced CSA farmer and, together with co-author Brad Halm, founder of The Seattle Urban Farm Company, a business that designs, builds, and maintains edible gardens. The work of McCrate and Halm has won gold and silver awards at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show and has been profiled in a wide range of media outlets, including GQ, Sunset, Newsweek, Outside magazine, Grist.org, Slate.com, and The Daily Candy. They co-authored High-Yield Vegetable Gardening, and teach community classes and urban farming workshops in Seattle.