People
Ben Flanner
Head Farmer, Co-Founder
Ben Flanner is a trained engineer with a background in finance. In 2009 Ben co-founded Eagle Street Rooftop Farms, the first rooftop soil farm in New York, and is widely recognized as a leader in rooftop urban agriculture.
Anastasia Plakias
Managing Partner, Co-Founder
Anastasia is a native New Yorker and has worked in some of the city’s finest restaurants. She has almost enough willpower to get through a harvest without eating a pint of sungold tomatoes.
Gwen Schantz
Managing Partner, Co-Founder
Gwen Schantz is an experienced urban farmer, a long-time sustainable food advocate, and co-founder of the Bushwick Food Cooperative & CSA.
Brandon Hoy and Chris Parachini
Board Members, Co-Founders
Brandon Hoy and Chris Parachini are co-owners of Roberta’s restaurant in Brooklyn and are recognized in New York and nationally as food movement trailblazers.
Chase Emmons
Business Development, Chief Beekeeper
Chase Emmons, a serial entrepreneur, has been farming and beekeeping for nearly a decade. He currently owns and operates C & C Orchards, a chemical-free orchard and apiary in western Massachusetts. Chase@BrooklynGrangeFarm.com
