Lauren Mandel

NOW:

With a passion for productive infrastructure, Lauren works as a Project Manager and Rooftop Agriculture Specialist at the Philadelphia-based green roof firm Roofmeadow (formerly Roofscapes, Inc.). At Roofmeadow, Lauren designs green roofs, oversees green roof construction around the country, and is integral to every rooftop agriculture inquiry and project that the firm encounters. She has over seven years of professional landscape architectural and green roof design experience, with projects ranging from rooftop gardens to sustainability master plans. In addition to publishing "EAT UP" (her first book), Lauren has authored several magazine articles and lectured on rooftop agriculture at national and international conferences.

THEN:

"The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it." ~Benjamin Disraeli

Lauren began exploring the viability of rooftop food production while in graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned a Master of Landscape Architecture. The research project snowballed into a book, which will be published in print and E-book form by New Society Publishers in April 2013. "EAT UP | the inside scoop on rooftop agriculture" is the first, and most comprehensive book on rooftop agriculture to date.

ALWAYS:

In her spare time, Lauren enjoys cooking vegetarian food, backpacking, and extreme dog walking. She keeps a backyard vegetable garden and has a fondness for wild mushrooms.