{"id":12558,"date":"2016-07-29T15:14:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T19:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/brooklyn-wild-meet-michelle-cashen-who-quit-a-desk-job-to-work-on-a-rooftop-farm\/"},"modified":"2016-07-29T15:14:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T19:14:15","slug":"brooklyn-wild-meet-michelle-cashen-who-quit-a-desk-job-to-work-on-a-rooftop-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/brooklyn-wild-meet-michelle-cashen-who-quit-a-desk-job-to-work-on-a-rooftop-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Wild: Meet Michelle Cashen, who quit a desk job to work on a rooftop farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you know your food? Michelle Cashen, farm manager at Brooklyn Grange. Photo via @esynyc Michelle Cashen\u00a0didn’t always know she wanted to work at a farm.\u00a0The 25-year-old Rockaway native studied environmental policy during her undergrad years. She knew she wanted to be some kind of environmental advocate, so she got a job right out of college as a paralegal at a law firm. But after a couple years, she realized the sedentary, office lifestyle wasn’t for her. “I did not enjoy sitting at a desk every day and for the majority of my week being inside, sitting down, not using my body,” she told Brokelyn. While pondering a career change, Cashen, who now\u00a0lives in Bushwick, looked into opportunities at Brooklyn Grange. She had been on a tour at the farm’s flagship location in Long Island City, and knew they had a farm crew and training program. “My interest in rooftop farming originated from… Read More<\/p>\n

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