Meet the Urban Farmer Bringing Organic Produce to the Nation’s Capital

Gail Taylor never planned to be a farmer. After earning a degree in foreign policy, she worked in Guatemala helping women recover from the trauma of war. But when she returned home to Washington, D.C., in 2005, Taylor volunteered at an organic farm in Maryland. “I wanted to learn where my food comes from,” she says. She fell in love: “Farming was like putting on a glove that fit.”