joe tancredi

assisant head grower

Joe has lived in Colorado for the majority of his life and has been passionate about gardening and food production since he was a child. Joe and his wife are avid gardeners and cultivate a wide variety of organic produce from their one-acre urban front range farm. Joe has a BSBA in Marketing as well as, a Master’s in Education. He taught business and marketing courses in public high school for 11 years. Joe also has years of experience in food production, which upon leaving teaching, he put to use when he personally built Living Local Microgreens. He built a 1,500 square foot greenhouse on his property and launched a successful microgreens business from the ground up. Joe ran the business for 8 years growing an enormous assortment of local, high-quality microgreens, and herbs for over 60 Denver restaurants, leading into the pandemic. As a result of the impact of the pandemic on Denver restaurants, Joe shifted his focus. He now works as the Assistant Head Grower for Rebel Farm.