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Alicia Nesbary-Moore

Co-owner, Herban Produce

About Alicia Nesbary-Moore

Alicia Nesbary Moore is an urban farmer in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood. Trained as a molecular biologist, Moore oversees the cultivation of a variety of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and other microgreens for Herban.

In 2013, Alicia moved to Chicago’s West Side to work on empowering residents of minority neighborhoods that have suffered decades of disinvestment. She and her husband have brought a helping hand -- and new life -- to deprived city blocks through volunteer efforts and the farm she helps to cultivate, all in the midst of a community that historically has been a food desert.

Nesbary Moore, a graduate of the University of Illinois, holds a Master’s degree in molecular biology, with a specialty in genetics and plant science, from Chicago State University. She also teaches science at City Colleges of Chicago.