Urban Farming Takes Root in Surprising Ways
by Lisa Stiffler
There's a move afoot to spread urban farming and its healthful benefits to
folks without their own plots for planting.
Will Allen is gaining national attention for Growing Power, a Milwaukee
program that's growing food in the city for 10,000 urbanites (including
schools and low-cost market baskets delivered to neighborhood drop off
points); trains want-to-be growers in the ways of intensive farming on
small plots; turns organic waste into rich soil; and employs local
residents, including some from public-housing project.
His inspiring efforts were profiled in a great piece in Sunday's New York
Times Magazine. For Allen, it's about more than helping the environment by
supporting organic, local foods. For him, it's also a matter of equality.
Low-income city 'hoods tend to have limited access to good grocery stores
and are dominated by fast-food restaurants and convenience stores, creating
what Allen calls a "food desert."
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Read the complete article at http://www.culturechange.org/go.html?486
by Lisa Stiffler
There's a move afoot to spread urban farming and its healthful benefits to
folks without their own plots for planting.
Will Allen is gaining national attention for Growing Power, a Milwaukee
program that's growing food in the city for 10,000 urbanites (including
schools and low-cost market baskets delivered to neighborhood drop off
points); trains want-to-be growers in the ways of intensive farming on
small plots; turns organic waste into rich soil; and employs local
residents, including some from public-housing project.
His inspiring efforts were profiled in a great piece in Sunday's New York
Times Magazine. For Allen, it's about more than helping the environment by
supporting organic, local foods. For him, it's also a matter of equality.
Low-income city 'hoods tend to have limited access to good grocery stores
and are dominated by fast-food restaurants and convenience stores, creating
what Allen calls a "food desert."
...
Read the complete article at http://www.culturechange.org/go.html?486
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