Monday, May 4, 2009

Growing Power


"Food is a very powerful organizing tool."



"What you see in these greenhouses is about relationship building."


"I don't build gardens with fences."

-Will Allen, Urban Farmer


Will Allen, the urban farmer behind Milwaukee's Growing Power, recently received a $500,000 "no-strings-attached" award through the MacArthur Foundation Fellows Program. Will and Growing Power are doing some very cool work at the intersection of food access, community building, social enterprise, and health. The following video speaks for itself:


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