Growing Power

By Will Allen | May 23, 2012

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In Milwaukee, MacArthur genius and former pro-basketball player Will Allen is getting ready for another growing season. Allen is a pioneer of the urban farming movement the founder and CEO of Growing Power, a community-run farm in the middle of inner city Milwaukee. It’s a project dedicated to the proposition that healthy, affordable food should be a civil right.

Will Allen

Will Allen

Will Allen is a MacArthur genius and former pro-basketball player. He’s now a farmer, and founder and CEO of Growing Power Inc. He’s just published his first book called “The Good Food Revolution.”
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