Urban farmer Will Allen, a MacArthur fellow, has a passion for self-sustainable farming. As the world is encouraged to become more environmentally conscious, urban farmer Will Allen is ...

Five years ago, if you asked someone what ‘food justice’ means, you’d likely receive a blank stare. But that’s changing, thanks to urban farming pioneers such as Will Allen, one-time ...

Farmers’ markets were popping up nationwide ... a program manager at Groundwork Milwaukee—attributes the health of Milwaukee’s urban farming community to Allen’s inspiration, saying, “We’ve seen Will ...

Allen also recounts the stories of several people who were instrumental to building Growing Power with him, many of whom experienced their first reliable and fulfilling job on the urban farm.

Will Allen started his urban farming non-profit, Growing Power, 15 years ago in a rundown area in Milwaukee, Wisc. Today, Growing Power has 40 acres outside the city and satellite operations in ...

But HABESHA Gardens isn't unique. Former pro basketball player Will Allen, who is considered to be one of the nation's leading urban farmers and founder of Growing Power Inc., estimates that there ...

Growing Power has been a leader in the urban ag movement nationally and operates eight farms throughout Chicago. Erika Allen says six to 12 farmers will be chosen for the program, with farming ...

A Sustainable Urban Farm in the heart of Fleet Street Quarter The Fleet Street Quarter and Landsec have partnered with London ...

McShepard also helped found the Rid-All Green Partnership, which operates an urban farm in Cleveland's Kinsman neighborhood on property that had been an illegal dumping ground. Allen's tapped Rid ...

It’s not too often a former professional basketball player and corporate sales leader uses his retirement to become an urban farmer. But that’s exactly what Will Allen did.