Will Allen recounts his career change from a former professional basketball player and executive at Proctor and Gamble to urban farmer. In 1993, Mr. Allen bought a two-acre plot of land in close p ...

Meanwhile, Allen has become a legend in urban farming circles for his innovative ... making him only the second working farmer to ever win the award, and landed him on TIME’s 100 Most ...

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 ...

Not long ago, Will Allen and his urban farm Growing Power were the darlings ... But he remains a visionary. And a farmer. “Farm until you die, really, if you’re a true farmer,” Allen ...

Since then, Allen has taken that passion and turned it into a lifestyle. He is currently the director of urban farming project “Growing Power” west of Milwaukee, and he discusses with Brooke ...

“I know how to make money growing food,” Allen asserts. But he’s also got ... All of which perhaps explains why other urban farmers have not yet replicated Growing Power’s scale or its ...

Will Allen has dedicated his life to eliminating food deserts. He's an urban farmer in Milwaukee, and he says Nikki is not alone in her struggle to feed her family healthy food. In fact ...

Last night on the Colbert Report, Will Allen (who used to be a pro basketball player, then a marketing exec, and is now a serious urban farmer) stopped by to talk about his new book, The Good Food ...