Challenge phases Main content User comments Inspiration's statistics and author info Related themes, inspirations and concepts Share inspiration Challenge activity feed Footer links
Login

The Challenge

1373 followers

How might we restore vibrancy in cities and regions facing economic decline? Read the challenge brief

Congratulationsto all our contributors!
Mission #1
Explore Vibrancy
Share your definition of what vibrancy looks like where you live. Find out more...
Mission #2
Share Stories
Tell us about the cities and communities you know are currently struggling or in the process of revitalising. Find out more...
Mission #3
Get Active
Take some time to get active and explore your own community – then report back what you learned. Find out more...
Mission #4
Collect Insights
Interview someone living in a struggling city or region to learn more. Find out more...
Mission #5
Surprise Us
Got an Inspiration that doesn't fit the other Missions? Find out more...
terms and conditions

Learn more

Activity Feed

Inspiration
back to list

Mission #5 Surprise Us Find out more...

The "Growing Power" of Will Allen

In 2008, Will Allen, an urban agriculturalist, won $500,000 as the recipient of the MacArthur Genius award. His organization "Growing Power" is a shining example of the power of community gardens in underserved communities.
 In 1993, Will Allen started Growing Power in hopes of rebuilding community food systems by teaching unemployed, mostly minority youth how to create healthy environments for urban agriculture. He grew his operations in Milwaukee through engaging the community in hands-on training, outreach and technical assistance to teach a new era of urban farmers how to grow, process, market and distribute sustainable food for all communities, regardless of economic status. He was named a 2008 MacArthur Genius and 2010 Time Magazine 100. In his own words, "if people can grow safe, healthy, affordable food, if they have access to land and clean water, this is transformative on every level in a community. I believe we cannot have healthy communities without a healthy food system." 
Mission #5 Surprise Us Find out more...

Comments

Join the conversation and post a comment.

Manage this entry

Status: Published

Update entry
Unpublish
Amy's profile photo
A visual representation of the connections between this and other concepts.

Building on this

Bootstrapped Urban Neighborhood SIP Veggie Farm Thumbnail : Bootstrapped Urban Neighborhood SIP Veggie Farm Reclaimed in Detroit Reclaimed in Detroit's thumbnail

Inspirations this built upon

Martha Stewart: Simplified Hydroponics for Urban Farming Thumbnail : gene-giacomelli-on-martha-stewart-simplified-hydroponics-for-urban-farming Martha Stewart: Simplified Hydroponics for Urban Farming Thumbnail : gene-giacomelli-on-martha-stewart-simplified-hydroponics-for-urban-farming
Report this item This item has been reported
close

Login

Forgot my password?

New user? Sign up!