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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Growing Power
  • Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:10:32 -0600


http://www.growingpower.org/about_us.htm

Growing Power transforms communities by supporting people from diverse
backgrounds and the environments in which they live through the development
of Community Food Systems. These systems provide high-quality, safe,
healthy, affordable food for all residents in the community. Growing Power
develops Community Food Centers, as a key component of Community Food
Systems, through training, active demonstration, outreach, and technical
assistance.

Will Allen, our Chief Executive Officer believes, “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.”

Our goal is a simple one: to grow food, to grow minds, and to grow community.
Growing Power began with a farmer, a plot of land, and a core group of
dedicated young people. Today, our love of the land and our dedication to
sharing knowledge is changing lives.

Growing Power’s projects fall into three essential areas:

Grow – Projects and Growing Methods – Growing Power demonstrates our easy to
replicate growing methods through on-site workshops and hands-on
demonstrations. We have farms in Milwaukee and Merton, Wisconsin, and in
Chicago, Illinois. Growing Power has also established satellite-training
sites in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Mississippi.

Bloom – Education and Technical Assistance – Growing Power's educates folks
through local, national, and international outreach for farmers and
communities. We also run multiple youth programs, have an active volunteer
base, and actively work on policy initiatives regarding agriculture.

Thrive – Food Production and Distribution – Food production occurs in the
organization’s demonstration greenhouses, rural farm site in Merton, and
urban farms in Milwaukee and Chicago. We also distribute produce,
grass-based meats, and value-added products through the activities of over
300 small family farmers in the Rainbow Farmers Cooperative, and the
organization’s year-round food security program the Farm-to-City Market
Basket Program.

All of the above provide important opportunities for individuals and
communities to network with each other as they work in partnership to promote
food security and environmentally sound food production practices.

Additionally, Growing Power convenes a minimum of five national workshops
on-site at our Milwaukee facility each year; we have sponsored three national
conferences focusing on food security; we provide technical assistance –
on-site – at numerous sites around the country from Boston to Montana.

Over 3,500 individuals receive tours of the Community Food Center each year;
and the Will Allen, Growing Power's Chief Executive Officer, has been the
keynote speaker at several national conferences and the recipient of numerous
local, state, and national awards and recognitions, including a 2005
Leadership for a Changing World Award from the Ford Foundation.

Milwaukee Headquarters: 5500 W. Silver Spring Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53218
Tel. 414.527.1546 l Fax 414.527.1908
Chicago Projects Office: 1741 N. Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647
Tel. 773.486.6005









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