permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

Subject: New People Food Farming - City Style
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 08:39:46 -0600
From: Mike Miller <mmiller@PCSIA.NET>
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU

This was originally from the Great Lakes Radio Consortium.  Here is an
alternate model for growing food to explore.  You don't have to ship the food
across the continent when you grow it near its untimate market.

With CA etc running out of water anyway, the current food system has a
resource limited viability.  We need to get alternative food production
systems in place now or obesity will cease to be the main health problem in
the US.  Mike Miller


Milwaukee: Growing Power Farms Spread In The Midwest

Some unlikely characters are emerging from the cities of the Midwest, and
they've got soil under their fingernails. Ben Calhoun reports the story of a
man who has dedicated his life to training urban farmers.

Will Allen has been farming all his life. But 10 years ago, he decided he
wanted to do something different. So he started 'Growing Power.' You'll find
Growing Power's Farm on a busy street on the north side of Milwaukee. It's in
the middle of a row of houses and for a farm it's pretty small.

Most days you'll also find Will Allen there. Today, Allen's giving a tour of
the place. He leads the group through Growing Power's four green houses.
There are rows of herbs, eggplants, compost heaps and boxes filled with
worms. ....

snipped from http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/6611