Will Allen runs Growing Power, Inc. in Milwaukee, WI, a nonprofit empowering people by teaching them to grow their own safe, healthy, sustainable foods.
He recently garnered attention from FastCompany, making their 2009 list of the 100 most creative people for the work he's done to transform the relationship between lower-income people and local food.
“From the housing project, it’s more than three miles to the Pick’n Save. That’s a long way to go for groceries if you don’t have a car or can’t carry stuff. And the quality of the produce can be poor.” Fast-food joints and convenience stores selling highly processed, high-calorie foods, on the other hand, were locally abundant. “It’s a form of redlining,” Allen said. “We’ve got to change the system so everyone has safe, equitable access to healthy food.”
Will Allen Grows on the Media
Will Allen runs Growing Power, Inc. in Milwaukee, WI, a nonprofit empowering people by teaching them to grow their own safe, healthy, sustainable foods.
He recently garnered attention from FastCompany, making their 2009 list of the 100 most creative people for the work he's done to transform the relationship between lower-income people and local food.
Now Mr. Allen has been featured by the New York Times: