Urban farms - a brilliant concept!

Will Allen of Milwaukee just got a McArthur Genius Grant for his organization Growing Power. It utilizes people in the community and it produces local food (both meat and produce) for an urban area. He additionally wants to expand to teach people to do similar things in their communities and use the system as a way to fight racism. I've seen some similar things (but not quite as large or successful) happening in New York City. It's a new way of farming and feeding ourselves, and I think it's great!

We’re having to go back to when people shared things and started taking care
of each other. That’s the only way we will survive. What better way than to do
it with food? - Will Allen

Of course, the idea of urban farming is not a new idea. Many cities around the world have urban farms of their own (this can be seen by doing a quick google search). Farming has also been a way to give kids opportunities to be involved with harvesting food and interacting with wildlife.