The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities

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A pioneering urban farmer and MacArthur Genius Award-Winner points how to building a new food system that may feed- and heal- communities.

The son of a sharecropper, Will Allen had no intention of ever becoming a farmer himself. But after years in professional basketball and as an executive for Kentucky Fried Chicken and Procter & Gamble, he cashed in his retirement fund for a two-acre plot just outdoor Milwaukee’s largest public housing project. The area was once a food desert with only convenience stores and fast-food restaurants to serve the needs of locals.

Despite financial challenges and daunting odds, Allen built the country’s preeminent urban farm-a food and educational center that now produces enough produce and fish year-round to feed thousands. Employing young people from the neighboring housing project and community, Growing Power shows how local food systems can lend a hand troubled youths, dismantle racism, create jobs, bring urban and rural communities closer together, and give a boost to public health. These days, Allen’s organization helps develop community food systems around the country.

An eco-classic in the making, The Good Food Revolution is the story of Will’s personal journey, the lives he has touched, and a grassroots movement that may be changing the way in which our nation eats.

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