John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com makes a special trip to Milwaukee, Wisconson to show you how YOU can grow in the winter time - in the snow! After watching this video you will know how you can grow in the snow. You will also learn more about what they are growing at Will Allens place - Growing Power.
Growing Power was started by Will Allen, who bought the Milwaukee farm in 1993.
Allen left a job at Procter & Gamble in 1993 and purchased Growing Power, a derelict plant nursery that was in foreclosure, located on the north side of Milwaukee. Allen currently serves as director of Growing Power, a now mature urban farming project in Milwaukee, with a 40-acre farm west of Milwaukee in the town of Merton and an off-shoot project in Chicago run by Allen's daughter.
Gowing Power is an urban agriculture organization headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It runs the last functional farm within the Milwaukee city limits and also maintains an active office in Chicago. Growing Power aims for sustainable food production, as well as the growth of communities through the creation of local gardens and Community Food Systems.
Its facilities include 7 large greenhouses, a kitchen, indoor and outdoor training gardens, aquaculture system and a food distribution facility. Fish, worms, bees, goats, chickens, turkeys, and ducks are also raised there. Growing Power conducts workshops and demonstrations in aquaculture, aquaponics, vermiculture, horticulture, small or large-scale composting, soil reclamation, food distribution, beekeeping, and marketing.
The farm grows a wide variety of fruit and vegetables, and also farms tilapia and perch through the use of aquaponics. Thousands of people tour the facilities every year.
References:
Street Farmer - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/OLfvZz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Allen_(urban_farmer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growing_Power
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