Posts tagged urban

Growing Power:

In Milwaukee, MacArthur genius and former pro-basketball player Will Allen is getting ready for another growing season. Allen is a pioneer of the urban farming movement – the founder and CEO of Growing Power, a community-run farm in the middle of inner city Milwaukee. It’s a project dedicated to the proposition that healthy, affordable food should be a civil right.

Will Allen has just published his first book – called “The Good Food Revolution.”

Backyard Beekeeping:

Backyard beekeeping is on the rise, and not just in rural areas.   In towns and cities all over the country, urban beekeepers are tending hives and harvesting honey.  In Madison, commentator Erin Clune checks out the new beehives in her neighbor’s front yard. 

Read more about beekeeping in Wisconsin and find recipes for Wisconsin honey in the summer issue of Edible Madison.