威尔-艾伦 城市农夫

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Will Allen
Urban Farmer | Class of 2008
Transforming the cultivation, production, and delivery of healthy foods to underserved, urban populations through a novel synthesis of low-cost farming technologies.


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Title
Urban Farmer
Affiliation
Growing Power, Inc.
Location
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Age
59 at time of award
Area of Focus
Food and Agriculture
Published January 27, 2008
ABOUT WILL'S WORK
Will Allen is an urban farmer who is transforming the cultivation, production, and delivery of healthy foods to underserved, urban populations. In 1995, while assisting neighborhood children with a gardening project, Allen began developing the farming methods and educational programs that are now the hallmark of the non-profit organization Growing Power, which he directs and co-founded. Guiding all is his efforts is the recognition that the unhealthy diets of low-income, urban populations, and such related health problems as obesity and diabetes, largely are attributable to limited access to safe and affordable fresh fruits and vegetables. Rather than embracing the “back to the land” approach promoted by many within the sustainable agriculture movement, Allen’s holistic farming model incorporates both cultivating foodstuffs and designing food distribution networks in an urban setting. Through a novel synthesis of a variety of low-cost farming technologies – including use of raised beds, aquaculture, vermiculture, and heating greenhouses through composting – Growing Power produces vast amounts of food year-round at its main farming site, two acres of land located within Milwaukee’s city limits. Recently, cultivation of produce and livestock has begun at other urban and rural sites in and around Milwaukee and Chicago. Over the last decade, Allen has expanded Growing Power’s initiatives through partnerships with local organizations and activities such as the Farm-City Market Basket Program, which provides a weekly basket of fresh produce grown by members of the Rainbow Farmer’s Cooperative to low-income urban residents at a reduced cost. The internships and workshops hosted by Growing Power engage teenagers and young adults, often minorities and immigrants, in producing healthy foods for their communities and provide intensive, hands-on training to those interested in establishing similar farming initiatives in other urban settings. Through these and other programs still in development, Allen is experimenting with new and creative ways to improve the diet and health of the urban poor.

BIOGRAPHY
Will Allen received a B.A. (1971) from the University of Miami. After a brief career in professional basketball and a number of years in corporate marketing at Procter and Gamble, he returned to his roots as a farmer. He has served as the founder and CEO of Growing Power, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, since 1995 and has taught workshops to aspiring urban farmers across the United States and abroad.

RECENT NEWS
Will Allen continues to serve as CEO of Growing Power, Inc., which has expanded its programs throughout the Milwaukee and Chicago areas, and he is involved in community food projects across the country. In 2010, he was invited to participate in First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign, and in 2011, he received a James Beard Award and was named one of the “World’s Most Influential Foodies” by Michael Pollan and Forbes magazine. He is the author of The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities (2012).

Updated August 2015



威尔-艾伦
城市农夫｜2008级
通过对低成本农业技术的新的综合运用，改变了健康食品的种植、生产和交付给得不到服务的城市人口。


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标题
城市农夫
工作单位
成长的力量，公司。
地点
威斯康星州密尔沃基市
年龄
获奖时59岁
重点领域
食品和农业
发表于2008年1月27日
关于威尔的工作
威尔-艾伦是一位城市农民，他正在改变健康食品的种植、生产和交付给得不到服务的城市人口。1995年，在帮助邻居的孩子们进行园艺项目时，艾伦开始发展耕作方法和教育项目，这些项目现在是他所领导和共同创立的非营利组织 "成长的力量 "的标志。指导他所有工作的是这样一种认识：低收入城市人口的不健康饮食，以及肥胖和糖尿病等相关健康问题，主要是由于获得安全和可负担的新鲜水果和蔬菜的机会有限。艾伦的整体耕作模式没有采用可持续农业运动中许多人提倡的 "回归土地 "的方法，而是将种植食品和设计城市环境中的食品分配网络结合起来。通过对各种低成本农业技术的新颖综合--包括使用高床、水产养殖、蚯蚓养殖和通过堆肥加热温室--"成长的力量 "在其主要的农业基地（位于密尔沃基市范围内的两英亩土地）全年生产大量的粮食。最近，在密尔沃基和芝加哥及其周围的其他城市和农村地点开始种植农产品和牲畜。在过去的十年里，艾伦通过与当地组织和活动的合作，扩大了 "成长的力量 "的举措，如农场-城市市场篮子计划，该计划每周向低收入城市居民提供一篮子由彩虹农民合作社成员种植的新鲜农产品，并降低费用。成长的力量 "主办的实习和研讨会使青少年和年轻人，通常是少数民族和移民，参与为他们的社区生产健康食品，并为那些有兴趣在其他城市环境中建立类似农业举措的人提供密集的实践培训。通过这些和其他仍在发展中的项目，艾伦正在尝试新的和创造性的方法来改善城市穷人的饮食和健康。

个人简历
威尔-艾伦获得了迈阿密大学的文学学士学位（1971年）。在短暂的职业篮球生涯和在宝洁公司的企业营销部门工作多年后，他回到了他作为一个农民的根。自1995年以来，他一直担任威斯康星州密尔沃基市 "成长的力量 "的创始人和首席执行官，并在美国和国外为有抱负的城市农民教授讲习班。

最近的新闻
威尔-艾伦继续担任成长的力量公司的首席执行官，该公司的项目已经扩展到整个密尔沃基和芝加哥地区，他还参与了全国的社区食品项目。2010年，他被邀请参加第一夫人米歇尔-奥巴马的 "让我们行动起来！"活动，2011年，他获得了詹姆斯-比尔德奖，并被迈克尔-波伦和《福布斯》杂志评为 "全球最具影响力的美食家 "之一。他是《好食物革命》的作者。种植健康的食物、人和社区》（2012）。

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