Project Freerange » urban gardens http://www.projectfreerange.com The City, Design, Politics and Pirates Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:25:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The rise of Urban Farms http://www.projectfreerange.com/2010/05/08/the-rise-of-urban-farms/ http://www.projectfreerange.com/2010/05/08/the-rise-of-urban-farms/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 04:14:52 +0000 Barnaby Bennett http://www.projectfreerange.com/?p=753 An urban Farmer called Will Allen in Milwaukee has just been named on Time magazines list of 100 most influential people. Times are surely a-changing when a proposal for multi-story urban farms is getting such international attention. Allen received a $US500,000 Genius grant from the Catherine T. McArthur Foundation, he is now trying to raise 7 to 10 million dollars to make  a 5-story 2000 square metre prototype.

“It’s time to stop dreaming and start building, Allen said.

Allen, 61, for years has been calling attention to the widespread existence of “food deserts” in cities across America, where whole communities lack access to fresh, nutritious, affordable food, and underserved populations have high rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.” Full Article here.

I reckon this is awesome and if anyone has a spare 7 million lying around this seems like a good cause.  Freerange 2 touched on a lot of issues relating to this with its theme of Gardening and Violence. Have a look.

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