Would $100,000 per year for 5 years help you spread the word?

[Guest guest]

I was wondering how we could get the a vegetarian, vegan or vegan rawfooder to

win the The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation award for $500,000. 

Since so many talented and hard working people are working in this challenging

area.  To my surprise " one " has to apply for the award.  So lets get to work

and apply for the grant!!!!  It is great publicity as well as validation and

heck the money can help also.,,,

 

For information on the process go to

 

http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.913959/k.BB2A/How_to_Apply.htm

 

An Urban Farmer - Will Allen won in 2008 see article below.  In 2008 a

violinist, a saxaphonist and a lighting designer also won awards.

 

I also sent this to Cherie Soria at Living Light Culinary Institute.  Who do

you think is a deserving candidate  - Jeff Rogers of course, Doug Graham, Nora

Lenz, Gabriel Cousins, Ani Phylo, Mike Snyder, Juliano, Matt Monarch, Happy

Oasis and Gabrielle Chavez, and so many others; please spread the word.  Do

remember while past track record is important the criteria is " future

advancement using the foundations support " .

 

Any suggestions on how the rest of us can help?

 

Thank you so very much.

 

Namaste.

 

Bill Milmoe

 

Will Allen

 

 

 

 

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 thei

r

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.

 

 

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.