Sustainability Discussion Group October 2012 Program Flyer
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Title
Sustainability Discussion Group October 2012 Program Flyer
Subject
Sustainability
Description
Flyer for Raíces Eco-Culture Sustainability Discussion Group October 2012 meeting.
EVENT DESCRIPTION
TOPC: Will Allen-Visionary Farmer
Will Allen grew up with whose parents who fled the South in the Great Migration to escape a life of sharecropping. Growing up, although poor, his family had a plot of land of their own, and so always had enough to eat. As an adult, Will never forgot the taste of fresh food, and the satisfaction of growing and harvesting it one's self. He left a career as a successful executive with the goal of bringing fresh produce to low-income people. This is the story of how - starting out selling vegetables off the back of his truck - he created an urban food network that today distributes food across seven states, produces 40 tons of vegetables a year, and provides a serious challenge to the industrial agricultural system. This 2008 recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant, shows us how urban farming can not only provide a solution to our ecological and energy crisis, but can also lead us back to a time of community, sustainability and self-respect.
Come learn about what one man has done to make an impact on his own community and dialogue about ways we can implement projects and programs to provide and support fresh, local, healthy food in our own community.
EVENT DESCRIPTION
TOPC: Will Allen-Visionary Farmer
Will Allen grew up with whose parents who fled the South in the Great Migration to escape a life of sharecropping. Growing up, although poor, his family had a plot of land of their own, and so always had enough to eat. As an adult, Will never forgot the taste of fresh food, and the satisfaction of growing and harvesting it one's self. He left a career as a successful executive with the goal of bringing fresh produce to low-income people. This is the story of how - starting out selling vegetables off the back of his truck - he created an urban food network that today distributes food across seven states, produces 40 tons of vegetables a year, and provides a serious challenge to the industrial agricultural system. This 2008 recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant, shows us how urban farming can not only provide a solution to our ecological and energy crisis, but can also lead us back to a time of community, sustainability and self-respect.
Come learn about what one man has done to make an impact on his own community and dialogue about ways we can implement projects and programs to provide and support fresh, local, healthy food in our own community.
Creator
Nicole Wines
Francisco G. Gómez
Date
10-1-2012
Rights
© Raíces Cultural Center
Format
jpeg
Language
en
Type
Still Image
Identifier
2012flyer08.jpg
Coverage
Highland Park, NJ
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Digital Image
Physical Dimensions
2200 × 1414
Collection
Citation
Nicole Wines and Francisco G. Gómez, “Sustainability Discussion Group October 2012 Program Flyer,” Raíces Cultural Center Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://archive.raicesculturalcenter.org/items/show/285.