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Urban Farmer in Milwaukee Founder of Nonprofit Receives MacArthur Genius Grant
Posted on October 06, 2008
Will Allen, an urban farmer in Milwaukee, Wisc., was one of 25 people to receive the $500,000 no-strings-attached MacArthur Fellowship this year. Allen is the founder and CEO of Growing Power, a nonprofit organization and land trust to provide people with good health via affordable, quality food.To me, the fact that an urban farmer leading a nonprofit for the benefit of teaching communities to grow, in a slew of meaningful ways, can receive such a prestigious fellowship and the associated financial boon is remarkable.Along with Allen, there was a saxophonist genius, a lighting designer...
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