"I want to recognize someone who exemplifies that spirit, someone who shows how creativity and hard work can provide us with more than we thought possible. I am going to introduce you to someone who saw urban Milwaukee as an unlikely center for agriculture – someone who found a way to raise fish and fresh vegetables in a home-made ecosystem alive on the north side of Milwaukee.
Here is the latest Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" winner – a professional basketball player before he hit the big time – Will Allen, CEO of Growing Power. Will was able to do incredible things with almost no resources. [...]" I guess he was there at the speech, then? Pretty cool! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090129/a0a5f861/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
