Will Allen nets fish at Growing Power in the 5500 block of W. Silver Spring Drive. The farm has developed a system for raising fish and vegetables in circulating water.
Posted on 10/06/2008 6:28:47 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Foodie/Gardening Ping!
Will Allen nets fish at Growing Power in the 5500 block of W. Silver Spring Drive. The farm has developed a system for raising fish and vegetables in circulating water.
Yer Xiong washes carrots at Growing Power, Will Allen's urban farm. Allen hopes to use his "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation to expand and improve the operation.
Will Allen (right) speaks with Mayor Tom Barrett at the Growing Power urban farm. Allen won a $500,000 "genius" grant last month from the MacArthur Foundation.
I’ve often said that all of that vacant land in places like Gary, Camden, Youngstown, etc. would be better off being turned over to farmland.
Nice video at the link, too.
Awesome, Americans helping Americans with no thought of reward.
My ONLY problem with this is that there needs to be follow-up with the recipients as to how to COOK the stuff.
MIL & I have donated hundreds of pounds of fresh foods to various food pantries over the years. We stopped. No one was taking it because they didn’t know what to do with it!
Granted, this isn’t QUITE the same; they have a good teaching system set up here, but really...no one starves to death in America. *SHRUG*
However, as I said, it’s got my gears turning. My 2 acres could easily do something along these lines. Non-Profit and the huge tax breaks that brings with it? The Capitalist in me says, “I’m all over THAT,” LOL! :)
Gardening PING.............
Very interesting, VERY interesting.
It IS, isn’t it?
I have TWO home-grown tomatoes on the kitchen counter...the last two of the season. I’m going to miss them when they’re in my belly, LOL! :)
Only 2 left? I so sowwy :(
If the “romas” I had put in were actually romas and produced the way these are producing I would probably have about 100 quarts of sauce —— but they’re not romas, they’re grape tomatoes........GRRRRRRRRRR
Don’t get me wrong, they are absolutely delicious, but they are really worthless for sauce. They’re great for fresh salsa and for putting on salads and tacos.
They are also my fave afternoon snack right now. I take a book outside every afternoon and sit to wait for the school bus. My chair is positioned in such a way that I can just reach and grab and pop into my mouth!!! The cats have given up trying to get me to share, ‘cause I won’t and they know it!
Great story. Very inspirational.
We’re putting up snow fencing already. *Rolleyes* And with the new puppy, I didn’t pot up anything for Fall out the back kitchen door as usual. She’s a digger.
My garden was smaller than usual, but manageable. I have sauce and salsa made, and plenty of whole tomatoes frozen for use in chili, soups and stews for the winter months.
Life Is Good. :)
Life is always good -— it’s the snowballs it throws at you that most often _______ :)
We’re still in good shape here temp wise, although it’s getting down into the 50s overnight, but still no frost warnings. Jax has been putting on a jacket or sweater (this morning it was a red one with a fuzzy leopard-like collar!) getting on the bus in the mornings, but it is definitely not needed when she is getting off in the afternoon.
I’m about ready to pull the squash plants out of the ground, I have no more room for anymore! I’m going to be making a lot of bread with it in the coming days/weeks I’ve got that much. At least I can freeze the squash, I’ve got to deal with the cukes NOW.
“I’ve got to deal with the cukes NOW.”
Go check in with the gals at our other site, and look for my recipe for Refrigerator Pickles in the “Food Forum.”
They rock! I’m on my last jar of those, too...parceling them out. I didn’t grow cukes this year; FIL is always compelled to plant a dozen plants for the FOUR of us, LOL!
Next up? He’ll be leaving 5-gallon buckets of Concord grapes on my doorstep. Yum! :)
Kudos to him! Get the kids interested and... This man is doing a great job and it sounds like he’s sacrificed quite a bit for his dream.
We love having the kids from the local elementary school come over. Really local—across the playground and the football field. Unfortunately, they now have to jump thru all kinds of hoops just to visit. Two weeks prior notice, and as much paperwork as a major field trip. Shaking head.
OTOH, the school property butts up to ours, so technically, as long as they stay on the other side of the—shallow—ditch, we can take plants and things out to them. Kind of limits the kids as to hands on, but...
Di, you are so right about teaching people to cook! I can remember being in 8th grade home ec class and wondering why these people were wasting my time, and why didn’t the other kids know how to cook and sew and budget? LOL
Gabz—sorry your romas turned into grapes! Tasty, but not much good for anything else!
Girlangler—how’s your fall/winter stuff doing? I had a great salad last night for supper out of my “salad bowl”. Red sails, buttercrunch, and baby spinach. Yummy!
Y’all have a great day, and thanks for th ping!
“I can remember being in 8th grade home ec class and wondering why these people were wasting my time, and why didn’t the other kids know how to cook and sew and budget?”
No kidding! I was raised the same way. No one escaped Kitchen Chores, or Laundry Chores, or Gardening Chores or Mending/Sewing Chores!
Mom would also divide up the grocery list and we girls were responsible for bringing back the best BARGAIN we could find on our lists back to the cart.
I am so GRATEFUL that I have the skill set that I have. It’s made my life much easier.
I have the day off, so I’m going to dash through my chores (Farm & Fleet for chicken supplies, Walgreen’s for a few H&B items) and then I’m spending the rest of the day sewing. I have projects stacked to the ceiling and my fingers have been itching to get at them.
Have a good day! :)
Day off? What’s that? LOL
Sewing? I am so jealous. I’ve got to get my machine out and get busy—my baby sister is having a baby next month, shower this month. I used to sew a lot—not enough hours in the day. Told my daughter that’s what I’m leaving her when I die—all my unfinished projects!
**I am so GRATEFUL that I have the skill set that I have. It’s made my life much easier.**
Amen
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