Posted on February 5, 2010 with 2 Comments
During a productive two day trip to Seattle, Washington; Will Allen bears witness to the declaration of 2010 as the Year of Urban Agriculture by Mayor Mike McGinn and Seattle City Council members. This campaign was announced to promote urban agriculture efforts and increase community access to locally grown food. Seattle has 68 urban gardens in 2009, the most number of gardens in the nation run by volunteers of 3800 gardeners on 1900 plots of land.
About 500 people gathered in the auditorium on the first day of the visit hosted by Creatives4Community.
Will in Seattle
Posted on January 22, 2010 with No Comments
For 12th year now, the Midwest Value Added Ag Conference served as a meeting and gathering ground for farmers, producers, educators, policymakers, and local food enthusiasts. Will delivered his opening keynote at 9AM on Thursday January 21st,2010 . There were many familiar “local Ag” as well as new, young faces and it was a perfect way to start off 2010 . Will spoke to a diverse crowd of government employees, university faculties and farmers from the Wisconsin and Minnesota region.
Driving back to Milwaukee, Will managed to jumped in on a radio interview with the Wisconsin Public Radio on the West Side Program. Listen to the interview with guests include State Agriculture Secretary Rod Nilsestuen; Diane Mayerfeld Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Statewide Coordinator; Kelly Cain is Director of the St. Croix Institute for Sustainable Community Development; Rich Purdy the President of the River Country Resource Conservation and Development Council.
http://wpr.org/regions/eau/twsarchive.cfm
Listen now using RealPlayer 47:20
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