Growing Power ROTC- Ridall Corp – 3 childhood friends transforming city of Cleveland

Posted on November 29, 2011 with No Comments

A nice video and write up about Ridall Corp, who graduated from our 2009 Commercial Urban Ag program.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/11/three_childhood_friends_start.html

Three childhood friends open an urban farm in the Kinsman neighborhood with the dream of producing fresh vegetables, farm-raised Tilapia fish and jobs for inner-city residents. The founding partners of the Rid-All Green Partnership — Randall McShepard, Keymah Durden, and Damien Forshe — talk about their growing business.

Workers at the Rid-All urban farm in Cleveland had planned on building their fourth greenhouse on Saturday Nov. 19, but opted to begin work on a 1,000-watt solar station instead. “‘Keep it moving,’ that’s our motto,” sad Rid-All co-founder Damien Forshe. In this video clip, Forshe talks about getting off the grid. Dan Weaver, owner of Windsor Greenhouse in Ashtabula County talks about building greenhouses for Rid-All, and Tim Lewis of Green In The Ghetto, A Rid-All partner, talks about educating children about urban farming and eating healthy.

Growing Power to visit D-Town – June 5th & 6th

Posted on May 27, 2010 with No Comments

Will Allen and crew is going to Detroit ! We will be conducting a training workshop on vermicomposting and hoop house construction as part of an outreach training. Detroit Black Food Security Network is a recent Regional Outreach Training Center of Growing Power.

http://detroitblackfoodsecurity.org/allen.html

Friday, June 4, 2010, 7:00 pm
Will Allen lecture
Location: Nsoroma Institute, 20045 Joann Street, Detroit, MI 48205
(3 blocks S. of E. 8 mile, 4 blocks west of Schoenherr St.)

Price: $20.00 per person

Saturday and Sunday, 9:00am to 6:00pm
Workshops at D-Town Farm at Rouge Park
Location: W. Outer Dr. between W. Chicago and Orangelawn
Subjects:  Hoop house Construction and Vermicomposting
Workshop cost is $100.00 for both days, which includes Continental breakfast and a full lunch each day.

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Recent graduate of GP Commercial Urban Agriculture Training 2010, Jackie Hunt and Marilyn Barber took a few moments during their April training to share their story: