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Farming means growing crops and on a good size piece of land in the coutry country, right. ? Well, a farmer farm also can produce food and in small space spaces in the cityjust as will . Just ask Will Allen.
Will Allen is an urban farmer in the american mid-westAmerican Midwest. And last mouth, * month he became one of the 25 winners of this year year's MacArthur fellowships, commonly called genius prizegrants. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation secretary choose the secretly chooses people to recieve receive $ 500,000 over 5 years. They can spend it anyway any way they want.
Will Allen called * co-directs（共同领导） a nonprofit(非赢利) organization growning powercalled Growing Power. It help to great grown in He helped create the waukee group in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1995. Growning power Growing Power has serious a series of green houses honour greenhouses on about one head 1 hectare（公顷） of land in the city.
The farm provides local low-cost fresh foods fruits and vegetablesthat's specially , especially for poor people. People without much money often eat and unhealth * unhealthy diets（食物） that can lead to problems like heart disease and diebitiesdiabetes（糖尿病）. Part of the problems problem is that poor communities often like lack markets with fresh produce.
Will Allen feel feels strongly that the food that has to traval travel long distances from field to market cost to costs too much. During the last ten 10 years, he has expanded a the work of growning powerGrowing Power. For example, his doctor daughter Erika manages projects since in Chicago, Illinois.
| 听写于：2008-10-18 12:05 | 用时：23:31 | |
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