Take A Trip to…. The BEAUTIFUL Growing Power By: Choua Her Mai Vang Yang
The Goals of Growing Power • To Inspire communities to build sustainable food systems that are equitable and ecologically sound, creating a just world, and one food-secure community at a time
What is it? • Growing Power – A national and local farm that helps • Communities to be self-dependent • Make their own food system – A non-profit community where people from different backgrounds help create • Healthy organic foods that’s affordable • Healthy environment where we reuse materials to reduce waste
History… • Started— 1993 by Will Allen • Which was an organization that started because there were teens who needed a place to work – Help kids grow food for community • Last remaining farm & only Greenhouse operation in Milwaukee
Milwaukee’s Growing Power – Growing power… • Headquarter is in Milwaukee, WI – Branch off to Chicago, IL • Both do different projects, but IL focused more on plants as a whole and projects pertaining to growing plants • Where Milwaukee’s growing power focused on a variety of plants, animals, and where different projects are done
More about Growing Power… • Milwaukee’s Growing Power is a 2 acre farm – Where, projects are demonstrated, plants are grown, with many livestock that includes • 6 greenhouses – Such as Livestock, chicken, ducks, turkey, etc – Worm house – Fish farming house used for plants
Projects At Growing Power • Grow – Soil= Important for planting – Use to grow compost/ Vermicompost – Control pest with help from smaller insects and compost tea from bacteria = grow sufficiently – DO NOT use any chemicals. WHY? • May cause effect in food we eat • Aquaponics – Tilapia & Yellow Perch fish are used… – Crops and fish are grown together in a recirculation environment – Plants absorbs the nutrients from fish waste – Plants than reduce the effect of toxic for animals
Continue…. • Bees – Apiary shelter for beehives – Collect nectar • White clover and basswood – Uses to make an appealing texture – One hive creates about 150 pounds of honey per year • Vermicompost – Red Wigglers and Red Earthworms are used • to create rich nutrients, fertilizer for organics, and conditioner for soil – 2 Methods used • a worm bin system (walls needed) • a windrow (no walls needed)
Continue… • Livestock – Wide variety of livestock use for fertilizer, milk production, and protein source – Worms, fish, chicken, ducks, turkey, & goats – Fed on a veggie diet mostly • NO antibiotics or growth hormones is used • Compost – Made from recycled food, farm, and brewery waste – Which goes on to how vermicomposting is used – Worm is raised to have a healthy pop. • Later used as fertilizer
Chicago Growing Power… • Contains 5 outdoor gardens – Contained and mostly focus on plants – Which also sells fruits and vegetables, own market for community – Green city market – 61 st Street Experimental Station Farmer's Market – Bronzeville Farmer's Market
Main Greenhouses…. • 1= entrance with market and orientation • 2= plants that contain salad mix, beet green, and arugula • 3=contains some green, but mostly worm bins • 4=volunteers sign in along with the bean spouts and sugar canes and greens • 5=new fish tank with aquaponics project • 6= sifting for rich soil, contains mustards, herbs and seedings
Experiences at Growing Power Day 1: We started a new fish project. Day 2: We use the soil from the worm bin, sift in to greenhouse 3 to get rich nutrients. Day 3: Sifted soil and filled pots with soil. Also, removing plants from greenhouse 2. Day 4: Packing foods in boxes for coordinators to send it to families.
How is Growing Power connected? • Places that supports – Outpost – Beans and Barley – Riverwest Co-op – Good Harvest Market
Continue… • Scales – Milwaukee Headquarter • Rainbow Farmers cooperative – Cates family farm – M&M Strawberry farm, etc. • Farmers Market – Fox point farmers market – Mitchell street Farmers Market • Chicago Markets – Green city market – 61 st Street Experimental Station Farmer's Market – Bronzeville Farmer's Market
Addressing Differences and inequalities? • (food places around area) • Land is small not very big… • Inequalities – Families who have limit space to farm at home, volunteer and plant there own plants
Expanding Growing Power? ? • Help involve people to volunteer • Tell people about Growing Power – Programs they offer – Market sites – Projects – History of Growing Power
CHECK IT OUT!!! 5500 W. Silver Spring Drive~~Here is the place, its fun, exciting, and worthwhile with great and lovely people to give unforgettable memories!!!
The end of our Trip… Thank you for your time…
Credits to… Growing power’s own webpage "Growing Power. " Growing Power, INC. August 10, 2008. 29 Apr 2009 <http: //www. growingpower. org/Index. htm>.
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