GROWING POWER

BUY FISH LIVE USUAL FOOD EAT GROW STILL BECOME CAREER SALE CREEK START MILWAUKEE

How often have you ___ fruit, vegetables or fresh ___ at a supermarket? People ___ in food deserts can’t ___ this. Food deserts are ___ in poor neighbourhoods. There ___n’t anywhere to buy fresh ___ there and people often ___ very bad diets of ___ food and sweets. One ___, Will Allen, is fighting ___ problem successfully. Allen has ___ a lot of experience ___ achieving difficult goals. He ___ up on a farm ___ Maryland, USA. He wanted ___ be a basketball player, ___ his parents didn’t let ___ practise until he finished ___ farm work every day. ___, Allen went on to ___ a college basketball player ___ then a professional player ___ Belgium. After his basketball ___ ended, Allen returned to ___ US and worked in ___, but later he returned ___ his love of farming ___ a farm in Oak ___, Wisconsin. In 1993 he ___ looking for a place ___ sell his food in ___, the nearest big city ___ he found a garden ___ buy in one of ___ city’s food deserts. Allen ___ growing food in the ___ garden.

   That’s how Growing Power was born. Growing Power is the only farm in the city of Milwaukee. Allen grows vegetables and fruit there, and he’s also got fish, goats and other animals. Thanks to Allen’s hard work, Growing Power has brought fresh food to around 10,000 people living in places without supermarkets. Many children and adults have learned about farming and healthy food, and their lives have changed forever.

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