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URBAN
AGRICULTURE
by
Grace and Emma
HOME
GR/Own
HOME
GR/Own is a completely innovative project that supports
development in very practical
and sustainable methods. The idea of HOME GR/Own is a
great example of true urban agriculture. HOME:
People are sold rundown and forgotten buildings for as little as $100 if they
promise to do something
meaningful with it. It is like a modern homesteading act in which if people
worked the land, after five years of doing so they would own the land.
GROWN: residents are
supposedly supposed to grow something there. /OWN: they
are in charge of the place and
it is theirs. HOME
GR/Own is a project that is part of
a big plan: ReFresh
Milwaukee. Many groups
are
working within this project such as Walnut Way, and Alice’s Garden, which you
will learn
about
later in this piece. They are working to improve access
to healthy food for residents of the neighborhoods which are a
part of the program. They are hoping to renew neighborhoods which are in disrepair
and have abandoned buildings. This would help to cut the government's costs
for
things such as mowing the grass in front of all the abandoned buildings and all
the other necessary
but expensive needs. They hope to impact the income of
families there, or else the project is considered
failed. HOME
GROwn works at three levels: within the city government,
within neighborhoods, and
within community food systems. It is helpful for the
city government because once approval to
grow and use the space of the land/building has been given, they no longer have
to manage the
property. It also improves the quality of the whole city
by increasing access to healthy food and repurposing vacant
lots and houses. HOME GRO/wn also works within
neighborhoods. They
concentrate city and partner resources in targeted
neighborhoods, in order to begin the biggest
change. Lastly, HOMEGROwn works within community food
systems. They are working to determine
if Milwaukee is ready for a food hub and many
other elements
of the organization.
Peaches growing in
the community
orchard
Alice’s
Garden
is an
organization working in HOME GR/Own, and is mainly about
community ownership and
stewardship. Venice Williams is the director and manager
there. Being
a community garden fosters the developments of a
community identity and spirit and brings
people together from a wide variety of backgrounds
across categories such as age, race, culture and social class.
Community gardens give opportunities to meet neighbors
and also allows
families without their own land to grow food. Scientific
studies show that crime and violence
decreases in the neighborhood as the amount of green space increases. The two
acre garden located at
2136 N. 21st St. in Milwaukee,
WI, has become a beautiful place with help
from
the residents and people who have dreamed of ideas to expand and enrich the
small garden
that grew to the one it is now.
Delicious
fruit salad from a Juneteenth celebration at Alice’s Garden
Walnut
Way
“Our
mission is to sustain economically diverse and abundant communities through the
connection
one feels with their larger community, environmental
stewardship, and creating
Walnut
Way, another
organization working on HOME GROwn.
It is located in central Milwaukee, at 2240 North 17th
Street. Larry
Adams is director of environmental stewardship, and is
on the board of advisory at Walnut Way. Walnut Way is
a group that works on informing and engaging a wide variety of ages in civic
and community leadership,housing construction and
restoration, and economic development.
So far, Walnut Way has been transforming vacant lots
into productive gardens and
fruit orchards, working with public authorities,
businesses, and nonprofits on local projects
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