Will Allen

50 Most Powerful People in Food? Whose Food?

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: The Daily Meal, Grant Achatz, Growing Power, Tyson Foods, Cargill, Greenmarket, Slow Food USA, Bill Marler, McDonald's, Foodcorps, Will Allen, Mark Bittman, Monsanto, Josh Viertel, Food News
Jerusha Klemperer

This duality of sustainable food advocates on one end and industrial food giants on the other shows the growing power of each of the poles of our food system.

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Meatless Monday: Give Back, Don't Throw Out

Ellen Kanner | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Epa, Robert Engelman, Growing Power, Beets, Worldwatch Institute, Waste, Compost, Thanksgiving, Will Allen, Chard, Food, Green Holiday, Green News
Ellen Kanner

America may be the land of plenty but we don't have enough to squander. And yet, we're brilliant at it.

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Green Awards - Finalist Pamela French

Pamela French | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: General Mills, Will Allen, Green Giant, Pamela French, Cate Arnold, Caden Hare, Bea Johnson, The Green Awards, Green News
Pamela French

My childhood dream was to win an Oscar. I think originally it was for Best Actress, but as I moved from in front of the camera to behind, my dream w...

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NFL Week 13 - Tweet Dreams

Scott Swanay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reggie Bush, John Abraham, Drew Stanton, Jim Brown, Tom Cable, Bill Belichick, James Harrison, Aaron Curry, Ndamukong Suh, Steve Young, Aaron Rodgers, Will Allen, Chris Johnson, Darren McFadden, Glenn Dorsey, Dustin Keller, Matt Millen, Norv Turner, John Mckay, Pierre Thomas, Ahmad Bradshaw, Dwight Freeney, C.J. Spiller, Mardy Gilyard, Hines Ward, Felix Jones, Flipper Anderson, Fabian Washington, Michael Vick, Peyton Hillis, Brandon Jacobs, Lovie Smith, Rex Ryan, Greg Olsen, Andre Carter, Jake Delhomme, Legedu Naanee, Brian Westbrook, Ryan Succop, Jack Del Rio, Terrell Suggs, Brett Favre, Chad Ochocinco, Danny Ware, Carson Palmer, Calvin Johnson, Matt Bryant, Arian Foster, Kirk Morrison, Gerald McCoy, Eric Wright, Peyton Manning, Derek Anderson, Darnell Dockett, Steve Smith, Jonathan Stewart, Knowshon Moreno, Gary Guyton, Greg Lewis, Sports News
Scott Swanay

Hypothetical tweets from real NFL figures! @dmcfadden20 When I first heard that embarrassing cables were being released, I thought our coach had bee...

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Dinner in the Desert

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whole Foods Market, Salad Bars, Whole Foods, Grist, Corn, Ed Bruske, Farmers Markets, Washington DC, Malnutrition, Congress, Tom Philpott, Will Allen, Obesity, Farm to School, Child Nutrition Reauthorization, Soy, School Lunch, Childhood Obesity, Undernutrition, Food Deserts, Junk Food, Artisanal, Soda, Washington Post, Ann Cooper, Food News
Sarah Newman

We all bear the consequences if these children don't eat.

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Greener Pastures: Edible Estates, Part 2

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Will Allen, Vegetable Gardening, Gardening, Growing Power, Edible Estates, Fritz Haeg, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

Gardens are growing like weeds, a fact that has been attributed by some to our flagging economy. But gardening is also one of the most hopeful things a person can do.

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Will Allen's Growing Power Brings Urban Farms To Inner Cities

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Growing Power, Will Allen, Healthy Food, Urban Farms, Hunger, Poverty, US Poverty, Urban Farming, Hunger in America, Fresh Food, Milwaukee Food Deserts, Chicago Food Deserts, Food Deserts, Video, Impact News

Through the nonprofit organization he founded, agriculturalist Will Allen has dedicated himself to creating sustainable community farms in urban areas...

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Active Citizenship: How to Cultivate Change in Our Communities

Jonathan Tisch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Web Development, Growing Power, Loews, Service, Urban Gardening, Local Food, Citizen You, Will Allen, Jonathan Tisch, Volunteering, Volunteerism, Teaching, Nonprofit, Impact News
Jonathan Tisch

In the world of advocacy and volunteering, a talented, ambitious person with a big heart and a big idea can build a support network that improves the daily lives of thousands of citizens.

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Will Allen Arrested, DUI Charge Filed

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Miami Dolphins cornerback Will Allen has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Miami Beach. Jail re...

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From Fast Food Nation to Pro Food Ventures

Rob Smart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farms, Retail, Growing Power, The Jungle, Farmers, Food Retail, Will Allen, Upton Sinclair, Business, Fast Food Nation, Innovation, Usda, Slow Money, Michael Pollan, Pro Food, Food Inc., Industrial Food, Sustainable, Organic, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Local, Eric Schlosser, Pro, Investments, Triple Bottom Line, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Business News
Rob Smart

Early pioneers of the sustainable food movement, with dirt on their hands, lessons learned and progress made, have played a critical role in blazing trails for new ventures.

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Fresh's Director and Producer, Ana Joanes, Explains the Difficulty of Filming a Documentary and What Sustainability Means

Louise McCready | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, Michael Moore, Fresh, Agriculture, Joel Salatin, Food, Sustainability, Will Allen, Ana Joanes, Food Tag, Green News
Louise McCready

Ana Joanes: When confronted with such large and complex problems, it's hard to see the meaning of small, individual actions. I embarked on the making of Fresh to recapture a sense of agency.

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Street Farmer Genius: Will Allen And Future of the Good-Food Movement

nytimes.com | ELIZABETH ROYTE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Will Allen Farmer, Will Allen, Good Food Movement, Local Food, Urban Farming, Farmers, Green News

Like others in the so-called good-food movement, Allen, who is 60, asserts that our industrial food system is depleting soil, poisoning water, gobblin...

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The Revolution Will Not Be (Petrochemically) Fertilized

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Endocrine Disruptors, Slow Food, Woodbridge Winery, Nicholas Kristof, Will Allen, Stephen Colbert, Roger Doiron, Josh Viertel, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Growing tomatoes has replaced throwing tomatoes as a form of protest; millions of Americans are looking to opt out of our toxic food chain by trying to grow some of their own food this year.

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Beyond Hippies And Treehuggers: The Urban Farming Revolution

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, Produce, Soil, Atlanta, Organic Food, Urban Farming, Community Gardens, Will Allen, HABESHA Gardens, Gardening, Fresh Produce, Plot, Green Living, Green News

On a plot of soil, nestled against the backdrop of skyscrapers in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, a group of residents are turning a lack of access to fres...

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FRESH Director Ana Joanes Blazes A Trail To Greener Pastures

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Marion Nestle, Monsanto, Michelle Obama, Michael Pollan, Food Inc., Fresh, Will Allen, Organic, Ana Joanes, Barack Obama, Green News
Kerry Trueman

FRESH, which premieres this week in New York, Boston and DC, "celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system."

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The Politician Who's Ready to Reclaim Our Food Chain Now

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Pollan, Growing Power, Mayor Bloomberg, Foodshed, Sustainability, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Will Allen, New York City, Food Deserts, Environment, Food, Green Living, Green News
Kerry Trueman

While Obama and Tom Vilsack have given lip service to the merits of Michael Pollan's proposals, our bold Manhattan borough president has been busy actively working to implement them.

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Urban Farmer Among 'Genius Grant' Winners

Chicago Sun-Times | Kara Spak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Macarthur Foundation, Will Allen, Genius Grant, Chicago Agriculture, Macarthur Foundation Grants, Macarthur Grant, MacArthur Genius Grant, Chicago News

Will Allen started a farm in a city, hired teenagers to tend the crops and now distributes the produce to some of the poorest people and priciest rest...

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