Published: December 6, 2010
The Bradshaw-Knight Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin approved Groundswell’s proposal for a grant to support action research for a documentary and public engagement campaign focusing on the rise of the fresh food movement.
Urban agriculture visionaries such as Will Allen of Growing Power in Milwaukee and Ken Dunn of City Farm in Chicago are just two of the participants in this project. Groundswell is organizing public conversations about the hidden cost and health impacts of industrial agriculture. This new project presents the untold stories of ordinary people who are struggling to grow real food in vacant city lots, public school yards, ethnic communities and leading universities.
Do you know a great food story that reveals a hidden cost of the industrial food system? Share your stories with us (email jeff@groundswellfilms.org).
You should check out the Natick Community Organic Farm (the Harvard of Community Farms!) in metropolitan Boston (www.natickfarm.org). It — a “town owned” organic farm that has been in existence since the 1970s (an accomplishment in itself) and is a hub for the local fresh food movement; is tied into the local elementary school curriculum; runs work programs for youth; holds adult education classes and much more.