Health crisis? Hunger crisis? Local food production can address them both. According to the Zero Hunger Challenge, a program presented by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2012, the only way to end world hunger is through sustainable small-plot farming. Some think this kind of initiative is only needed in third world countries. However, UN […]
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Neighbor Spotlight: Barb Wesson
by Lee Gutowski The Art of Living Dynamically: Barb Wesson’s Winding Trail to Nia-land Barb Wesson is a dancing, dreaming dynamo. The Nia Technique teacher has lived in Riverwest since 1999, and for years has been manifesting her goals and helping others achieve theirs by teaching them the art of “mind-body fitness.” So what exactly […]
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Neighbor Spotlight – Andy DiMezza
by Nick DiMarsh, photo by Alice M Waraxa December 13, 2010, Andy arrived in Milwaukee in a blizzard. He parked in the Growing Power parking lot in the middle of the night and fell asleep. Andy came to work there as an intern. He was already shoveling goat manure by noon, the day he arrived. […]
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Long Arm Farm: Relationships, Ethics, Trust…and Amazing Food
Long Arm Farm in Westby, Wisconsin is a long way from Riverwest, but Micaela O’Herlihy has found a way to farm, and to make her relationships in the city pay off. O’Herlihy grew up in Los Angeles, California. She came to Milwaukee in 1999 and became an adjunct professor in the film department at UW-Milwaukee. […]
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Neighbor Spotlight – Jan Christensen
It’s hard to talk about both urban agriculture and Riverwest without Jan Christensen’s name coming up. When I suggested that she be the Neighbor Spotlight, Jan looked at me quizzically, put her head on her desk, and laughed. But no one in the Currents office could deny that it did made sense to feature her […]
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