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A pioneering urban farmer and MacArthur Genius Award winner points the way to building a new food system that can feed--and heal--broken communities. The son of a sharecropper, Will Allen had no intention of ever becoming a farmer himself. But after years in professional basketball and as an executive for Kentucky Fried Chicken and Procter & Gamble, Allen cashed in his retirement fund for a two-acre plot a half mile away from Milwaukee's largest public housing project. The area was a food desert with only convenience stores and fast-food restaurants to serve the needs of local residents. In the face of financial challenges and daunting odds, Allen built the country's preeminent urban farm--a food and educational center that now produces enough vegetables and fish year-round to feed thousands of people. Employing young people from the neighboring housing project and community, Growing Power has sought to prove that local food systems can help troubled youths, dismantle racism, create jobs, bring urban and rural communities closer together, and improve public health. Today, Allen's organization helps develop community food systems across the country. An eco-classic in the making, The Good Food Revolution is the story of Will's personal journey, the lives he has touched, and a grassroots movement that is changing the way our nation eats.

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Mirron Willis--actor of film, stage, and television--is the winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration in 2012 and a finalist for the Audie in 2015, as well as the winner of several AudioFile Earphones Awards for his audiobook recordings. He has worked extensively in film and television and on stage with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Houston Shakespeare Festival, and the Ensemble Theatre, among others. Eric Schlosser is an American journalist and author known for investigative journalism. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Fast Food Nation and Command and Control, as well as Reefer Madness and Chew on This. His writing has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Nation. He was executive producer of the Oscar-winning major motion picture There Will be Blood as well as producer and co-producer of critically acclaimed documentary films. Schlosser studied American history at Princeton University and earned a graduate degree in British imperial history from Oxford. He lives in California with his wife, Shauna Jean Redford, and has two children. Eric Schlosser is an American journalist and author known for investigative journalism. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Fast Food Nation and Command and Control, as well as Reefer Madness and Chew on This. His writing has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Nation. He was executive producer of the Oscar-winning major motion picture There Will be Blood as well as producer and co-producer of critically acclaimed documentary films. Schlosser studied American history at Princeton University and earned a graduate degree in British imperial history from Oxford. He lives in California with his wife, Shauna Jean Redford, and has two children. After retiring from professional basketball and executive positions at Kentucky Fried Chicken and Procter & Gamble, Will Allen became the CEO of Growing Power. He lives in Milwaukee.

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