The Green Ghetto

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     The Green Ghetto is an offspring of the Growing Power movement initiated in 1995 in Milwaukee, WI. The Green Ghetto is the nick name of the RID-ALL Green Partnership and is a bit more entrepreneurial than the original Growing Power farm in Milwaukee. Nevertheless, it still is a community focused endeavor endorsed by Will Allen, the founder of Growing Power.

     The facility is located just east of downtown Cleveland, OH. As with the Growing Power effort, the Green ghetto offers opportunities for agriculture training. It does help local houth groups, but for the individual there is a fee schedule dependimng on how often/duration you want to participate in the program.

     Concerning produce and fish grown at the facility, this is also approached in a unique way. To get access to the harvest, community members become a shareholder in the crop. They invest a certain amount of money at the beginning of the year and get a share of the harvest for the rest of the year.

     The reason for this pay up front approach is that this is not a government funded program. This is a private enterprise that is attempting to emulate the Growing Power philosophy. They are in the early stages of their life and have no outside funding from gov., charity or elsewhere. All their money comes from those involved in the project. At this point it is more like a community garden cooperative. The future should bring more opportunities for the local communities.

FD

http://www.greennghetto.org/  

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