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Farm in the City Sprouts a 'Genius'
by Jerilyn Watson

Adapted from the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, Broadcast: 12
October 2008
Will Allen is an urban farmer in the American Midwest. And last month
he became one of the twenty-five winners of this year's MacArthur
fellowships, commonly called genius grants. The John D. and Catherine
T. MacArthur Foundation secretly chooses people to receive $500 000
over five years. They can spend it any way they want.

Will Allen co-directs a nonprofit organization called Growing Power.
He helped create the group in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1995. Growing
Power has a series of greenhouses on about one hectare of land in the
city. The farm provides low-cost fresh fruits and vegetables,
especially for poor people. People without much money often eat
unhealthy diets that can lead to problems like heart disease and
diabetes. Part of the problem is that poor communities often lack
markets with fresh produce. Will Allen also feels strongly that food
that has to travel long distances from field to market costs too much.

During the last ten years, he has expanded the work of Growing Power.
For example, his daughter Erika manages projects in Chicago, Illinois.
One Chicago organization that they work with is the Farm-City Market
Basket Program. This program sells weekly baskets of fresh produce.
Members of a farming cooperative provide the food at reduced prices.
Teenagers and young adults work as aides at Growing Power. They can
also study agricultural methods at workshops organized by the group.
People who want to learn how to start city farms can get intensive
training at these workshops in Milwaukee.

Will Allen is the son of a laborer who could not read. As a child,
Will wanted to be a basketball player. He became the first African-
American to play basketball for the University of Miami in Florida.
After graduating, he played professionally. When he retired in 1977,
he and his wife Cynthia moved to Wisconsin. Will Allen grew vegetables
and sold them at local markets in the Milwaukee area for years. Then
he purchased the farm that became Growing Power.

His dream now is to build a vertical farm, in a building five floors
high.
VOCABULARY
Genious: dahi
Urban: şehirli
Farmer: çiftçi
Winner: kazanan
Fellowship: burs, ödül
Nonprofit: kar amacı gütmeyen
Receive: almak
low-cost: düşük maliyetli
greenhouse: sera
heart disease: kalp hastalığı
diabetes: şeker hastalığı
unhealthy: sağlıksız
lack: bir şeyin eksik olması
community: topluluk
expand: genişletmek
agriculture: tarım
workshop: atölye
local: yerel
vertical:dikey




Questions
Cevaplara uygun soruları yazınız


1)Live/does/Will Allen/?/where


In the American Midwest





2)Win/he/?/last/did/month/what

A MacArthur fellowship.






3)İs/fellowship/the/how/worth/?/much

$500 000.







4)/do/What / Will Allen/does?

He co-directs a nonprofit organization called Growing Power.


5)/farm /do/?/the/what/does

It provides fruits and vegetables for poor people

6)/heart disease /Why/ poor people /often/ get /and/diabetes/?/ do/

Because they eat unhealthy diets.

7) last /has/ Will Allen /?/ done/ What/ in /the / ten years

Expanded the work of Growing Power.

8) his daughter/does/Erika/what/?/do

She manages projects in Chicago




Answers

1Where does Will Allen live?
2What did he win last month?
3How much is the fellowship worth?
4What does Will Allen do?
5What does the farm do?
6Why do poor people often get heart disease and diabetes?
7What has Will Allen done in the last ten years?
8What does his daughter Erika do?