VIDEO: Growing Power sprouts in Wisconsin
It’s one of the last places you’d expect to find a farm. But in Wisconsin’s largest city is Growing Power, an urban agriculture project that proves it can grow food just about anywhere. Growing Power is among a growing number of urban farms throughout the Great Lakes region.
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