Post Carbon Fellow Erika Allen, part of the Urban Grower’s Collective in Chicago, was featured in this segment on feeding communities through the current crisis. From the article: Urban Growers Collective co-founder Erika Allen said the money from those...
Post Carbon Fellow Erika Allen was interviewed about her work with the Urban Growers Collective in Chicago. From the article: At sites throughout the city, the women-owned farms of Urban Growers Collective are providing a vehicle for social justice...
Post Carbon Fellow Erika Allen was quoted in this article on Chicago Tonight marking the milestone of 10,000 customers served with fruit and vegetables by the Fresh Moves Mobile Market. From the article: On the bus, shoppers can select...
Post Carbon Fellow Erika Allen’s comments on the challenges urban farmers face in holding on to their land were included in this article from the Tribune-Review. From the article: But even a pioneer like Erika Allen faces land access...
Post Carbon Fellow Erika Allen and the Growing Power team in Chicago are working to create a true City in a Garden: a “beautiful space where everyone is well cared for.” Young adults learn about farming, culinary arts, and...
Post Carbon Fellow Erika Allen was quoted in this Truthout article on the future of food justice. From the article: “It’s about improving the economic conditions of people so they can do what they want with their resources,” said...
Post Carbon Fellow Erika Allen’s recent dialogue at UNC Asheville’s Highsmith University on ‘transformation through the food system’ was reported in the Asheville Mountain Xpress. From the article: On Jan. 20, a roomful of college students and citizens gathered...
Post Carbon Fellow Erika Allen was interviewed in the Chicago Sun-Times about her work creating community based food systems. From the article: I grew up on a 120-acre farm, scary farming, with no off-farm labor, meaning there was no...
Erika Allen, the Chicago and National Projects director for Growing Power, talks about the importance of farming and how it impacts civilization as well as the similarities in today’s practices as she examines an ancient clay sickle from Chogha...