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Farmer Will Allen and the growing table

Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Eric-Shabazz Larkin

Urban Agriculture Biography Juvenile Literature

The story of former basketball star and current urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, whose vision of gardening from abandoned urban sites led to a grassroots feeding craze.

In this book, former basketball player turned urban farmer Will Allen teaches children about composting, container gardens, and "growing power."