Feeding the City: The People Powering Local Food

Milwaukee loves to eat and local growers are working hard to sure that fresh nutritious food is grown right here in our city. WUWM's Eric Von Fellow Maria Peralta-Arellano explores the local food systems and discovers how urban agriculture is shaping the way we grow and eat.

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Exchanging cultures at the Walker Square Farmers Market

Maria Peralta-Arellano

Farmers markets take a community’s taste buds, culture and talent and put them on display.
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Alice’s Garden: Where culture and agriculture meet in Milwaukee

Maria Peralta-Arellano

Alice's Garden Urban Farm has been growing in Milwaukee for over 50 years and its mission is to bring culture into agriculture.
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Spilling the beans on the Kinship Urban Farm operations  

Maria Peralta-Arellano

Kinship Community Food Center is helping Milwaukeeans in five different zip codes fight against food insecurity with their farm fresh model.
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Local farmers turn gravel to greenery to supply fresh food

Maria Peralta-Arellano

Crops on Top and Hundred Acre Farm are putting in the work to supply Milwaukee's residents, restaurants and schools with farm fresh ingredients.
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Farming Beginnings: How Will Allen shaped urban agriculture

Maria Peralta-Arellano

To kick off WUWM's new series, "Feeding the City: The People Powering Local Food," Eric Von Fellow Maria Peralta-Arellano chats with Will Allen, who is credited with starting urban agriculture in Milwaukee.