URBAN AGRICULTURE

Michael Fields Agricultural Institute- East Troy, Wisconsin

Teutonia Urban Garden-Academy of Learning and Leadership (TUG-ALL)

Teutonia Urban Garden is a model for inner city redevelopment with a 24,000 sq. foot classroom, business incubation and community garden with the site provided by Maures Development in its mixed-use housing development, Teutonia Urban Garden and Handsome Plaza. Teutonia Urban Garden includes an innovative storm water management strategy and during its first phase will provide a hands-on, experiential classroom for Academy of Learning and Leadership, a K-8 Milwaukee public charter school. Read more

Elaine's Project

Elaine’s Project is inspired by Dr. Elaine Kohler’s passionate dedication to improving the health of inner city children. Elaine’s Project will address the damaging and often deadly health effects that inner city economic, environmental and social conditions have on its resident children and their families, particularly through increased health services and educational programs emphasizing lifestyle, nutrition and access to healthy foods. The goal of Elaine’s Project is to create a replicable Project-Based Learning program for healthier lifestyles and living environments toward improving student and family health, building awareness and capacity with an emphasis on generational sustainability.

Michael Fields Agricultural Institute installed and stewards the maintenance of Teutonia Urban Garden (TUG-ALL) providing an Environmental-Based site for hands-on health and sciences fieldwork and the physical and mental benefits of outdoor activity for the Academy of Learning and Leadership student body during the school year and in summer in partnership with the LaVarnway Boys and Girls Club to which the Academy is attached. The Garden Educator will provide ecological education to students in their classrooms, on-site at TUG and through ‘mirrored learning’ on sustainable, rural farms as well as facilitate ALL teachers in garden-curriculum integration. Read more.

Milwaukee Urban Agriculture Network (MUAN) farming

The Milwaukee Urban Agriculture Network (MŪAN) is a collaborative effort of Milwaukee-area individuals and organizations focused on advancing awareness and engagement in activities and policies that will promote the many ways that local production of food benefits a community. The network is composed of anyone interested in urban agriculture in Milwaukee.

Visit http://www.mkeurbanag.org for further information about urban agriculture in Milwaukee.

Michael Fields Agricultural Institute is a public, non-profit institute for education and research in sustainable agriculture, which admits students of any race, color and national or ethnic origin.



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