num_pages: 32
description: Will Allen is no ordinary farmer. A former basketball star he's as tall as his truck and he can hold a cabbage--or a basketball--in one hand. But what is most special about Farmer Will is that he can see what others can't see. When he looked at an abandoned city lot in Milwaukee he saw a huge table big enough to feed the whole world.No space no problem. Poor soil there's a solution. Need help found it. Farmer Will is a genius in solving problems. In 2008 the MacArthur Foundation named him one for his innovative urban farming methods including aquaponics and hydroponics.Jacqueline Briggs Martin author of the Caldecott Medal winner Snowflake Bentley  and Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious  along with debut artist Eric-Shabazz Larkin's striking artwork tells the inspiring story of the African American innovator educator and community builder.Farmer Will Allen is the first book of Martin's Food Heroes series followed by Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious. In 2015 it was selected by Points of Light Foundation to set a new Guinness World Record for the most children reading the same book across the globe to promote literacy. Nearly 300000 participated.
language: English
title: Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
publisher: Readers to Eaters