chemistry

Growing Power

Growing Power is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Growing Power rather than just read about it. In short: Growing Power was an urban agriculture organization headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It ran the last functional farm within the Milwaukee city limits and also maintained an active office in Chicago.

Key takeaways

Growing Power belongs to chemistry; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Growing Power to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Growing Power from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Growing Power was an urban agriculture organization headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It ran the last functional farm within the Milwaukee city limits and also maintained an active office in Chicago. Growing Power aimed for sustainable food production, as well as the growth of communities through the creation of local gardens and Community Food Systems. They implemented their mission by providing hands-on training, on-the-ground demonstration, outreach and technical assistance. Its facilities included seven large greenhouses, a kitchen, indoor and outdoor training gardens, aquaculture system and a food distribution facility. Fish, worms, bees, goats, chickens, turkeys, and ducks were also raised there. Growing Power conducted workshops and demonstrations in aquaculture, aquaponics, vermiculture, horticulture, small or large-scale composting, soil reclamation, food distribution, beekeeping, and marketing. It also ran numerous collaborative projects and training projects, including a partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee to train city youth in gardening, in addition to hosting interns year-round. The farm grew a wide variety of fruit and vegetables, and also farmed tilapia and perch through the use of aquaponics. Thousands of people toured the facilities every year. Growing Power was started by Will Allen, who bought the Milwaukee farm in 1993. Allen, a former professional basketball player, grew up on a farm in Maryland. In 2008, he was awarded a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" for his work on urban farming, sustainable food production and with Growing Power. Despite the organization's successes in attracting attention to urban agriculture and community food systems causes, Growing Power was unable to attain financial self-sufficiency. Facing mounting debts and legal challenges, in November 2017 Growing Power's board of directors voted to dissolve the organization. Following the dissolution of Growing Power, the leadership team of its Chicago branch formed the nonprofit Urban Growers Collective, to "continue the legacy of Growing Power." The Urban Grower's Collective was co-founded by Will Allen's daughter, Erika Allen.

References

Ramp, Stefanie (Sep 22, 2005). "Growing Power is in Full Bloom". Shepherd Express. pp. 15–17. Archived from the original on June 11, 2006. Retrieved May 20, 2006. Wilcox, Lauren (2006). "Farming Moves to the Big City". World Ark. Retrieved 2006-05-20. Engle, Debra (2003). Grace from the Garden : Changing the World One Garden at a Time. Rodale Books. ISBN 1-57954-685-4. Lappe, Frances (2005). Democracy's Edge : Choosing to Save Our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life. Jossey-Bass. ISBN 0-7879-4311-8. Stephenson, Crocker (July 8, 2005). "Return to farming cultivated his natural instinct". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Cohen, Patricia (Sep 23, 2008). "25 Receive $500,000 'Genius' Fellowships". The New York Times.

External links

Growing Power on Atlas Obscura

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Growing Power

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Growing Power claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Growing Power before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Growing Power ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Growing Power

In research: Growing Power appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Growing Power in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Growing Power is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1993 establishments in Wisconsin, Non-profit organizations based in Wisconsin, Organic gardening, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Growing Power outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Growing Power in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Growing Power means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Growing Power out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Growing Power in simple terms?

Why does Growing Power matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Growing Power?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Growing Power.