[CPEO-BIF] "Project converts a [Milwaukee, WI] 'brownfield' into an urban farm"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Project converts a 'brownfield' into an urban farm

by Nate Imig
88Nine Radio (Milwaukee, WI)
June 15, 2015

After nearly a decade of planning, a North Side Milwaukee "brownfield" is being developed into an urban farm that will eventually produce healthy food and create jobs.

The 1.25-acre farm will sit on a redeveloped parcel of industrial land near N. 30th and Brown St.  Work is underway now to remove the industrial waste and contaminated soil, converting it to usable land once again.

After the area has been cleared of debris, crews will lay down a layer of crumbled concrete; then, they'll top it with two feet of new, healthy dirt for the farm.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.radiomilwaukee.org/economic-development/project-converts-brownfield-urban-farm

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org




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