Will Allen, founder of Growing Power and one of the world’s foremost experts on urban farming, is the keynote speaker at the    Grey to Green Festival in Wick Park in Youngstown on Saturday, Sept. 12.
        Allen, recipient of the 2008 MacArthur Genius Award and recently featured in the New York Times Magazine, will speak at 11 a.m. in the pavilion in Wick Park.
        Allen will also participate in a panel discussion, “Economics, ‘Food Racism’ and Urban Agriculture,” at 3 p.m. in the Unitarian Church across from the park. 
         The appearance is sponsored by Grow Youngstown, Youngstown State University and the Raymond John Wean Foundation as part of Youngstown's 2nd annual Grey to Green Festival.
For more information on Allen, visit www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/magazine/05allen-t.html. Or, visit the Growing Power Web site at www.growingpower.org. For a schedule of events please see www.greytogreenfestival.org.  For media, contact csa@growyoungstown.org.  See more details in the attached press release.