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Demonstration Site Profile
All People's Gathering Harvest Hands The People's Orchard
Milwaukee, WI
The Harambee Neighborhood is already buzzing with urban ag activity. In addition to the Peoples Orchard, the All Peoples Community Garden and the All Peoples Urban Greenhouse, we are home to the Victory Garden Initiative, the Growing Power Cafe, the 5 Corners Farmer's Market and lots of Milwaukee Urban Garden community gardens and other garden spaces. New efforts are underway to unite these groups and identify our neighborhood as an AGRI-HOOD.
Farm Information
Location:
Milwaukee, WI
County:
Milwaukee
Context:
Urban
Land Tenure:
We own 3 of the lots and the lot on Locust and 1st street is owned by the city of Milwaukee.
Total Acres:
Other Practices:
Yes, swales, roof rain water catchment, porous pavement with a cistern that is powered by a bicycle pump, rain gardens, green houses, seed saving, and hugelkulture.
Agroforestry Profile
Agroforestry Established:
2011
Agroforestry Acres:
Agroforestry Practices:
Windbreaks, Riparian Buffer, Food Forest
Do you offer tours, programming or events?
Yes. Kids Working to Succeed (KWTS) program.
Size of Agroforestry Practices:
???
Contact Information
Andy DiMezza/Jim Spotts/Susan Holty
414-378-7721
Farm Visitors
Visitors: If you want a tour send us an email! If you wanna just walk around our 4 orchards and gardens undisturbed, come on by!
Agroforestry Practice Details,
Production & Crops
Apples, pears, cherries. Used Fresh, for apple and pear sauce. Used for apple, pear, and cherry cider.
Other Information
Support: Technical Assistance, implementation, grant cost share, funding, etc.
Barriers/Obstacles
Business, Marketing, sales
How did you get involved in agroforestry?
Future plans
Imported: May 2025, Updated: October 1, 2025
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