In this April 24, 2017 photo, founder and CEO of Growing Power, Will Allen, left, shows Yatte Moore, farm manager of Blackhawk Courts Farms and Garden, in Rockford, Ill., how to maintain moisture levels in seed beds. Allen, a former professional basketball player, founded Growing Power Inc., and is a pioneer of urban agriculture in America. Moore is among those that found inspiration, and has been tending to an urban farm in a public housing complex in southeast Rockford for almost five years. (Kayli Plotner/Rockford Register Star via AP)