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Welcome to Citiwire.net! If local agriculture is to be a pillar of sustainable cities, it will take plenty of imagination–technical and social. Will Allen’s Milwaukee-based “Growing Power,” the focus of my column this week, has the inventiveness (and soul) to be a powerful model for the new times. Reading the piece, just count the pluses–city farming, yard-round growing potentials, engagement of youth, overcoming our obesity-feeding “food deserts” –and more. … My colleague Curt Johnson‘s Citiwire column on the energy and enthusiasm–youthful and mature–of the All-America Cities program is yet another sign that even in times of disheartening government deficits and cutbacks, the forces for civic progress remain vibrant.