Urban Farming, Keep Growing Detroit – Action

W. Michael Slattery grew up on a farm in southeast Iowa, and earlier in his career, worked 18 years in finance and international business in New York and Tokyo.  In 1999, Michael returned to his farming roots and he and his wife, Nancy, raised their three children on their 220-acre family owned- farm and rented land near Maribel, WI. Presently Michael and Nancy raise Holstein steers and cash crop, in addition to selling produce at farmers' markets.

 Distressed at the continued worsening of farm economics in which wealth from farms is transferred to agribusiness and subsidizes U.S. consumers, he seeks to provide value-added service to invigorate WFU (Wisconsin Farmers’ Union) in its support of farming and to bring about structural changes for revitalizing agriculture

Slattery holds a doctorate degree in Economic and Political Development and Theory from Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy in Medford, Mass.