Detroit used to hold 2 million people. Now the city is somewhere around
900,000. That's a lot of vacancy and, also, a lot of opportunity to
reinvent Detroit.
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"What if a lot of the vacant land was allowed to begin to become
green?" Pitera said. "Could Detroit truly become the greenest city in
the United States?"
This abundance of vacant land has people talking about new uses, such
as urban farming, reforesting the city, and large-scale recreational
areas. Urban farming is getting the most buzz. Michigan State
University's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is among the
groups touting urban farms as a solution for Detroit's vacant land.
"Given the amount of open land, I think there's a real opportunity for
Detroit to provide a significant amount of its fruits and vegetables
for its population and the surrounding area," said Mike Hamm, the C.S.
Mott Chair of Sustainable Agriculture at MSU.
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