New York Times notes Detroit's urban farming efforts

An article about urban agriculture in Brooklyn notes Detroit's own swelling push toward urban agriculture.

Excerpt:

In Detroit, where locals refer to stretches of the city as urban prairie, food gardens are scattered through backyards, schoolyards and even more unlikely spots, including the floor of an abandoned roofless furniture factory and a vacant lot owned by a local order of Catholic friars. The number of gardens has grown to nearly 450 since the Garden Resource Program Collaborative began coordinating them in 2003.

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