There may be a shortage of content auto executives here in Detroit but there isn't a shortage of urban gardens.
Excerpt:
This unique cityscape today offers a fertile opportunity for urban
agriculture. Projects underway are not centrally led by city
institutions but, to push a metaphor, grow organically from the
grassroots up. Many downtown residents are active urban farmers in
their downtime. Adam explains that Detroiters have always cultivated
their lots for food, often out of economic necessity, whereas recent
arrivals are attracted by the potential for sustainable urban living -
land is cheap, buildings are ripe for adaptation to efficient green
technologies, there is even a resurgent cycling scene in motor city -
and home-grown food is central to this vision.
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