New York Times notes Detroit’s urban farming efforts
An article about urban agriculture in Brooklyn sites Detroit’s own swelling push toward urban agriculture.
An article about urban agriculture in Brooklyn sites 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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