Massive Self-Sustaining Urban Farm to Replace Detroit Blight

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By Julie Fidler

Gardening isn’t just for people living on farms or in suburban neighborhoods with sprawling lawns. As more people seek to beautify their urban living environment and grow their own organic food, urban gardens are springing up around cities all over the U.S., and the world.

Detroit is taking this one step further by transforming 22 blocks of blight on the east side of the city into a massive urban farm. The 60-acre farm will be known as “RecoveryPark,” will consist of 35 acres of city-owned property and other land purchased for the project. It will house a vast set …read more

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