Detroit Vacant Land is Transformed into Urban Gardens

credit: Wired

Urban gardening initiatives throughout the city, such as the Garden Resource Program Collaborative, are transforming these lots into productive gardens to feed residents, foster a sense of community and prevent Detroit from falling into ruin.

Detroit had 80 registered urban gardens when the Garden Resource Program Collaborative started in 2004, according to Kristine Hahn, a key leader and board member of the collaborative. Detroits urban farm gardeners are preparing to till the soil and plant during the spring weeks to come, carrying out their proclamations that Motown is transforming into Growtown.

The young people who maintain a pair of inner-city vegetable gardens learn about self-sufficient agriculture, cooperative work and the environment are supported by the Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems, the Saginaw-Bay Watershed Initiative, the Downtown Saginaw Farmers Market, Saginaw Valley State University, the Saginaw Community Foundation, the Saginaw Urban Food Initiative, Good Neighbors Mission and the Mustard Seed Shelter.

The urban gardens have become an added element of the food security ecosytem.

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