Googling “urban farming” yields, not surprisingly, numerous results for cities such as Portland, Oregon, presently — but where it really starts to look interesting is when you look at one of the United States’ most economically depressed cities: Detroit, Michigan.
from the Urbanophile:
Detroit is also attracting dreams of large scale renewal through agriculture, as Mark Dowie writes in Guernica (hat tip @archizoo).
Were I an aspiring farmer in search of fertile land to buy and plow, I would seriously consider moving to Detroit. There is open land, fertile soil, ample water, willing labor, and a desperate demand for decent food. And there is plenty of community will behind the idea of turning the capital of American industry into an agrarian paradise. In fact, of all the cities in the world, Detroit may be best positioned to become the world’s first one hundred percent food self-sufficient city.
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