In my "about me", I tell you I'm from Hockeytown. If you're a hockey fan, you know what that means. If you're not, well, Hockeytown is Detroit. I'm a Detroiter, though I currently live in the 'burbs, Detroit has been home for multiple generations of my family.
I've said for several years now that to combat the food desert that is Detroit (there are no proper grocery stores within city limits, though Meijer will be building one in the next year), it was time to go back to Detroit's REAL roots and FARM that vacant land. Detroit's earliest farms were ribbon farms-long farms that each had a piece of riverfront property. Times are tough, and little neighborhood gardens are starting to pop up. Here's a trailer to a video about urban farming in Detroit-watch it and see that there is hope for The D.
Urban Roots Trailer from Tree Media on Vimeo.
<3 the urban renewal we have going on. I hope it continues and Katie gets to experience more of the city than I did growing up. There is more than Greektown in the D. Everyone's socks were blown off when they saw how gorgeous the riverfront is at our wedding reception (the Rattlesnake Club). "How did you know?!" Take a look around and you'll be surprised at what you find. ;)
ReplyDeleteBtw, the site update looks great!
Isn't it sad that more locals don't realize how amazing this city is?? (and must say, i'm a bit green that your reception was at the Rattlesnake Club!!!)
DeleteThanks about the site update...it was long overdue. =)
With all the vacant plowed down plots of land in the neighborhoods I am surprised the city wouldn't long ago rezone. Stores like meijer would have great sales being the only one.
ReplyDeleteAside from that, there should be some local out reach program that donates a bag of regular seeds to local people for free to use to grow urban gardens. Not talking about hundred dollar orders from Baker creek. A bulk purchase and then broken up into packages would yield enough to give a whole backyard of garden goodies for probably a fiver per family plot.
Then there could be groups to go out and do demonstration no cost tilling and gardening techniques.
Ideas....
Looking at the video, seems like its going that way. :)
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