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The Business of Urban Farming Takes Root in Detroit
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| 02 December 2014
Posted on 12/16/2014 7:02:04 AM PST by Lorianne
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posted on
12/16/2014 7:02:04 AM PST
by
Lorianne
To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
I don't care if people grow food for themselves but this is a scam to collect taxpayer dollars. To go large scale will end up costing billions in soil restoration grants.
If you want to grow things for sale in Detroit, grow ornamental or lumber.
Michigan legislative action thread
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posted on
12/16/2014 7:08:31 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(You can't half ass conservatism.)
To: Lorianne
It’s nice to see the land put to some use.
But, I wonder: After a century and a half of city life, isn’t the land hopelessly polluted by today’s (and the EPA’s) chemical standards? It’s not exactly cleared virgin forest.
To: cripplecreek
$10,000 grant? where did those funds come from? Taxpayers no doubt.
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posted on
12/16/2014 7:12:01 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: cripplecreek
I don't care if people grow food for themselves but this is a scam to collect taxpayer dollars. To go large scale will end up costing billions in soil restoration grants.Everyone knows that people cannot accomplish things on their own without Big Government involvement.
It's a good thing the Pilgrims and pioneers had federal government subsidies or they never would have succeeded.
/s
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posted on
12/16/2014 7:13:32 AM PST
by
Iron Munro
(D.H.S. has the same headcount as the US Marine Corps with twice the budget)
To: MeshugeMikey
I’m all for getting Detroit back on its feet but farming isn’t the way to do it.
Besides, what is the point? Michigan is covered with farmland that won’t require decontamination.
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posted on
12/16/2014 7:14:02 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(You can't half ass conservatism.)
To: Lorianne
Do they encase these “urban farms” with tall fences, perhaps topped with barbed wire or are they just a free produce section for any takers?
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posted on
12/16/2014 7:14:21 AM PST
by
Graybeard58
(1Timothy, 5: For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus)
To: cripplecreek
I can just see the lab coated EPA types swarming the prospective farms..looking for reasons to see to it that they never get “off the ground”...i.e. grow anything in it,
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posted on
12/16/2014 7:16:35 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Lorianne
There were farms in what used to be Rome in the Middle Ages. It took over a thousand years before Rome regained its population.
Things move faster now and there are a lot more people, but I think Detroit is on the same path.
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posted on
12/16/2014 7:36:04 AM PST
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: Lorianne
As many others on this thread are stating: what pollutants exist in the soil?
(Maybe those things aren’t as bad as we’ve been led to believe?)
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posted on
12/16/2014 7:50:14 AM PST
by
KosmicKitty
(Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
To: Lorianne
As many others on this thread are stating: what pollutants exist in the soil?
(Maybe those things aren’t as bad as we’ve been led to believe?)
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posted on
12/16/2014 7:50:15 AM PST
by
KosmicKitty
(Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
To: KosmicKitty
Please excuse the burp (double post)
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posted on
12/16/2014 7:50:45 AM PST
by
KosmicKitty
(Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
To: KosmicKitty
Concentrated human habitation leaves the soil a real mess no matter where it is. In a city with a history of heavy industry its even worse.
These aren’t urban farmers so much as they are Grant Ranchers.
Wish someone would give me 10 grand to grow my garden.
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posted on
12/16/2014 7:55:36 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(You can't half ass conservatism.)
To: cripplecreek
100 years ago men left the farms in the Detroit area for the high wage low skill jobs in the Auto industry.
And this pitiful exercise is supposed to bring Detroit back?
Unbelievable.
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posted on
12/16/2014 8:01:07 AM PST
by
Mikey_1962
(Democrats have destroyed more cities than Godzilla)
To: cripplecreek
Yep,give me 10K and I’ll show you what a real garden looks like.
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posted on
12/16/2014 8:09:33 AM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: KosmicKitty
About 20 years ago, there was a study about this. It said that there were such high levels of metals, lead and chromium in particular, and organic solvents that they recommended not eating stuff that was grown there. They recommended growing some specific plants that had high uptake of metals and disposing of them.
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posted on
12/16/2014 8:19:41 AM PST
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: VanShuyten
Call the venture Superfund Farms.
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posted on
12/16/2014 8:37:03 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: cripplecreek
I’m with you with the 10 grand for my garden :-)
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posted on
12/16/2014 8:39:08 AM PST
by
KosmicKitty
(Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
To: KosmicKitty
Yeah, where’s my $10 grand?
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posted on
12/16/2014 8:55:29 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: VanShuyten
About 20 years ago, there was a study about this. It said that there were such high levels of metals, lead and chromium in particular, and organic solvents that they recommended not eating stuff that was grown there. They recommended growing some specific plants that had high uptake of metals and disposing of them.
I retired from the agricultural business. I wouldn't be afraid to eat what is grown on these plots of land.
One should look at any study with skepticism since, as we have found out with 'global warming hoaxes' that sometimes the studies are intentionally directed. Incjdentally for all of your information, many of the products labeled for 'organic' use are as deadly, or more deadly than conventional insecticides is improperly used. The only difference is that 'organically labeled products' generally have less efficacy which means that there is more applications. Like every week as apposed to once a month with conventional products.
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posted on
12/16/2014 9:49:23 AM PST
by
Parmy
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