[Lorianne]

[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.

If you want to grow things for sale in Detroit, grow ornamental or lumber.



Michigan legislative action thread

[Pearls Before Swine]

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.

[Graybeard58]

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?

[VanShuyten]

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.

[KosmicKitty]

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?)

[KosmicKitty]

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?)

[huldah1776]

Gives new meaning to turning your cars into plows.

[Einherjar]

Is there no danger of lead poisoning ?