June 2008 Blog Posts (4)

Farms Take Root in Detroit's Foreclosures

by Charla Bear/NPR

Urban Farming helped turn this empty lot in Detroit into a garden with neat rows of collard greens and tomatoes.

Eric Parrish has lived in Detroit for more than 15 years. He says he recently started gardening with Urban Farming because it helps turn things around in his city.

Morning Edition, June 11, 2008 · Wayne County, Mich. — home to Detroit — has been hit… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on June 11, 2008 at 9:07am — No Comments

Farming the city

Urban Farmers’ Crops Go From Vacant Lot to Market

IN the shadows of the elevated tracks toward the end of the No. 3 line in East New York, Brooklyn, with an April chill still in the air, Denniston and Marlene Wilks gently pulled clusters of slender green shoots from the earth, revealing a… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on June 10, 2008 at 4:56pm — No Comments

Urban Garden Success

Where Industry Once Hummed, Urban Garden Finds Success

Amid the tightly packed row houses of North Philadelphia, a pioneering urban farm is providing fresh local food for a community that often lacks it, and making money in the process.

Greensgrow, a… Continue

Added by Ecolocitizen on June 10, 2008 at 4:51pm — No Comments

Putting down roots

A confluence of factors have influenced me into thinking about establishing my own sustainable home. I was granted permanent residence in the US a couple months ago and thought it might be good to put down some roots now that the specter of being rudely shipped out is that much less likely. I confess to being tempted in a weak moment by the prospect of picking up a foreclosure bargain, but the tightened mortgage market following the sub-prime debacle put paid to that notion.

Spring… Continue

Added by Larry Chang on June 6, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

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