Sunday, July 13, 2008
BBC Irony - Detroit Style
BBC Thursday:most many neighborhoods. The decline of Detroit is one of saddest stories in America.
I hope that my in my son's lifetime the city will return to the glory it had in my parent's days. For my generation it has been all but lost. ¶ 10:51 PM
Could growing fresh vegetables help save crumbling inner cities around the world and tackle hunger?BBC Sunday:
Reginald Moore and Rod Shepard hoe the ground
Putting in the spade-work at one of the charity's gardens
That is the ambitious aim of a charity called Urban Farming, which has its headquarters in Detroit, the capital of the US's wilting car industry.
The idea is very simple: turn wasteland into free vegetable gardens and feed the poor people who live nearby.
Demand for land to grow food, fuel crops and wood is set to outstrip supply, leading to the probable destruction of forests, a report warns.Sigh. My old hometown does, indeed, look like a barren wasteland in
I hope that my in my son's lifetime the city will return to the glory it had in my parent's days. For my generation it has been all but lost. ¶ 10:51 PM
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There's an urban garden in Pittsfield now, I just heard -- called the WestSide Farm Project. No website yet, not that I can find.
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Urban gardens are a wonderful thing. The were a couple of acres owned by the city of Tacoma by my old house that were used as a community garden. There were probably 30 or 40 residents who each got a small plot.
Washington State University's extension master gardener's program managed the project. On any given Saturday morning there were always a dozen folks crawling around on their hands and knees.
I was always amazed at the stuff that came out of this strip of land next to a major artery.
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Washington State University's extension master gardener's program managed the project. On any given Saturday morning there were always a dozen folks crawling around on their hands and knees.
I was always amazed at the stuff that came out of this strip of land next to a major artery.
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