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Motown Crops Spring From Decay

Charity makes dent with farms in desolate Detroit neighborhoods

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 10, 2008 2:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – An ambitious charity thinks it can turn Detroit’s most desolate neighborhoods into bustling farming utopias. The group, dubbed Urban Farming, grows vegetables on vacant land throughout the city, then gives them out for free to local residents, the BBC reports. Parts of Motor City...   Read full story »

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