6 Detroit Urban Farms Open to the Public
Seasons Change, but You Can Adapt with Them! Learn Gardening Practices with These Urban Farms in Detroit
Seasons Change, but You Can Adapt with Them! Learn Gardening Practices with These Urban Farms in Detroit
It's 1893 and the United States is in economic turmoil. Two of the largest employers in the country have collapsed, the stock market is panicked, banks are failing and thousands of businesses and farming communities are closing their doors. Unemployment is rising and many cities
Before COVID-19, urban farming was one way in which some of Detroit's local bars and restaurants received their fresh goods. Now though, as many have been forced to temporarily close, or scale back service, some farms that supplied these outlets have found themselves in a
Urban farming has long been a part of Detroit’s culture. But from farmer’s markets to community gardens, urban growing is struggling to grow with Detroit’s new business mindset. From its infancy, the urban farming movement started for a multitude of reasons. Maybe it was Detroit’s Mayor
Anna Kohn is the Chief Impact officer at RecoveryPark, where she works to create jobs for people with barriers to employment. Some might refer to Recovery Park as a non-profit, and Anna, its Director—but they’d be wrong. “Rather than branding ourselves as a nonprofit, we consider ourselves a