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John Hantz heads a business financial services conglomerate. He wants to plant 15,000 trees on 140 acres of Detroit land he bought in 2012. It would be…
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Another large-scale, commercial urban agriculture project is set to take root over 22 square blocks of Detroit’s east side.RecoveryPark Farms will lease…
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Wayne State University researchers are taking a close look at some of the potential hazards of urban agriculture.They’ve launched a three-year study at…
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DETROIT- Two Michigan school districts have each received nearly $100,000 in federal grants to bring locally grown food to school cafeterias.The U.S.…
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A state board is likely to make a decision today on a controversial rule that would end certain legal protections for people raising chickens and other…
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One of the country’s largest-ever urban farming projectsgot the green light from Detroit and state officials Friday.Both Governor Snyder and Detroit…
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Cynthia Canty's good friend Susan and her husband are about to move from a townhouse in an Oakland County suburb to a small cottage on about an acre in…
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Ingham county is considering a proposal that would allow people to keep goats in urban areas.The proposal would allow up to three miniature dairy goats on…
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The Detroit Planning Commission recently approved a new Urban Agriculture Ordinance. The action takes the city a step closer to officially recognizing the…
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The Detroit City Council has narrowly approved the controversial—and long-delayed—Hantz Farms project.The proposed Hantz Farms project has been discussed…