Many cities and counties tout their community gardens or new regulations allowing folks to sell their garden produce on the market, but Detroit actually FARMS.  While some bemoan Detroit’s contraction, others are seeing a long term opportunity in urban farming.

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Earthworks Urban Farm has led this revolution and has been working with the community to develop farms within the city since 1997.  Last month while I visited Detroit, I had the opportunity to tour Earthworks’ properties in northeastern Detroit.  It’s harvest season in Detroit, and my eyes were cast wide open as I marveled at the city’s bounty.  Michigan as a whole is a farming wonder.

With hard word, dedication, and perseverance, Detroit may just turn the idea of what makes a city on its head.  And with today being World Food Day and Blog Action Day, I cannot think of a better showcase of what the future could like than Detroit.

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butternut squash

butternut squash

cabbage almost ready for picking

cabbage almost ready for picking

sunflower, garden in Corktown

sunflower, garden in Corktown

an orchard on the way, Detroit

an orchard on the way, Detroit

chard, the bacon of greens

chard, the bacon of greens

rows of green for fall salads

rows of green for fall salads

huge compost pile at Earthworks

huge compost pile at Earthworks

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Leon Kaye

Leon Kaye is the founder and editor of GreenGoPost.com and its advisory division, GGP Media. Contact him to discuss how he can work with your organization or event. His focus is making the business case for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR). He writes for San Francisco-based Triple Pundit, Inhabitat and now The Guardian, for which he writes about corporate responsibility, water, and green building. He has also written for AIA's Architect Magazine. Leon works out of Fresno and Silicon Valley, California, and when he has free time, he enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking, weightlifting, and planning his next trip to one of the 60 countries he has visited. He has an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business and is also a proud graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and Cal State-Fresno.