MSU proposes urban agriculture project in Detroit

[Richard]

O I get it you are just playing : )

Michigan State proposes 100-acre, $100-million urban-farming research center in Detroit.


I think that says $100 million but then again my eyesight is not what it used to be ,it is included in the link provided by the OP.

The link also mentions growing in multi story buildings as a research test ,I believe previous news stories mention pot busts that have occurred in multi story abandoned buildings. hence the reference and it probably did not take 100 mil to achieve that. Now if they used the 100 mil to enact what you guys were actually discussing then I would probably be impressed but being solar has crashed and this is the new flavor of the month what the heck go for it.

[Detroitnerd]

O I get it you are just playing : )

Michigan State proposes 100-acre, $100-million urban-farming research center in Detroit.

Oh, sorry. I'm trying to run a few threads while doing my day job. Nobody's perfect.

The link also mentions growing in multi story buildings as a research test ,I believe previous news stories mention pot busts that have occurred in multi story abandoned buildings. hence the reference and it probably did not take 100 mil to achieve that. Now if they used the 100 mil to enact what you guys were actually discussing then I would probably be impressed but being solar has crashed and this is the new flavor of the month what the heck go for it.

Yeah, there are a few different visions for the city, and a host of other people throwing stuff at the wall to see what will stick. A marijuana-growing operations is different from general agriculture -- unless you can sell tomatoes for $50 an ounce. So maybe some experimenting is in order there.

Anyway, I don't think they're ill-intentioned. But I do expect that when programs achieve artificial land scarcity, they end up benefiting speculators more than the people who've toughed it out for decades in Detroit's neighborhoods...