Article - Plowing Over: Can Urban Farming Save Detroit and Other Declining Cities?

**Detroitnerd** · August-01-11, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by old guy

I think it's naive to think that any one idea is going to save a city or for that matter, a country. It's the implementation of a number of good ideas that will make a city, region or country a better place to live. I happen to think that urban farming/gardening is one of those good ideas.

Hats off to the GSCC too.

Um ... the quote "Urban farming will not save Detroit" isn't from my lips, it's from the GSCC's Mark Covington.

**old guy** · August-01-11, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by Detroitnerd

Um ... the quote "Urban farming will not save Detroit" isn't from my lips, it's from the GSCC's Mark Covington.

Again, I'm not saying that urban farming will save Detroit. I think that idea is naive. I just think that urban farming could be good for Detroit. I think it could be good for any city with a large, empty land mass.