NEED TO KNOW | Seeds of progress: How urban farming is changing Detroit's future | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/... Detroit's urban farming movement is thriving, supplying fresh produce, jobs and revived communities. Desiree Cooper examines this new food-based economy and the issues holding it back. Need to Know visited the Phoenix suburbs. Need to Know airs Fridays on PBS. Watch full-length episodes of Need to Know at http://video.pbs.org/program/1458405365/

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[LUVJONZ99]

Wonderful, thats making lemonade out of lemons! Keep up the good work.

[BullyBoyFarms]

You are right on the money. Half of Detroit's problems stem from the people running it.

[Osuitea]

What does this do to the grocery store? I do find that it is a good effort to utilize in a recession era economy.

[Chris Cunanan]

the whole opposition is worry about pesticide spraying/fertilizer runoff? umm, how bout lets stop being ig'nant and learn Real organic/old school methods of horticulture...no need for deadly poisons, and bomb-byproducts supporting endless war profiteers...just good ol' natural vermi/thermo-compost, teas with old/uneaten veggies/fruits, almost Everything can be recycled in the cycle of life...except for all their petrol-plastic and alchemical CRAP

[intuitiveexplorer]

until the FDA sends the SWAT team in