What would you expect to see in a county that has been hit by some of the worst foreclosure crisis? Detroit foreclosure homes has taken its toll and you are probably thinking that the county is by now devoid of the buzz of activity, and carries a more dark and ghostly appearance. You are wrong! Detroitizens! Are fighting back! And what you will really found there is not rows of ghostly, dilapidated homes but miles and miles of green vegetation with thick undergrowth in some places. Shocked! Stunned! Surprised! Most of the people are when they come across the new Green revolution that has taken over Detroit.

In the last couple of years, Detroit has inherited hundreds of Detroit cheap homes through rapid foreclosure activities. This has caused homes to lie vacant for months and the plots have become a breeding ground for parasites, shrubs, mosquitoes etc. Just when there was no hope on the far horizon, a nonprofit group came up with an idea: The unused land could be used for growing organic food for those who are needy. The nonprofit group, Urban Farming has gone ahead and taken charge of 20 derelict properties that are mentioned in the Detroit foreclosure listings of Wayne County. Their main aim is to turn these derelict properties into farmlands. Starting from the ground root level, the Urban Farming have started to pulling weeds so that they can lay completely new and fresh topsoil and then plant seeds to enable growth of vegetables and fruits.

The icing on the cake is that the gardens have not been fenced off and so anyone can walk right into the garden and pick any vegetable or fruit for free. Whatever is left off from the produce is then going to be donated to different food banks. This idea is a boon in disguise for several neighborhoods that are reeling under the pressures of Detroit bank owned homes.

Posted by William H Haburne on August 04, 2009 at 10:24 AM

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