What do we do with the open spaces of Detroit? Of its 120 square miles of land, nearly 40 square miles are now open spaces -- the byproduct of abandonment of the city. One use of this land is urban agricultural. There's a group that's been working at this since 1998 and today is known as Earth Works Garden . Today, some 300 agricultural projects exist within the city of Detroit. This is a national movement that is part environmental and part urban reclamation. Regardless of your thoughts on oil, its rising cost is a certainty and perhaps urban farming will be one part of Detroit's future.
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