Insights from urban farming in Detroit

Once held up as the epicentre of industrialised mass production, Detroit has for decades been portrayed as a failed economy beset with every kind of urban problem. However, The Conversation article Urban farming in Detroit: sowing seeds of hope in the motor city? discusses how in recent years a different narrative has been emerging, with some observers embracing the idea of Detroit as an “urban laboratory”, a city that provides opportunities to experiment with cutting-edge urban practices.