Nothing like farming polluted land. I wonder who made this suggestion, Cargill or Monsanto? And which agribusiness group will get the honour of adding to the pollution by pumping gallons of fertilizer and pesticides on the area just to get, what? Genetically Mutilated soy? corn? potatoes? alfalfa? Or will it just be used for the growth and production of Bio-fuel.
This is as good as the mayor of San Fransisco saying sewage sludge is an excellent ORGANIC addition for local vege. gardens. Do 2 or more INsanities make for sanity? Darryl Malcolm Blackmore wrote: > http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/09/turn-a-quarter-of-de.html > > And how long until Bushvilles of homeless take over some of the fields I > wonder? > Turn a quarter of Detroit into "semi-rural" farms? > > The city of Detroit is proposing to give over a quarter of its land to > be turned into "semi-rural" fields and farms, with the surviving > neighborhoods standing in "pockets in expanses of green." The proposal > is politically charged (serving a death-sentence on a whole neighborhood > is bound to be controversial) but the idea of "downsizing" Detroit seems > to have wide acceptance. > > And yes, this entire thing was predicted by David Byrne in 1988 in the > song "(Nothing But) Flowers" on the final Talking Heads album Naked. > > Operating on a scale never before attempted in this country, the > city would demolish houses in some of the most desolate sections > of Detroit and move residents into stronger neighborhoods. > Roughly a quarter of the 139-square-mile city could go from > urban to semi-rural. > > Near downtown, fruit trees and vegetable farms would replace > neighborhoods that are an eerie landscape of empty buildings and > vacant lots. Suburban commuters heading into the city center > might pass through what looks like the countryside to get there. > Surviving neighborhoods in the birthplace of the auto industry > would become pockets in expanses of green. > > > > Detroit looks at downsizing to save city (Thanks, Rigel!) > http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/09/detroit-looks-at-downsizing-to-save-city/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
