Excerpt from My Fox Detroit: (click for entire article)
It's a growing trend in the city of Detroit. Urban farming is transforming vacant, blighted land. Where there once were abandoned homes and empty lots, there's now hope and fresh food.
Johnny Martin is the proud caretaker of a blossoming urban garden at Jefferson and St. James. He used to make a living working on manhole covers, but lately he's been volunteering and pouring his love into a small patch of land.
"So, you have to treat it just like you would treat a child, like a newborn baby," said Martin. "We have zucchini. We have squash. We have greens."
It's a growing trend in the city of Detroit. Urban farming is transforming vacant, blighted land. Where there once were abandoned homes and empty lots, there's now hope and fresh food.
Johnny Martin is the proud caretaker of a blossoming urban garden at Jefferson and St. James. He used to make a living working on manhole covers, but lately he's been volunteering and pouring his love into a small patch of land.
"So, you have to treat it just like you would treat a child, like a newborn baby," said Martin. "We have zucchini. We have squash. We have greens."
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