Food! Glorious Food! and Education

A growing trend in the United States and its urban cores is the concept of bringing agriculture back into the cities.

There are tons of benefits from this!

1. Jobs
2. Fresh Available Food
3. Educational opportunities
4. Aesthetics & Beautification

Detroit is an excellent city to capitalize on this trend.  We as Metro Detroiters and as active citizens in Southeastern Michigan should find various was to support this trend.

What is my personal Idea?

I think that we need to incorporate agriculture / horticulture programs back into the schools and coordinate these educational programs into service learning opportunities for urban city youth.

Below are some links to organizations in the Detroit area that already support green / agricultural initiatives:

DTE Energy Gardens:
http://www.dteenergy.com/dteEnergyCompany/community/employeeVolunteers/gardens.html

Earthworks Community Garden
http://www.cskdetroit.org/EWG/

Ben B. Schwartz and Sons
http://www.benbdetroit.com/about-us

Belle Isle Botanical Society
http://www.bibsociety.org/


Here are some more links related to incorporating Agri / Hort programs in schools:

http://www.hort.vt.edu/HORT6004/network/schoolgardens.html

http://www.organicschoolproject.org/programs/