Guest Post by Hardscrabble Farmer
The other night I stumbled across a small documentary, and having heard nothing about the back story in the media (for reasons that will become evident) I was riveted by the multiple layers of what was a much larger story than it claimed to be.
In short, a wealthy, local businessman, tired of waiting for an economic turnaround in his corrupt and bankrupt city, decides to spend his own money in order to bring about a large scale urban agriculture project to the blighted streets of East Detroit. You would think that it would be an easy choice to side with him, understanding that his motivations were almost entirely selfless, and that the cost of the project was his alone to bear and that the end result would benefit people living in abject poverty and blight.
