Farm-A-Lot (Detroit municipal urban gardening program)
Detroit, Michigan, United States · Operator: City of Detroit(コールマン・ヤング市長の下で開始した市の事業)
Overview
A city-run urban gardening program launched by Detroit under Mayor Coleman Young in the 1975 recession, turning vacant lots into gardens to help residents grow food. When city funding dried up, the program was dissolved.
Citizen participation
Residents gardened on city-owned vacant lots, receiving seeds and fertilizer plus classes on nutrition and food preservation.
Operating model
A publicly-funded urban gardening program in which the city provided seeds, supplies, land and training.
Impact
As the city's finances declined it lost the public funding, and the program was dissolved in the early 2000s (sources vary on the exact end date).
Crops
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Scale
空き地3,000区画の菜園化を目標に掲げた
In the media（2）
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