Database research record2014·United States (Lansing)
Where have all the houses (among other things) gone? Some critical reflections on urban agriculture
Laura B. DeLind
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
Urban Farm DB summary
Using Urbandale Farm in Lansing, Michigan as a case, this paper critically reflects on how urban agriculture can inadvertently rationalize the displacement and continued inequity of urban neighbors rather than reinforce place-making and neighborhood empowerment. It questions the movement's underlying assumptions and beneficiaries and suggests how UA might be reconfigured to shed its neoliberal tendencies.