Healthy Holistic Living - In 2016, the Michigan Urban Farming Initiative introduced the first urban ‘agrihood’–in a Detroit neighborhood where average home prices are less than $25,000.
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Other than the headline, there is nothing in that article that substantiates the claim. A number of pounds of food produced is provided. A number for the households donated to. No fine data of how many households could get 100% of their fruit and veg from this project. Then there is no mention of protein, either veg or animal. This type of PR is not news worthy. It is at best misinformation.
Did that project produce it's own compost and water? If not, it is nowhere near "self sustainable".
There are numbers in it, Mr Anonymous. With ‘agrihoods’ originating in high-end luxury developments, what is the company behind this Detroit neighbourhood like? MUFI is an entirely volunteer-run nonprofit organization. Over the four years they’ve been working on this urban agrihood, 8,000 volunteers have poured over 80,000 hours of work. According to their sources, this is the equivalent of four million dollars worth of labor. They bring free food to 20,000 households, local churches, and food banks. The amount? Fifty thousand pounds of food was donated between 2012-2016. Tyson Gersh, the co-founder of MUFI, says that they’ve ”grown from an urban garden that provides fresh produce for our residents to a diverse, agricultural campus that has helped sustain the neighborhood, attracted new residents and area investment.” (1,2)
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Other than the headline, there is nothing in that article that substantiates the claim. A number of pounds of food produced is provided. A number for the households donated to. No fine data of how many households could get 100% of their fruit and veg from this project. Then there is no mention of protein, either veg or animal. This type of PR is not news worthy. It is at best misinformation.
Did that project produce it's own compost and water? If not, it is nowhere near "self sustainable".
There are numbers in it, Mr Anonymous. With ‘agrihoods’ originating in high-end luxury developments, what is the company behind this Detroit neighbourhood like? MUFI is an entirely volunteer-run nonprofit organization. Over the four years they’ve been working on this urban agrihood, 8,000 volunteers have poured over 80,000 hours of work. According to their sources, this is the equivalent of four million dollars worth of labor. They bring free food to 20,000 households, local churches, and food banks. The amount? Fifty thousand pounds of food was donated between 2012-2016. Tyson Gersh, the co-founder of MUFI, says that they’ve ”grown from an urban garden that provides fresh produce for our residents to a diverse, agricultural campus that has helped sustain the neighborhood, attracted new residents and area investment.” (1,2)
Where in any of those numbers can you substantiate "Self-Sustaining"?
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