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Farms in Detroit? Why not, Cockrel asks
Detroit farming plan has officials talking, he says
BY ZACHARY GORCHOW • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • April 15, 2009A plan to convert vacant Detroit land into urban farms intrigues Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr.
Cockrel told the Free Press Editorial Board on Tuesday that his administration is in “very active discussions” with officials from Hantz Farms, which the Free Press reported has proposed converting thousands of vacant parcels into urban agriculture.
Land assembly would be a critical component of the plan because most of the property that owner John Hantz, a city resident, wants is either owned by private parties or is tax-foreclosed land owned by the city, county and state.
“We need to see more of the business aspect of their proposals, but it’s a concept I’m very much excited about,” Cockrel said.
Cockrel said he also has staff looking at doing more smaller-scale urban gardening run by neighborhoods and nonprofits on isolated parcels.
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How many minutes to earn the price of a Big Mac?
THE size of your pay packet may be important, but so is its purchasing power. Helpfully, a UBS report published offers a handy guide to how long it takes a worker on the average net wage to earn the price of a Big Mac in 73 cities. Fast-food junkies are best off in Chicago, Toronto and Tokyo, where it takes a mere 12 minutes at work to afford a Big Mac. By contrast, employees must toil for over two hours to earn enough for a burger fix in Mexico City, Jakarta and Nairobi.
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THE USA, AS ONE-BIG-NEIGHBORHOOD
There are about 300,000,000 of us in the USA, spread out over 3,794,101 sq. miles. In other words if we wanted to we could all move into and live in an area the size of New Hampshire; the 5th smallest US state (8,968 sq. miles) with extra room for more more parks.
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The Ruler’s Back
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Workaholics Season 3 welcomes you back to your favorite telemarketing company, TelAmeriCorp.
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We Tried To Make a Man Out Of Justin Bieber. We Failed.We sent the perfect guy for the job:...
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