Reply #18: NPR had a wonderful report over the weekend on urban farmers in

[ChandlerJr]

Detroit actually feeding themselves and making a living on abandoned city lots,\.

Found it:

http://www.npr.org/2011/10/02/140903516/the-gift-of-detroit-tilling-urban-terrain

Weertz has been buying abandoned homes and vacant parcels in his neighborhood, where lots go for as little as $300. He's been encouraging young people who want to farm to move into the neighborhood. Weertz's neighbor, Carolyn Leadley, runs Rising Pheasant Farms when she's not caring for her 10-month-old son.

"We're definitely micro-farming, but we're making a living off a sixth of an acre," Leadley says. "I've been very pleased — pleasantly surprised at how much I've been able to pay myself per hour. We took on an employee. I'm like, 'OK, We're a real business now. We have to pay taxes and do things right.'"