Largest urban farm in the world

Thursday, January 21, 2010 by Guest Blogger

John Hantz, the $100 million dollar man has a very unique vision for the city of Detroit.

That vision is to take Detroit and convert the unused space into farmland. He was featured in a Fortune article recently, and talked about launching his idea into action and putting up $30 million of his own money to jump start the project.

Most people who are familiar with Detroit have seen abandoned buildings, homes selling for $15,000, and not too much going on.

The article also talked about how Detroit was once the 4th largest city in the US and how the population used be 2 million people, and is now at 900,000 and continues to decline.

In a tough economy, and a time when cities that are going downhill need to look at reinventing themselves, John Hantz has come up with a plan that has the potential to turn Detroit around and become one of the top green cities in the US and create green jobs and sustainability programs for the city. - Jack Clemens, Guest Blogger for Green Energy TV
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Comments for Largest urban farm in the world

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 by Jasper:
A recent blog posting by the solar thermal company SolarUK described how 'green roofs' on large commercial buildings, which provide space for a wildlife habitat and possibly vegetable-growing, can also be perfectly compatible with solar panels. The solar arrays provide shade for the plants and the cooling effect of the roof makes the panels even more effective. Aluminium frames are generally used to raise the height of the panels so that they are not hidden by leaves. Portland State University are carrying out thorough research to find out how these two green projects can work in combination – for example, assessing how plants on the eco-roof can benefit from shade under the solar arrays.

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