Company Proposes Tree Farm as Remedy for Detroit’s Blight

Imagine urban sprawl in reverse, where abandoned real estate is cleared to plant trees—that is the idea behind a proposal for Detroit’s east side, which may soon become the site of the nation’s largest urban farm.

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Company Proposes Tree Farm as Remedy for Detroit’s Blight — Evan Mantyk/The Epoch Times

By Conan Milner

8/11/2012Updated: 8/12/2012

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Conan Milner

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Conan Milner is a health reporter for the Epoch Times. He graduated from Wayne State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and is a member of the American Herbalist Guild.