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Detroit City Council Legalizes Urban Farming

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

While the state took over Detroit’s finances and Kwame Kilpatrick received guilty verdicts last week, Detroit City Council approved a zoning ordinance that legalizes urban farming in Detroit. WDET's Laura Weber-Davis speaks with Kami Pothukuchi, Associate Professor of Urban Planning at Wayne State University, about the urban agriculture zoning ordinance and why it's important to gardeners and farmers in Detroit.

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