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Subject / Headline: Detroit does it best

Greetings gardeners,

Detroit is rarely portrayed as the model of anything positive by the media, but our Urban Farming community is breaking that trend. Detroit is being used as an example for other major city’s such as New York and San Francisco for how to make urban gardening as successful.

What’s Detroit’s recipe for success? It takes a community that care deeply about their city, an administration that’s willing to help and space on which to build gardens.

Below we have links to a few of the articles highlighting the success of Detroit's urban gardening community and what it is that makes them so successful

Good Magazine explains all the things that Detroit is doing right, and advises other cites to take notice.

What makes the Detroit model so special? In addition to their large annual yields, the farms show strong community involvement and rate of return—over 80 percent of the gardeners in the GRP return to the program each spring.

Even the mayor is in support of Urban farming as Crain’s Detroit Business reports

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing’s administration works on a plan to align the city’s geography with its ability to deliver services, urban farming can be a key component of putting the city’s vacant land into productive use.

Detroit's new evolution from manufacturing to agriculture is catching the eye of cities around the country reports the Christian Science Monitor.

Detroit, which revolutionized manufacturing with its auto assembly lines, could once again be a model for the world as residents transform vacant, often-blighted land into a source of fresh food.With growing interest in locally raised food, cities including New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle are looking at ways to foster and manage urban agriculture. San Francisco's mayor has proposed creating community gardens on vacant public land citywide.

Great things are happening and we know even greater things are still to come. As always we encourage you or anyone you know that might need help to drop us a line, we’re happy to help out. Keep growing

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One small seed can help Detroit grow.

It's as easy as planting a garden. But If you don’t know where to begin, or want to find out how you can help Visit DetroitAgriculture.com And find out how the Garden Resource Program can help you, help Detroit.

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Story teller:

Their once was a city that stood proud and shining, the envy of all.

But time passed and the beautiful metropolis became decayed from years of abuse and neglect.

People moved out in search of a city like the one they used to love.

One day, someone decided that, instead of running away, that they were going to plant a seed. It grew into a flower, and they liked it so much that they planted another.

People noticed, and it wasn’t long before everyone was planting gardens of their own.

The once despondent city soon became a lush kaleidoscope of colors and foods.

The citizens again had a city they could be proud of.

All this, from a single person, planting one small seed.

When you start a garden, you grow more than flowers or food, you grow Detroit.

The Garden Resource program has been providing support to gardens of all sizes in Detroit, for over seven years.

If you want to help Detroit grow, plant something.

Visit DetroitAgriculture.com to find out all the ways the Garden Resource Program can help you grow Detroit.

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Anncer:

How can you help reduce crime in your neighborhood? Increase property values and help enrich

the youth of Detroit?

It starts with the simple act of getting your hands on a hoe. Even just, for an evening once a week.

If you can’t get a hoe you can just move rocks. What brings the community together better than

moving rock?

Growing herb can help out as well, ifs there’s one thing the city can always use its more greens.

You don’t have to go at it alone either, get the whole community involved. Put the kids to work and

before you know it your turf will really grow.

But if you still a little unsure on how to start or need a hook up, then the Garden Resource

Program is here to help. We’ve been helping people just like you start personal or community

gardens around Detroit for eight years now. We offer over 50 workshops throughout the year and

we can also hook you up with seeds and Detroit grown transplants.

Before you know it you’ll be stacking your cabbage and poppn’ bottles of carrot juice.

Because you won’t just grow a garden you’ll grow the community.

Visit DetroitAgriculture.com to find out all you need to know.

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Announcer: What are you going to get for the Detroiter on your list this holiday season? Get them what they really want. A hoe. They need something to plow long and hard. Get dirty

We have hoes in all shapes and sizes.

Not sure what kind of hoe to get? That’s fine, The Garden Resource Programs friendly volunteer staff have years of experience picking quality gardening products.

They can also help you find seeds, and plants that will grow best in you favorite Detroiters backyard.

Why not get the whole shed? We have all the resources you need to turn a backyard into a garden.

Create your own heart warming holiday story by letting our friendly staff help you start a community garden to help feed and beautify your neighborhood.

To learn more visit detroitagracuture.com

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Final Print

Visual: American Gothic by Grant Wood (the pitchfork is exchanged for a hoe)

Headline: Get your hands on a hoe.

Body Copy: Getting your hands on a hoe is one thing, doing something with it is completely different. That’s why the Garden Resource Program is here with tips and classes to help you discover the pleasures only your own garden can bring. They can even provide you seeds and plants to help you start a community garden Visit detroitagriculture.org to learn more.

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