Glasgow
and Detroit are cities with similar backgrounds. Both were large
industrial cities, Glasgow known for its shipbuilding and steam
locomotive manufacturing, Detroit for its cars and steel works. Both
saw their industries collapse and move elsewhere, in both cases the
citizens had to adapt and dramatically change their way of life. With
the collapse came poverty and high unemployment. However, in both
cities the citizens are resilient and creative and have gone about
surviving with imagination. Recently a group of Glasgow's urban
gardeners went to Detroit to see how their counterparts had survived
and developed their city farms.
Those interviewed were, Paul
Weertz, Malik Yakini, Gloria Lowe, Grace Lee Boggs, Ian Sharp, Gordon
Barnes, Moira McCaig.
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