Detroit has a thriving urban agriculture community, where residents use available vacant land to grow food, feed their families and neighbors, and run successful farm businesses. Keep reading to learn about a few urban growers activating vacant land, supporting the natural ecosystem, and strengthening the local food system!

Sanctuary Farms is an urban farm in Detroit, building a community-based produce and composting operation.

When thinking about Detroit, farming probably doesn’t come to mind. Two locals, Jon Kent and Parker Jean, are working to change that narrative, while improving their community in the process.