Urban Farming Picks Up In Parts Of Michigan

A strange thought swept across my mind as I watched a preview of the short documentary, “The Kings of Flint.”

The film, produced by students and faculty at Michigan State University, tells the story of Jackie and Dora King, who teach young people how to grow food and practice martial arts in Flint.

As I watched these kids turn a garbage-filled city lot into a working urban farm, I wondered, “Are we returning to an agrarian society?”

In their heyday, our big industrial cities turned out cars, trucks, appliances and war materiel.

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