Urban Agriculture – Abby Quillen

And Then There Were Three

ByAbby Quillen May 6, 2013August 11, 2016

For those of you who’ve followed my blog from the beginning, you know we got four fluffy backyard chicks in May of 2009. I chronicled our early days with them in The Hen Diaries. Raccoons, lost hens, a ransacked garden, that beautiful first egg … so much drama! You can follow our adventures as fledgling…

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Detroit: From Motor City to Farm City?

ByAbby Quillen December 9, 2009

Detroit is a sea of vacant blocks, abandoned factories, dilapidated houses, and boarded-up businesses. The Motor City’s population peaked at 2 million during its boom days in the 1950s. It’s now 900,000 and falling. The city has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. 47% of its residents are functionally illiterate. And its…