In Detroit, hundreds of backyard gardens and scores of community gardens have blossomed and helped feed students in at least 40 schools and hundreds of families. It is the size and scope of Hantz Farms that makes the project unique. Although company officials declined to pinpoint how many acres they might use, they have been quoted as saying that they plan to farm up to 5,000 acres within the Motor City's limits in the coming years, raising organic lettuces, trees for biofuel and a variety of other things. The project was launched two years ago by Michigan native and financier John Hantz, who has invested an initial $30 million of his own money toward purchasing equipment and land. Read more...
It is the size and scope of Hantz Farms that makes the project unique. Although company officials declined to pinpoint how many acres they might use, they have been quoted as saying that they plan to farm up to 5,000 acres within the Motor City's limits in the coming years, raising organic lettuces, trees for biofuel and a variety of other things.
The project was launched two years ago by Michigan native and financier John Hantz, who has invested an initial $30 million of his own money toward purchasing equipment and land.
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Wayne County has been aggressively marketing easements and lo-no interest SMB loans to stimulate new venture in Detroit-metro.
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Dec 2008 et seq Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
Say, where'd you read the tip that The Pantsbomber boarded in Amsterdam without a passport? I read in a Times Online story, passengers (not selected for CNN broadcast) reported that he didn't resist, didn't react to his trousers on fire, and appeared sedated. Reminds me of the WaPo exposé on ICE-escorted repatriation flights, several African immigrants -- a highlight was the De Gaulle? Orly? blockade on the tarmac; cheeky bastids refused US permission to refuel, so the yanks had to fly back to JFK...
good times, good times. Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
but DAYAM. nevermind, I found the passport source PLUS segue to ICE m.o....
While Mutallab was poorly dressed, his friend was dressed in an expensive suit, Haskell said. He says the suited man asked ticket agents whether Mutallab could board without a passport. "The guy said, `He's from Sudan [!!!!] and we do this all the time.'"
motive: (Why did the NIGERIAN banker roll on the son... by EMAIL? c'mon, that is tres droll. for a bureaucrat. So everybody say... )
alrighty then. I'm done with this story. Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
