Neighborhood association president Barbara Griffith-Wilson and some high school students are working to plant community gardens and clear vacant lots in Flint. Photo from Planning Comm’rs Journal’s.

Flint to consider ordinance changes to enhance urban agriculture

by Elizabeth Shaw
The Flint Journal
July 07, 2009

Excerpt:

It’s not that Flint officials are opposed to residents growing their own food in backyards or on nearly 2,800 vacant residential lots within the city limits (a list that’s still growing to the tune of about 500 vacant lots per year).

The problem is the laws on the books simply predate the city’s new urban reality.

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