Detroit farming, rehab center planning to join forces

Local rehab center has interest in Detroit farming and is looking to use a large tract of land.Excerpt:The Detroit-based Self-Help Addiction Rehabilitation Inc. (SHAR), a
nonprofit drug rehab center funded by the state and others, is
proposing that it be given up to 2,000 acres of vacant city-owned land
to farm.The
project, known as Recovery Park, would have the dual purpose of
teaching addicts therapeutic and marketable skills and rehabbing the
city itself, said SHAR’s chief executive, Dwight Vaughter.”We’re
looking at it as a way to use some of this space in Detroit to make it
more purposeful, as well as to provide employment for our residents and
people who may be disenfranchised,” Vaughter said. “So we thought it
was a perfect fit for us to get involved in.”Read the entire article here.