Urban farming takes root as Detroit eyes new economy
Detroit’s urban agriculture push turns blighted parcels into potential farms with experts predicting jobs and tax upside. Greg Willerer tends an acre on Rosa Parks Boulevard and envisions an 18 billion bankruptcy era city reboot through local food markets and vacant land repurposing.
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Detroit
Greg Willerer
Willerer
Rosa Parks Boulevard
U.S
New York
Brooklyn Grange
Seattle
Michigan
Bloomberg
Mike DiBernardo
Agriculture Department
Farm Credit Council
John Hantz
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Anne Alonzo
Agricul
Tural Marketing Service
Alonzo
Bruce Bugbee
Plants, Soils and Climate
Utah State University
Logan
Brother Earth Farms
Lawmakers struggle with NSA bulk data oversight and access
Lawmakers face difficulty probing bulk data collection as briefings are restricted to secure offices, with notes left behind and limited discussion. Senators and representatives must rely on staffers, while officials court insiders and skeptics are defeated by party majorities seeking terrorism prevention.
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Senate Intelligence Committee
House
Committee
Jan Schakowsky
D-Nl
House Intelligence Committee
NSA
Congress
Adam Schiff
D Calif
Schiff
Capitol
James Sensenbrenner
Wisconsin
Edward Snowden
Capitol Hill
Justin Amash
R-Mich
John Conyers
D-Mich
Obama
White House
Senate
all-House
Justice Department
Administration
James Clapper
National Intelligence
Ciary
Dianne Feinstein
D-Calif
Mike Rogers
Michigan
Rogers
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
Maryland
Ruppersberger
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