| In Detroit, Food Can Fill the Void |
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| Written by Kiki Hubbard | |
| Friday, 05 December 2008 | |
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The auto industry in Detroit is crumbling...fast. A city that once boasted two million people now has 800,000, a third of whom live in poverty. But such crises leave room for opportunity in their wake. Canadian writer Wayne Roberts says the sooner the auto business "is traded in for food, the better." Roberts is talking about steps a new Detroit food policy council can take, which he calls, "pulling yourself up by your foodstraps." Like using the 103,000 empty lots in Detroit (more than half of which are owned by the city) to produce food: "an urban job bonanza," he says, because food is a "recession-proof job-creation magnet." People must eat. And producing locally can revive cities that have historically relied on large industries. He says the food business has a "multiplier effect," and breaks it down this way: This gets triggered once cities practise “import substitution” by producing locally instead of importing. Job creation magic happens when a farmer with a new income stream upgrades the barn and pays the builders, who then take their families to dinner, where waiters get money to pay their taxes, which help cover the salaries of teachers, and so on...Then there’s the employment generated when a lively food habitat attracts the “creatives” who will drive the next economy with their intellectual energy, instead of relying on the fossil fuel energy required by yesterday’s industries. I'm not saying the government shouldn't bail out the auto industry if they come up with a realistic plan that encourages a green ethic -- one that will protect and create jobs. But long-lasting economic security will likely come from creative, community-based solutions, especially when it comes to food. We need to fund (and perhaps even bail out) our food banks and other local food networks that stimulate job creation and produce and process more food closer to home. Source: NOW Magazine
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