Potato patch plan
The Potato Patch Plan was a community farming project in the US city of Detroit .
In 1895, the Mayor of Detroit, Hazen S. Pingree , had an innovative idea of how to get a grip on the consequences of the economic depression . That was the so-called "Mayor Pingree's Potato Patch Plan". He asked the owners of vacant land to provide those for the poor to grow potatoes and vegetables. The plants and seeds were distributed free of charge so that the needy and unemployed people could plant their own food.
In 1894, 3,000 families applied to the city's agricultural committee for the opportunity to farm a piece of land, but due to budget constraints, land could only be allocated to 945 families. The mayor reported that people in need were almost beginning to struggle for the possibility of getting a piece of land.
In the span of a few years, 6000 potato fields were cultivated. The principle spread and some other cities applied it after the Detroit model. The mayor became known throughout America under the nickname "Potato Patch Pingree".
literature
- Häntzschel, Jörg. The largest urban farm in the world. The future of the old car-making city of Detroit now lies in the return to agriculture, * Süddeutsche Zeitung, No. 252, Sat / Sun / Mon, 30./31.11/1.11 2010, p. 14
- Oswalt, Philipp. (Ed.) 2004. Shrinking Cities. International investigation, Volume 1, Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag.
- Oswalt, Philipp. (Ed.) 2005. Shrinking Cities. Action concepts, Volume 2, Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. November 7, 2010.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. November 7, 2010.
