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Detroit's farming rebirth

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A recent documentary, Requiem for Detroit, tells the story of the city through the 20th century, conveying its transition from Motor City to its rebirth as an urban prairie.

Principal Asenath Andrews who is teaching Detroit's single mothers to become farmers, describes how the city is changing.

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