Devita Davison: How urban agriculture is transforming Detroit
戴薇塔戴維森: 都市農業如何轉變底特律
At FoodLab Detroit, Devita Davison supports local entrepreneurs and imagines a new future for food justice. Full bio
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was the world's industrial giant,
是世界上的工業巨人,
of land and infrastructure,
土地和基礎建設,
Midwestern urban center.
美國中西部都市中心。
for urban decay.
our population is under 700,000,
是新鮮食物零售出現蕭條,
where 70 percent of Detroiters
nutritious food that they need,
他們需要的營養食物,
illness and diet-related diseases.
有身體不適及飲食相關的疾病。
live closer to a fast food restaurant
住的地方靠近速食餐廳、
or to a gas station
about the city of Detroit,
that Detroiters are changing,
and food entrepreneurship.
和食物企業經營來做改變。
of Boston, San Francisco,
of the city of Detroit.
of the city is vacant.
空間是空著的。
四分之一到三分之一,
unlike any other big city.
也和其他大城市很不同。
open land, fertile soil,
開放土地、肥沃土壤、
for healthy, fresh food.
a people-powered grassroots movement
由人民推動的草根運動,
of American industry
out of all the cities in the world,
to serve as the world's urban exemplar
密西根的底特律
and sustainable development.
有 1500 個,是的,
located all across the city today.
tomatoes and carrots either.
in Detroit is all about community,
都市農業重點在於社群,
are spaces of conviviality.
where we're building social cohesion
and our neighbors.
through a few Detroit neighborhoods,
幾個底特律的鄰里,
when you empower local leadership,
將權力賦予地方的領導者、
in low-income communities
in Detroit's North End neighborhood.
底特律北端的鄰坊中,
into a five-acre landscape
轉變為五英畝的景色,
sustainable ecologies
looks like in the city of Detroit.
看起來就是這個樣子的。
to work with Oakland Avenue Farms
farm-to-table dinners.
用底特律種植及製作的食物。
where we bring folks onto the farm,
我們會帶人們到農場來,
of time and opportunity
和他們打招呼、聊天,
they're treated to a farm-to-table meal
「農場到餐桌」餐點,
right at the peak of its freshness.
在最新鮮的時候亮相。
people's relationship to food.
人們與食物的關係。
exactly where their food comes from
知道食物來自何處,
that's on the plate.
正是在那個農場中生長的。
on the west side of Detroit,
a lower-income community in Detroit.
底特律的低收入區。
residents in Brightmoor.
a block-by-block-by-block strategy.
一個街區一個街區來做。
called Brightmoor Farmway.
微鄰坊,叫做布萊特摩爾農道。
unsafe, underserved community
得不到充分服務的社區,
beautiful, safe farmway,
漂亮、安全的農道,
and farms and greenhouses.
農場,以及溫室。
also came together recently,
也是近期才建起來的,
that was in disrepair and in foreclosure.
且喪失抵押品贖回權。
and families and volunteers,
the bulletproof glass,
into a community kitchen,
who live in Brightmoor,
農夫以及食物工匠
can make and sell their product.
和販售他們的產品。
healthy, fresh food.
and this is my third example --
the business cooperative model.
這個企業合作模型的方式。
I told you about earlier?
1500 個農場和花園?
is a nonprofit organization
70,000 packets of seeds
and operate a cooperative.
pesticides, fertilizers,
in local markets,
of the proceeds from the sale.
African Americans are dying
in the city of Detroit,
在底特律的可得性,
全素靈魂餐廳」了。
in the city of Detroit.
is providing Detroiters the opportunity
response from Detroiters.
for culturally appropriate,
叫做「底特律食物實驗室」,
organization called FoodLab Detroit,
burgeoning food entrepreneurs
快速發展的小型創業家,
these entrepreneurs incubation,
access to industry experts
who come from neighborhoods
from these types of opportunities.
on this stage and tell you
and all of Detroit's challenges
through urban agriculture.
has Detroit thinking about its city
現在能夠用不同的方式
這些故事都是小故事,
neighborhood-based stories,
how we're creating a new society
我向各位展現出一個新的社會
that was disintegration from the old.
被遺忘瓦解的城市重生而出的。
because they're stories about love,
因為它們是關於愛的故事,
for one another,
the love that we have for Mother Earth,
我們對大地之母的愛,
these stories are stories
in the city of Detroit.
of people left Detroit,
those who stayed had hope.
而留下的人抱有希望。
to one that is prosperous,
轉變成一個繁榮、
one that provides opportunities for all,
the social fabric of our communities,
in our most vulnerable neighborhoods,
推動經濟機會,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Devita Davison - Food activistAt FoodLab Detroit, Devita Davison supports local entrepreneurs and imagines a new future for food justice.
Why you should listen
Detroit is a legendary food town, and it's thanks to small, locally owned businesses that range from streetside barbecue tents to neighborhood bakeries, shops and delis -- even small farms. At FoodLab Detroit, Devita Davison helps locals with ideas for a food business to take their dreams into delicious reality, by connecting them with business advice, help with compliance and licensing, space in professional kitchens, marketing ideas and more. The nonprofit focuses on entrepreneurs and communities who have been traditionally under-resourced, aiming to build power and resilience for people around the city.
FoodLab's vision is to cultivate, connect and catalyze, to use food as an economic engine, to form a supportive community of entrepreneurs and to make good food a reality for all Detroiters.
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