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Detroit

Also known as: Detroit, MI, Detroit, Michigan, The D

Michigan's largest city (~630,000), on the Detroit River at the heart of the Great Lakes region. Originally Anishinaabe (Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi) territory; founded as a French fur-trading post 1701; the post-1900 industrial heart of the U.S. automotive economy; the post-1980 site of one of the most consequential urban-agriculture, Black-cooperative, and contemplative revivals in any American city. Home to the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network and D-Town Farm; encircles Hamtramck (host of the Detroit Zen Center).

What this is

Detroit sits on the [[detroit-river|Detroit River]], the connecting strait between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie. [[san-francisco|The city]]‘s identity has shifted across several arcs: French and British fur-trading post (1701, French; 1760, British); industrial automotive heartland (1900–1970s); post-industrial population collapse (1970–2010, from ~1.85M to ~700K); and the contemporary urban-agriculture, Black-cooperative, and contemplative revival that has reshaped the city’s neighborhood economies in the 2000s and 2010s.

Listings in Detroit

  • [[detroit-black-community-food-sovereignty-network]] — DBCFSN + D-Town Farm; founded 2006 by Malik Yakini; 7-acre farm, Detroit Food Commons under construction

Bioregional context

Files under [[great-lakes]]. Encircles [[hamtramck]] (host of [[detroit-zen-center]]).

See also

Auto-generated from this entry’s typed relations: frontmatter, grouped by relation type so the editorial signal isn’t flattened.

  • Member of: [[place]]
  • Contained by: [[great-lakes]]
  • Contains: [[asal-bee]] · [[detroit-black-community-food-sovereignty-network]]

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Asal Bee

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Yemeni-heritage honey retailer and café operating six locations across Michigan and New Jersey. Carries raw, unfiltered, unblended honey direct from Yemeni mountain and valley apiaries — including Sidr (the world-famous Yemeni jujube-flower honey), Socotra (endemic to the Socotran archipelago), and Sumar varieties — alongside Manuka and Turkish varieties, dates, oils, and prepared café offerings.

Better Health

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Better Health — a health-food / natural-foods store verified in OpenStreetMap. See the Why-its-listed section for the directory's canonical reason.

Detroit Vegan Soul

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Detroit Vegan Soul — a fully-vegan restaurant verified in OpenStreetMap as fully plant-based (diet:vegan=only). The directory lists strict-vegan operations because they make plant-based eating a default rather than an asterisk — every bioregion benefits from at least one.

GreenSpace Cafe

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GreenSpace Cafe — a fully-vegan restaurant verified in OpenStreetMap as fully plant-based (diet:vegan=only). The directory lists strict-vegan operations because they make plant-based eating a default rather than an asterisk — every bioregion benefits from at least one.

Natural Food Patch

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Natural Food Patch — a strictly-organic shop or eatery verified in OpenStreetMap. See the Why-its-listed section for the directory's canonical reason.

Northwest Detroit Farmers Market

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Northwest Detroit Farmers Market — a farmers market verified in OpenStreetMap. See the Why-its-listed section for the directory's canonical reason.

Oakland Avenue Farmers Market

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Oakland Avenue Farmers Market — a farmers market verified in OpenStreetMap. See [[farmers-market]] for the directory's editorial position on the form.

Om Cafe

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Om Cafe — a fully-vegan restaurant verified in OpenStreetMap as fully plant-based (diet:vegan=only). The directory lists strict-vegan operations because they make plant-based eating a default rather than an asterisk — every bioregion benefits from at least one.

Organic Food & Vitamin Center

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Organic Food & Vitamin Center — a strictly-organic shop or eatery verified in OpenStreetMap. See the Why-its-listed section for the directory's canonical reason.

Royal Oak Farmers Market

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Royal Oak Farmers Market — a farmers market verified in OpenStreetMap. See the Why-its-listed section for the directory's canonical reason.

The Mushroom Hub

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The Mushroom Hub — a health-food / natural-foods store verified in OpenStreetMap. See the Why-its-listed section for the directory's canonical reason.

Try It Raw

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Try It Raw — a fully-vegan café verified in OpenStreetMap as fully plant-based (diet:vegan=only). The directory lists strict-vegan operations because they make plant-based eating a default rather than an asterisk — every bioregion benefits from at least one.

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