General Motors in Detroit has unveiled Cadillac Urban Gardens, a community project in an abandoned parking lot where 250 shipping crates were converted into raised garden beds. The project will benefit nearby residents, providing them nutritious and locally grown food. The soil used in the community garden is sourced from local partners, including Detroit Zoo animal manure, coffee grounds from a local coffee shop, and composted food scraps from the Marriott Hotel in GM’s world headquarters and GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant.
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