The Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund selected 50 farmers to receive technical and financial assistance to purchase lots in Detroit.
Jena Brooker
Jena Brooker is BridgeDetroit's environmental reporter, covering food and agriculture, pollution and climate change. She has held three fellowships: a ProPublica fellowship, where she led an investigative project on heavy industry in Detroit neighborhoods; a Data Fellowship at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, where she produced award-winning coverage of Detroit's automotive industry and environmental racism; and a Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship through CASW, AHCJ and SEJ. Her work has also earned the Michigan Press Association public service award three years in a row and recognition as Young Journalist of the Year in 2023. Before joining BridgeDetroit, she covered environmental issues across the Midwest as a Reporting Fellow for Grist.
Jena holds a bachelor's degree in environmental studies from the University of Michigan, and her work has appeared in The Guardian, Mother Jones, Salon, Slate, Grist, Next City, Chalkbeat and Planet Detroit.
Posted inHealth and Welfare
Grocery store access worsens for Detroiters
New report finds it’s getting even harder to find quality foods in Detroit.
Posted inEnvironment
After a decade, Corktown farm could own its land
Brother Nature Produce finally has the opportunity to purchase 10 lots from the Detroit land bank in what can be a common challenge for the city’s urban farmers.
Posted inEnvironment
Detroit residents want stronger odor control plan for Stellantis
The public weighed in on a proposed consent order to address ongoing air quality violations from the automotive plant on the east side.
Posted inJobs & Economic Development
Detroit Institute of Bagels is coming back
After announcing its permanent closure, the beloved Detroit bagel spot expects to reopen in a new location by early 2023.
Posted inEnvironment
Composting in Detroit gets a boost from the Philippines
Organizers formed a long-distance partnership with a Filipino nonprofit to bring composting to their community.
Posted inPolitical and Public Policy Information
Made in Detroit: Fundraising app to navigate causes, political campaigns
Detroiters plan to debut ‘EvenScore’ after inaugural Michigan Tech Week in Detroit.
Posted inJobs & Economic Development
Latin flavor fires up Southwest Detroit Restaurant week
The week features unique foods from 21 Detroit restaurants representing six Latin nationalities.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Detroit’s new parks plan focuses on neighborhood access
The city’s plan aims to bring greenspace within a 10-minute walk for more Detroiters over the next decade.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
One of Detroit’s most powerful families is displacing east side residents
The Moroun empire is quietly buying up properties in Detroit’s Cadillac Heights neighborhood on the east side