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DETROIT (AP) — An urban farm project on Detroit's east side is teaching high school students how to use heavy equipment.
The Detroit Free Press reports ( http://on.freep.com/1kF4lGW ) that the effort sprung from an interest by the teenagers who were so fascinated by equipment used at the Hantz Woodlands project that Hantz Farms president Mike Score saw an opportunity.
He got help from Ray Debuck of Debuck Construction, a Shelby Township firm working on the project, and Alta Equipment, which sells the front-end loaders, backhoes and other earth-moving equipment used at the site. They brought a mini excavator, a skidder and a front-end loader to property near Southeastern High School for the students to use.
Each of the 55 students who participated got to try out each piece of equipment.
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