What creative idea do you have for encouraging and helping more people to grow some of their own food?

Question

Home food production hit an all-time low in the US in 2005 and is declining in other countries as well as people rely more heavily on purchased convenience foods. We are a small nonprofit group that is working to promote greater levels of food self-reliance on the part of individuals and communities and woud like to hear what creative ideas others have for encouraging home gardening and home cooking. For info about us, please see: http://www.kitchengardeners.org/

Answer 1

It is much cheaper to grow your own food.
It is far more convenient to go into your own back yard and pick your veggies than it is to go into a grocery store
Why pay for so so produce when you can enjoy the fruits of your own labor for free
It brings you closer to nature
You can always offer your home grown food to friends and neighbors (they are almost always appreciative of that)
By growing your own food, you are far less likely to consume contaminated food and less vulnerable to terrorist attempts to poison our food supply
You can learn more about life and the food chain
You are not at anyone elses mercy for the food crop or price
Good Luck!

Answer 2

Dependening on the amount of funds,I would start with a brochure of general knowledge of the concept of the following.....1space management of a back yard garden,2the long and short term pros and cons example.... money savings,the knowledge of witch pesticidesand herbicides were used3making use of avaliable materials .And all of this in the same time it would take to go shopping

Answer 3

Most people forgot or never had the taste of a home grown tomato. What's in the stores is pathetic compared to one picked warm off the vine or bush, depending on the variety.
The cherry tomatoes are expensive in the store, and they are prolific growers. Get a six-pack of seedlings in late spring from your local nursery and put them in with your flowers in a sunny location. Be prepared to "stake" them (tie branches to wooded or metal stakes), because they grow fairly heavy with tomatoes, branches and leaves. If you've never grown tomatoes, you're in for a treat. You can eat them fresh, make juice, sauces or freeze them and make the sauce later in the winter when you're longing for that fresh taste.
I've grown them every year that I could since my mother had her Victory Garden during WWII.

Answer 4

I love growing my own food. I come from Beirut and I remember my Mom made every thing fresh so do I...I am involved in a12 step meeting and i have one meeting at my house ans i let the woman go-out side and what ever they want,also I make them the best Lebanese food

Answer 5

new house should be outfitted for gardens. funding should be provided to support the endeavor. i agree sounds good. sell the seeds on the street in front of mickey d's. thats a joke

Answer 6

I'm actually building my own garden.

Answer 7

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