Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[gloria@aquaponicfarm.com]

I have personally helped the "poor and hungry" in the county where I live. 
They wanted the sweets that were available. Some were interested in 
vegetables but mostly just the tomatoes. The veg that came straight from our 
garden they did not want because there was some garden dirt on it. Corn on 
the cob they would
Not take unless we shucked it first. 

We held free canning classes where everyone could come help clean chop and 
prepare food and take home free food. Very few showed up because there was 
work to be done. Why work for food when it is given away for free by good 
stamps etc. 

We had a large community garden that we personally tilled and planted. A fee 
people showed up during planting. No one showed up for weeding. Only a few 
showed up for harvest. Again the vegetable were not in pretty packages so the 
were not wanted. 

I dont know the answer or the solution

Gloria


On Dec 30, 2010, at 12:18 AM, Simply Cooking <simplycookingnonna@gmail.com> 
wrote:

> It's hard to put effort or energy into anything when you're
> hungry,weak,and stressed. Especially something you've never done
> before.
> nonna
> 
> On 12/29/10, Pete Vukovich <pvukovic1@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I have to chime in and agree with Mr. D'hondt. It takes a few seasons to
>> prepare a field properly, and years to develop the skills to farm, couple
>> that with the fact that people expect change to occur within less than an
>> election cycle supported by bobble heads still talking about 'competition'
>> as a remedy to modern economic problems and I think the sort of 'change'
>> people a driven towards isn't a pretty picture. I have to filter this with
>> my own tendency to be pessimistic and over reactive of course, but I think
>> this is reflected in the polarism were seeing in most of the world today.
>> 
>> --pete
>> 
>> --- On Tue, 12/28/10, John D'hondt <dhondt@eircom.net> wrote:
>> 
>> From: John D'hondt <dhondt@eircom.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] The Working Poor
>> To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing"
>> <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 11:55 AM
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Will people who don't know how to grow or don't want to change their
>> attitude? How bad does it have to get first?
>> 
>> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I am afraid the most likely change in attitude might be slightly different
>> than what you expect Paul. Growing when one gets hungry will take too long.
>> So taking whatever is available is possible the profession with the most
>> growth potential?
>> john
>> 
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