I don’t like urban areas.
Even in my little farming town of 600 people, we have food distribution at our church every Saturday morning. It is amazing how much is given out.
Sounds like to me that the trend of “urban farming” might be a very healthy option for city dwellers captive in Camp Obama.
I have had thoughts about donating garden seed packets. Talk about a payoff. Small plot gardens are easy and can be very productive. Anyone can grow Okra and it is amazing how much that plant produces.
I garden because I like to, but I could live with what I produce pretty easily.
My husband and I work with the poor on a regular basis. A good deal of them exert an enormous amount of energy trying to get others to buy them things when they could exert half of that energy and be self-reliant. It is amazing to me that so many are happy to sit under the table like dogs waiting for whatever scraps or crumbs may fall instead of just sitting at the banquet feast. Just too much effort to climb out from under the table.
I don’t have any problem with urban farming as long as its 100% privately funded. They keep talking about it in Detroit but it will cost billions federal dollars for soil restoration and the inner city Detroit attitude means they would have to import a workforce.