Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but by a scarcity of democracy. Read more [...]
What India Taught Me About How to End Hunger
Reaping Many Good Things
I have maintained that local efforts to reshape the nature of our economy can do much to alleviate the continuing economic catastrophe. One that is happening in my home town of Salem, Oregon is a program that helps people obtain free food while helping others who face food insecurity. Read more [...]
A Garden in a Swimming Pool
Dennis and Danielle McClung took a foreclosed home in Mesa, Arizona that had an empty, dilapidated swimming pool in the back yard. Rather than restore it as a regular pool, they turned it into a combination garden greenhouse and fish pond that now provides nearly all of the food they need for their family of four. Read more [...]
Time for a Garden
Each year for many years we've planted a vegetable garden starting about now, or sometimes earlier. This can make a real difference in a number of ways, not just by delivering fresh produce to your table and hopefully those of your neighbors (face it, if you don't get too much of something each year, it's not a good year). Read more [...]