Comments on: Fight Back with Local Food for the Hungry http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/07/03/fight-back-with-local-food-for-the-hungry/ Whole Food Nutrition made Simple & Affordable Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:53:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sarah @ Mum In Bloom http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/07/03/fight-back-with-local-food-for-the-hungry/comment-page-1/#comment-876 Sarah @ Mum In Bloom Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:37:18 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=316#comment-876 Thank you for writing this as I've been wondering the same thing. I live in Kansas surrounded by beautiful farms yet know there are many who are hungry in my area. The local church foodbank parking lot is packed each week with people in need. Our school budgets have been slashed, yet their acres of grass still get mowed. I, like you, have many questions but no real solutions or places to start. The ideas you broke down make sense and are fairly simple. I'll be sure to try some of them now. Here's a few other ideas I found: www.backyardharvest.com sign-up to start a local chapter or donated your unwanted harvest (article featured in July '09 Family Circle). www.endhunger.org Society of St. Andrew, Gleaning America's Fields to help end hunger - sign-up as a volunteer to help harvest! Thank you for writing this as I’ve been wondering the same thing.

I live in Kansas surrounded by beautiful farms yet know there are many who are hungry in my area. The local church foodbank parking lot is packed each week with people in need.

Our school budgets have been slashed, yet their acres of grass still get mowed. I, like you, have many questions but no real solutions or places to start. The ideas you broke down make sense and are fairly simple. I’ll be sure to try some of them now.

Here’s a few other ideas I found: http://www.backyardharvest.com sign-up to start a local chapter or donated your unwanted harvest (article featured in July ‘09 Family Circle).
http://www.endhunger.org Society of St. Andrew, Gleaning America’s Fields to help end hunger – sign-up as a volunteer to help harvest!

]]> By: Fight Back Fridays July 3rd | Food Renegade http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/07/03/fight-back-with-local-food-for-the-hungry/comment-page-1/#comment-833 Fight Back Fridays July 3rd | Food Renegade Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:45:03 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=316#comment-833 [...] Hugging the Coast (Yerbe Mate Recipe)4. MomsforsafeFood - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Review5. ORGANIC & THRIFTY (Local Food for the Urban Poor)6. Throwback at Trapper Creek ( a zero mile foodshed week)7. Sustainable Eats - Halfway through a [...] [...] Hugging the Coast (Yerbe Mate Recipe)4. MomsforsafeFood – Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Review5. ORGANIC & THRIFTY (Local Food for the Urban Poor)6. Throwback at Trapper Creek ( a zero mile foodshed week)7. Sustainable Eats – Halfway through a [...]

]]> By: carrie http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/07/03/fight-back-with-local-food-for-the-hungry/comment-page-1/#comment-822 carrie Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:05:08 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=316#comment-822 @ RF mama, Thanks for the link! That's so good to know! @ Food Renegade, As always, thanks for hosting! @emily, I think the same thing when I drive by a school. I hope someday to invest more time and activism energy into making this happen in my community! @ RF mama,

Thanks for the link! That’s so good to know!

@ Food Renegade,

As always, thanks for hosting!

@emily,

I think the same thing when I drive by a school. I hope someday to invest more time and activism energy into making this happen in my community!

]]> By: emily http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/07/03/fight-back-with-local-food-for-the-hungry/comment-page-1/#comment-821 emily Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:30:51 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=316#comment-821 i really pray these ideas catch on. i look at the 100s of feet of grass at my kids public school and think- why couldnt this be a mini-farm with the food going to the many low-income families here? i really pray these ideas catch on. i look at the 100s of feet of grass at my kids public school and think- why couldnt this be a mini-farm with the food going to the many low-income families here?

]]> By: Real Food Mama http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/07/03/fight-back-with-local-food-for-the-hungry/comment-page-1/#comment-820 Real Food Mama Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:44:17 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=316#comment-820 What a great post! I am really interested in hearing other perspectives about providing fresh local food to urban dwellers, especially the urban poor and am so glad to see others out there who have the same viewpoint! My local farmer's market here in Santa Fe accepts food stamps and many of the vendors accept WIC, which is great. Here is the link: http://www.santafefarmersmarket.com/ What a great post! I am really interested in hearing other perspectives about providing fresh local food to urban dwellers, especially the urban poor and am so glad to see others out there who have the same viewpoint!

My local farmer’s market here in Santa Fe accepts food stamps and many of the vendors accept WIC, which is great. Here is the link: http://www.santafefarmersmarket.com/

]]> By: FoodRenegade http://www.organicthrifty.com/2009/07/03/fight-back-with-local-food-for-the-hungry/comment-page-1/#comment-819 FoodRenegade Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:19:57 +0000 http://www.organicthrifty.com/?p=316#comment-819 I love these ideas. It's so inspiring to see other people thinking about these things! Cheers, KristenM (AKA FoodRenegade) I love these ideas. It’s so inspiring to see other people thinking about these things!

Cheers,
KristenM
(AKA FoodRenegade)

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