blunosr said: (quoted from post at 18:18:58 02/04/14) Hi, Americans are fantastic at getting behind a national cause that's promoted by the President, and in the best interest of the Nation.
I think America (and Canada too, and most of Europe) needs to get behind a "Victory Garden" campaign to combat poverty and help lift us out of the financial doldrums (depression).
I watched this video recently. I'm not sure if I got the link here, or just stumbled on it. I love this idea! Most people who live in houses have at least some land they could plant. It's good honest work, gets their hands dirty (always a good thing), gets them out in the fresh air, saves money, helps promote healthy diet, etc.
I bet it would improve family values and stability as well...
I've been pouring over seed catalogs recently, as I'm sure you guys have been too.
I'm interested to hear your thoughts on this.
Bye for now,
Troy
You are mistaken sir. The WW2 Victory Gardens were put in by people who otherwise couldn't get food, most who'd been brought up with gardens and who had been gardening all their lives, especially in the Depression. All the Victory Garden program did is boost it with information, a little "free" stuff paid for by the taxpayer and make it "cool". Todays people would surely benefit from gardening, no doubt, but they won't do it. Apathy, hard work, disappointment and mostly the surplus of easy to obtain "free" food/food stamps makes it unlikely anyone would even try. As was said, you could supply the land, fit it, plant it for them and supply everything else and they'd still not maintain the garden.
Anyone in actual poverty in the US is there by choice or mental defect. Our biggest problem with our poor is obesity!
This post was edited by Bret4207 at 04:11:45 02/05/14.
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