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I didn't mean to imply that kids should be made to work in gardens. I meant that gardening and food preservation should be offered as classes. I'm betting some kids would welcome some time in the sun and playing in the dirt

That's the only way I know how to do things :) thank you for the warm welcome. I hope to learn a lot...and maybe contribute a little

Hunger has a way of changing priorities...and hunger is coming. Perhaps these ideas won't seem so crazy in the coming years

I do believe mother nature is in the process of changing people's opinion of eating "weeds"

Valid point in regard to most people these days. But schools have no excuse. They have the land and the manpower (students). A new culture begins with youth

I have a similar model and it produces great food...however the cost of pellets prohibits regular use

I agree that some open lawn space is needed. But with food supplies shrinking and populations growing people need to reassess how much play space they need. What bothers me the most are the churches and schools. Churches could be helping provide food for the needy and schools could be teaching...

Am I the only one that shakes his head as I drive past one useless green lawn after another? Nearly every home and all churches and schools seem to think grass is an important crop.

Cherokee purple is my reliable producer but I have more space than I can use so I put in several different heirlooms every year along with a few hybrids. This way I'm relatively certain to get a harvest.

I'd like to see churches get far more involved. Every one of them has huge useless lawns that could be community gardens. It's shameful to grow grass in a starving world