“I’m a big believer in community gardens ... both because of their beauty and for providing access to fresh fruits and vegetables to so many communities across the nation and the world.”
—Michelle Obama, speaking at USDA headquarters
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Posted 9:01 AM on 20 Feb 2009
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CyberBrook Posted 2:08 am
20 Feb 2009
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Pompey Road Posted 3:20 am
20 Feb 2009
Natural fertilizers are really hard to come by and heirloom plants are getting scarce. This would be a great way to get some biodiversity back into the food system. Depending on a few commercial foods is dangerous.
The worst thing that has happened to us over the last 20 years is losing the family farm also. Michelle should talk to Willie Nelson for the numbers but the family farm was decimated by the agri corporate.
It was a crime what they did to the afro-american farmer they had a stonger connection to the land as not many ever had the chance to own their own.
The eons of time and nature was good to us down here. It was not until we become civilized that destroying our habitat become fathomable or fashionable.
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