Gardening

Posted on Sep 3, 2020

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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Wave of the future?

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CPO Nate S.

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Imagine if we could repurpose old buildings in areas of "Food Deserts" to become fresh food venues. The lower parts of such old warehouses or other such large facilities in the USA could be convered into "opportunity zones" for business development and also serve the fresh food needs for such communities. How interesting would this be?!?!?!

Could these kinds of things be redeveloped by groups like Team Rubicon and veterans to run such programs. Humm!

Just saying...................

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2011/05/03/interactive-web-tool-maps-food-deserts-provides-key-data

See Food Desert Map here (https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/go-to-the-atlas/)

Also great related story:

https://www.rallypoint.com/shared-links/atlanta-turns-7-acres-of-vacant-land-into-the-largest-free-food-forest-in-the-country?loc=similar_main&pos=4&type=qrc

Interactive Web Tool Maps Food Deserts, Provides Key Data

Cross posted from the Let's Move! blog: Ensuring that Americans eat well and lead healthy lives is among our greatest goals at USDA. First Lady Michelle Obama, of course, has taken an important role on this front – leading a national conversation and administration-wide effort. As part of the Lets Move! initiative USDA is taking on the challenge of food deserts. These nutritional wastelands exist across America in both urban and rural...

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SMSgt David A Asbury

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I like the way you think on this subject. Could make a big difference.

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MSG Felipe De Leon Brown

>1 y

I read somewhere that some communities are already involved with turning vacant lots and rooftops into gardens here in the U.S. and overseas. My youngest daughter obtains more than 85% of her veggies from her own garden but then, she and my son-in-law both have green thumbs.

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SGT Mary G.

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CPO Nate S. If we aren't moving in that direction, imo, especially in urban areas, we're wrong. I suggest a top priority is protecting the produce grown from toxic pollutants of all types. In urban areas air pollution is also a culprit, not only what is in the water, and toxic spraying.

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