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ellenrr

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16. there is a movement for people to turn their lawns into food-bearing gardens
Sun Oct 20, 2013, 05:59 AM
Oct 2013

And a reaction from local governments to criminalize the lawn-to-food movement.

You may have seen where some people have actually been arrested for growing food on their lawn, and for sharing food with their neighbors!

Of course. Where would Monsanto et al be if people didn't saturate their front yards with toxic chemicals so they could have a "beautiful" lawn.

I agree about strawberries. I am on food stamps, so $6.99 a pint for organic strawberries is way over budget, but one day I splurged.
They are delicious!

I like to buy at farmer's market. We have one in my town which is very popular, people come from some distance to shop here. Some of them even accept food stamps. And even tho most of the vendors cannot label their produce organic, they say they use as little pesticide as possible.

so that is something. And as we consumers demand no pesticides that will make a difference.

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