What did you learn about dietary choices from using the footprint calculator? Now imagine that you could translate what you learned into an effective societal policy on food- what would it be? And how would this policy effect the need to alleviate world hunger?
925 million people on earth do not have enough to eat according to the FAO [Food and Agricultural Organization]. That's almost 1 in 7 inhabitants of our planet!
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Straw bail gardening
For those of you who have a yard not perfectly suited for gardening like mine...too close to the water...my yard is a swamp when it rains...my veggies would be floating. There is plenty on the internet about planting your veggies in bails of straw. The straw will compost while keeping your heads of cabbage above the water.