A Solution to the Root Cause of Hunger - Teaching People to Grow Food at the Oregon Food Bank

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Oregon Food Bank. In this episode you will learn how the Oregon Food bank is taking a leadership position in solving the nations hunger problem by addressing the root cause of hunger.. people not knowing how to grow their own food. In this episode John will visit the Food Bank Garden and share with you, "Whats Growing On?"

Category:

Education

Tags:

• oregon
• food
• bank
• hunger
• world
• nation
• us
• challenge
• problem
• root
• cause
• solution
• garden
• gardening
• growing
• fruit
• vegetables
• nutrient
• dense
• ANDI
• healthy

[heidiroselllo]

I did this in our area and 25 families joined and really were successful. Our local food bank got 20% and the families still had more than they could eat. We all so taught how to cook and use all veggies. That was very important. It has been going now for 2 years and I am proud.

[philipwilliamson]

This garden overview reminds me of hitching a ride with two homeless guys up Hwy 1 from Santa Cruz in 1991 or so. They were passing a 40 oz back and forth ("no thanks") and talking about their community garden. I think they were going up to San Gregorio to get some free visquine for the garden.

In the middle of the conversation, one of them turns around to me and says, "Grow green things up out of the ground... and eat them!" I took that to heart. How can you argue with that?

[redhulublue]

What is the yellow flowered plant that attracts the beneficial insects?

[blunchblack]

@pumkinvine yeah like in somalia where they're too lazy to get a job

[houe250]

I agree hunger could be reduced by people growing their own food. But the people need to get out of cities and into the country to really fix the problem.

[Gentilseulement]

It`s great to have neighbors who are interested in gardening as well because they can share their produce.

[Gentilseulement]

Are you the same one who sells juicers on Youtube????

[pumkinvine]

The root cause of hunger is people are too lazy to grow there own food.(or get a job and buy their own food)

[sbaker7274]

Curse you leaf miner. Can't make out the bug photos, but thanks so much for mentioning the names. Can U Google? lol 3,000 lbs! That's crazy! Bless you assassin bug. Love them beans.

[ParadiseVeggies]

Hey John. I liked the video. The videos with how too and best practices I enjoy.

[kruxypoo]

Oh I wish I knew you were in portland, our square foot garden is very close to the OFB and we are dealing with a couple of problems with our garden... aphids, ants, some problems with the leaves on our tomatoes and beans, we could have tried to find time to meet with you and pick your brain.

The OFB is a great example of people working together to help fight hunger, thank you for highlighting them. Happy gardening!