TEDxDirigo - Roger Doiron - A Subversive Plot: How to Grow a Revolution in Your Own Backyard

Roger Doiron is founding director of Kitchen Gardeners International, a network of people taking a hands-on approach to re-localizing the global food supply. Doiron is an advocate for new policies, technologies, investments, and fresh thinking about the role of gardens. His successful petition to replant a kitchen garden at the White House attracted broad international recognition. He is also a writer, photographer, and public speaker.

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[TheFrugal Gardener]

36 people are from the pesticide-herbicide-chemical-f­ertilizer-GMO laden Industrial Food Complex.

[faithfuljohn]

he never said he saved $2200 per year... he said he saved $2200. Those are two different statement. Learn to listen.

[Anjelie Dawn Mendoza]

I'm 22 years old and I saw this a year ago, and now we have a flourishing garden of vegetables. I convinced my parents to grow a vegetable garden and we get the food that we eat in our backyard. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Scott Giambastiani]

Fantastic work Roger Doiron!

[LoveMoreJudgeLess]

I wish you all the best of a growing season! 

[marycarols2]

In Northern Minnesota we have a much shorter growing season but it still makes sense to me to grow a garden on my 60 foot lot ( that includes the space my house is on.) And I am on the side of a hill - Duluth. Despite the challenges I have had quite a bit of food from my garden. It all got washed out last year during the flood, but I still got some. This year I am going to put in some swales to help keep the moisture in the garden and reduce runoff.

[shakaama]

what's weird is, when he went into the demographics of the "garden movement"... I was blown away. I ONLY know male gardners.

[Kerry H]

Why not a garden stimulus package??? Cause we're broke... and the illegal gardens are because of Agenda 21!! learn it - fight it!

[Kerry H]

the Obama worship is sad and pathetic too.

[Kerry H]

Nice Bush bashing... it was actually Biden who said we can get out of debt by spending more... Keynesian economics don't work.  Sorry.