Echo Global Farm Visit - Introduction and Tour - Helping the poor with tropical farm agriculture

John of http://www.growingyourgreens.com visits Echo in North Fort Myers Florida and interviews Mary who will share more information about ECHO and its mission about helping the poor feed themselves by being a resource for teaching tropical small farm agriculture. John also shows some of the different areas at ECHO while on the tour.

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[inremembranceofruth]

A continued energy descent and economic/social decline will have to occur to start eliminating these from our environment(s). Even then, we humans and all other life will have to live henceforth with these unfortunate substances that SOMEONE once thought were a good idea - at least by which to profit. Amazing small/local food-production is being done in this country and throughout the world regardless of many such drawbacks. So, let us continue despite the challenges...

[inremembranceofruth]

I agree to a significant extent with regard to comments about "where" and "how" we grow our food. However, I also realize that plastic and other unfortunate materials are now widespread - not just amidst poorer populations, but everyone. Given the immediacy with which all of us need to begin growing substantive amounts of food, I think we probably just have to accept the presence of plastic; toxins in air, water, and soil (as well as within our bodies); etc.

[4GreenEarth2]

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These souls are already poor, let's not make them go into debt because they can't afford the medical bills to make themselves healthy again. Let's face it, the Nation's healthcare system is already fucked up and it's not completely fixed yet...And to say that society will take care of the cost is just putting MORE of a burden on everyone that the situation could have been prevented if we had taught them how to grow the right way in the first place.

[4GreenEarth2]

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also, I'm curious what is the level that defines "poor" which leads to people having to starve themselves. If these people are unfortunate souls in the streets, how can they even afford cars leading them to have used tires laying around? Are we just going to give these poor people our toxic scrapes to grow in and say "here we're helping you ?" Starvation can be cured, but getting sick because they were taught to plant in toxic materials could be even worse.

[4GreenEarth2]

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scientific evidence, let's be smart about where and how we grow our foods.

[4GreenEarth2]

@sfbst1

Plastic are permeable materials which toxin can still leak through. It's good that they're helping the poor, but showing them how to grow things that produces toxin kinda takes helping out of the equation. Growing food doesn't necessarily have to be grown in tires. The idea of growing in tires is just copied from one idiot to another without really thinking much about what they're growing their food in. This could be forgivable later back in the ages, but with advance understand and ..

[sfbst1]

@4GreenEarth2

most of the tires are lined with plastic. this is a big debate...feed using what is available, perhaps including tires or not porduce food. Starvation vs. possible toxins. Hard to know what is worse.

[4GreenEarth2]

Looks like they need to do more research - planting in tires can be dangerous since the toxic from the material that tires are made out of can seep through the soil and affect the plants.