Comments on: One World Everybody Eats: local version?

By: isabella mori

isabella mori — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:59:22 +0000

a very interesting idea. i’m going to meet with a friend from an inner city mission next week; would be interesting to see what they’d think of that, perhaps as a fundraising route. thanks for telling us about this!

By: Freedom Girl

Freedom Girl — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:46:49 +0000

What a wonderful idea! And I think BI would be a perfect place for it…people over estimate the wealth on the island, dramatically.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:05:55 +0000

I think you have a great idea and how wonderful of that Utah woman. That kind of cafe is something I’ve never heard of before. I have worked in a San Francisco church’s kitchen preparing lunches to give away, and it was a huge endeavor. People I know on the island are always interested in finding a worthy cause to support. I could not believe the news that a food bank had been robbed in Seattle (I can’t recall where exactly). Food is such a basic need, and so many take it for granted or assume that because they are covered, so is everyone else.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:38:51 +0000

What an absolutely fascinating idea! Hmmm. I suppose lots would depend on availability of local organics and willingness/ability of local patrons to support the endeavor.

Here (in the rural midwest) I’m continually shocked at the breadth and depth of poverty. (And I’m not easily shocked, growing up in Appalachia) People here are neither willing nor able to support such a concept.

I’ve never lived somewhere before where I have to convince grown-ups to try vegetables. They’ve just never eaten many fresh veggies and fruits before because they were raised on cheap carbs and frozen stuff.

Lot of people think “rural” and envision lush green farms full of lovely organic produce. But the soil here is … pure beige. Beige rock. I don’t see how they grow much of anything at all. And its that way mile upon mile upon mile.

I suspect I’m going to become TheComposter when we move in a few weeks. (Ya know its all about marketing, so I’m trying to convince my sci-fi-loving husband that its really a kind of terra-forming. Just like we’re space-explorers in a hostile environment!)