tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16483467216949521322024-03-12T19:47:51.860-07:00Free the FoodDedicated to the reduction of food waste and improving the distribution of food to those in need.Arthur Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829515520501557968noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648346721694952132.post-11006287471831257892012-08-12T14:42:00.000-07:002012-08-12T14:42:23.741-07:00Last Word40% vs 8%!!!!!! What more can I say?Arthur Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829515520501557968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648346721694952132.post-57678560915668592052011-03-29T11:12:00.000-07:002011-03-29T11:20:36.004-07:00What Our Schools are Teaching<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0C7iNJ9ux1gYkJCcuoKkc1dgpnW4Q-oIsU9cwPp75_J3cuBfY7yNocX2Ze_utz_-BoDVTUSdpzLAs21LKu-mSAJLJlfTI2YuwN0vAel1g_k6SvSE09b4kfB60M3epQAWF1TahOc0IlA/s1600/Unknown-15.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0C7iNJ9ux1gYkJCcuoKkc1dgpnW4Q-oIsU9cwPp75_J3cuBfY7yNocX2Ze_utz_-BoDVTUSdpzLAs21LKu-mSAJLJlfTI2YuwN0vAel1g_k6SvSE09b4kfB60M3epQAWF1TahOc0IlA/s1600/Unknown-15.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2aphcs0cj-gcbTVwtUx5IMJvRum8vyuwSMKS7W2pH6q1UtYhuhQjqBIGx4B_TrmorUFOOaePREpPhHMrr12NogEM5xrm9P_zX5h9beOaL0hhEK-s34mj5rmOkiiWlSErim8n3UEnrA/s1600/Unknown-16.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2aphcs0cj-gcbTVwtUx5IMJvRum8vyuwSMKS7W2pH6q1UtYhuhQjqBIGx4B_TrmorUFOOaePREpPhHMrr12NogEM5xrm9P_zX5h9beOaL0hhEK-s34mj5rmOkiiWlSErim8n3UEnrA/s1600/Unknown-16.jpeg" /></a>I worked for years at a North Carolina high school with a student population of 1500. I often ate my lunch in the cafeteria where I witnessed hundreds of pounds of food being wasted at every meal. The cafeteria offered two choices. One line led to a hot "healthy meal," more often than not consisting of greasy meat and over-cooked vegetables with potatoes, or some pasta with cheese and tomato sauce. To the schools credit, this line offered a pre-made green salad. The other line led to pizza and French fries and attracted about three quarters of the kids. The left-over "healthy" food was sometimes used the next day; yesterday's burgers found their way into the next day's lasagna. Tragically, the rest wound up in the dumpster. Even when the students opt for pizza, most of it goes uneaten.</div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 21.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Aside from the mountains of wasted food that often are ignored in favor of a Doctor Pepper and a bag of Fritos, Federally subsidized school meals...... 33 million lunches and 9 million breakfasts a day....... are contributing to the alarming rise in obesity of our children.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpypHy5MbMX4QkOnw2IfSD7d12vLsR2wviGd354MxJgZi0a1eFnPICmR1HwABlY1S0Yn54W0yiLLoeVBAOSiyKdWy5FHzlM1muOZKAcomtTi8y9Y4jLQwnjKG0BT3NIwjBLx2nYAKlww/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpypHy5MbMX4QkOnw2IfSD7d12vLsR2wviGd354MxJgZi0a1eFnPICmR1HwABlY1S0Yn54W0yiLLoeVBAOSiyKdWy5FHzlM1muOZKAcomtTi8y9Y4jLQwnjKG0BT3NIwjBLx2nYAKlww/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 21.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #f3f2f2; font: 14.0px Times; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px;">"According to the New York City Department of Health, 43% of public elementary school students are overweight and 76% of New York City children are not getting the recommended five daily servings of fruit and vegetables."</div><div style="font: 16.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px;">Source: http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/</div><div style="font: 16.0px Georgia; line-height: 24.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px;">___________</div><div style="font: 16.0px Georgia; line-height: 24.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px;">"While research suggests that as little as an extra 200 calories a day can make an adult overweight, a recent study led by Gary D. Foster, the director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University, found that children were getting 360 calories a day from chips, candy and sugary drinks"</div><div style="font: 16.0px Georgia; line-height: 24.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px;">Source: The New York Times.....March 27, 2011 from an article "Philadelphia School Battles Students' Bad Eating Habits, on Campus and Off" by Michael Moss.</div><div style="font: 16.0px Georgia; line-height: 24.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px;">____________________</div><div style="font: 16.0px Georgia; line-height: 24.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px;">Compared with kids who brought lunch from home, those who ate school lunches:</div><ul><li style="font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Were more likely to be overweight or obese (38.2% vs. 24.7%)</li>
<li style="font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Were more likely to eat two or more servings of fatty meats like fried chicken or hot dogs daily (6.2% vs. 1.6%)</li>
<li style="font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Were more likely to have two or more sugary drinks a day (19% vs. 6.8%)</li>
<li style="font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Were less likely to eat at least two servings of fruits a day (32.6% vs. 49.4%)</li>
<li style="font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Were less likely to eat at least two servings of vegetables a day (39.9% vs. 50.3%)</li>
<li style="font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Had higher levels of LDL "bad" cholesterol"</li>
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</div><div style="font: 16.0px Georgia; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Source: http://children.webmd.com/news/20100315/school-lunches-linked-to-kids-obesity?page=2</div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">________________________</div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 21.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3s4QhFxc8D34Gq_b3hACNmtAHwvgCQkfXG-csjcLAh05KmhzYEpV0taHvsWDo3qi68ymOlOe9LCwGkiJxvN7TZDOnrZONuHKJkC6KlNw2EBuyyt-Lo8hynOLjmWvl1P2Vzj1R6An1Ew/s1600/Unknown-20.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3s4QhFxc8D34Gq_b3hACNmtAHwvgCQkfXG-csjcLAh05KmhzYEpV0taHvsWDo3qi68ymOlOe9LCwGkiJxvN7TZDOnrZONuHKJkC6KlNw2EBuyyt-Lo8hynOLjmWvl1P2Vzj1R6An1Ew/s1600/Unknown-20.jpeg" /></a>Here in the United States, our school kids are faced with a double whammy!: Often uneaten Federally funded meals of questionable nutritional value, and the readily available, heavily advertised junk "foods" which represent tons of wasted food from the moment of their production. Both are making our kids FAT and unhealthy..... more prone to diabetes and heart disease before they reach 20!</div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 21.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Meanwhile, one in eight American is going hungry. Globally, more than 20,000 people starve to death daily.</div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 21.0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lPuo9hOYhaTzo5Pzyw7bI-ABlb92-bhvzXcBbw4Ca-coRn1O-gginnMx7bBHdKSX1-8k6mzlANJ8yVpss28RtYbUSnv74cuTfCwTBZqT81wYS9D9pPpo8sYvKPcfco7hHLBvVnAd0w/s1600/images-13.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lPuo9hOYhaTzo5Pzyw7bI-ABlb92-bhvzXcBbw4Ca-coRn1O-gginnMx7bBHdKSX1-8k6mzlANJ8yVpss28RtYbUSnv74cuTfCwTBZqT81wYS9D9pPpo8sYvKPcfco7hHLBvVnAd0w/s1600/images-13.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Again I ask,</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?</b></div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>FREE THE FOOD! </b></span></div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>FEED THE HUNGRY!</i></b></span></div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"........ and let's have another piece of pie."</span></div><div style="font: 18.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Arthur Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829515520501557968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648346721694952132.post-65403241463711391132011-03-24T12:24:00.000-07:002011-03-24T12:28:58.599-07:00Hungry?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px;">Who? ONE in EIGHT in America!</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px;">Read on......... </div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px;">According to the American Oxford Dictionary: </div><div style="font: 16.0px Hiragino Mincho Pro; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 24px/normal Baskerville;">hunger</span> |ˈhə ng gər|</div><div style="font: 16.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">noun</div><div style="font: 16.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">a feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat : <i>she was faint with hunger.</i></div><div style="font: 16.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande';">• </span>a severe lack of food : <i>they died from cold and hunger.</i></div><div style="font: 16.0px Baskerville; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><i></i></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px;">The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that in 2008:</div><ul><li style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Of the 49.1 million people living in food insecure households (up from 36.2 million in 2007), 32.4 million are adults (14.4 percent of all adults) and 16.7 million are children (22.5 percent of all children).</li>
<li style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">17.3 million people lived in households that were considered to have "very low food security," a USDA term (previously denominated "food insecure with hunger") that means one or more people in the household were hungry over the course of the year because of the inability to afford enough food. This was up from 11.9 million in 2007 and 8.5 million in 2000.</li>
<li style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Very low food security had been getting worse even before the recession. The number of people in this category in 2008 is more than double the number in 2000.</li>
<li style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Black (25.7 percent) and Hispanic (26.9 percent) households experienced food insecurity at far higher rates than the national average.</li>
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<li style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Children everywhere are suffering from mal-nourishment. </li>
</ul><ul><li style="color: #606060; font: 12.0px Verdana; line-height: 17.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px;">"Children who struggle with hunger are sick more often, recover more slowly, and are more likely to be hospitalized.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></li>
<li style="color: #606060; font: 12.0px Verdana; line-height: 17.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px;">They are more likely to experience headaches, stomachaches, colds, ear infections and fatigue.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></li>
<li style="color: #606060; font: 12.0px Verdana; line-height: 17.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px;">Children who face hunger are more susceptible to obesity and its harmful health consequences as children and as adults.</li>
</ul><div style="color: #606060; font: 12.0px Verdana; line-height: 17.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 17.0px 0.0px;"><b>Hunger impedes our childrens’ ability to learn and perform academically:</b></div><ul><li style="color: #606060; font: 12.0px Verdana; line-height: 17.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px;">Undernourished children under the age of 3 cannot learn as much, as fast or as well.</li>
<li style="color: #606060; font: 12.0px Verdana; line-height: 17.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Lack of enough nutritious food impairs a child’s ability to concentrate and perform well in school.</li>
<li style="color: #606060; font: 12.0px Verdana; line-height: 17.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Children who don’t get enough nutritious food are more susceptible to the negative effects of skipping breakfast on their ability to think and learn.</li>
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</ul><ul><li style="color: #606060; font: 12.0px Verdana; line-height: 17.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px;">Children who regularly do not get enough nutritious food have more behavioral, emotional and academic problems and tend to be more aggressive and anxious.</li>
<li style="color: #606060; font: 12.0px Verdana; line-height: 17.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px;">Teens who regularly do not get enough to eat are more likely to be suspended from school and have difficulty getting along with other kids."</li>
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</span></span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Arthur Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829515520501557968noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648346721694952132.post-43482738938300355502011-03-21T11:37:00.000-07:002011-03-21T11:57:22.737-07:0040% vs One in Eight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweWERL7pMYtmHGunsYAsmH5s3qo0kpMyWEmWzzn6nGZokv3BWPN4eHZmnnLMF497NIKNgdBaePPsczTWVvlzqZVUswLYK1uTX9WwQ-8yDBneV0XwtcN0NbFc_FPCpYoaxyFs-wwiW9Q/s1600/Unknown-7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweWERL7pMYtmHGunsYAsmH5s3qo0kpMyWEmWzzn6nGZokv3BWPN4eHZmnnLMF497NIKNgdBaePPsczTWVvlzqZVUswLYK1uTX9WwQ-8yDBneV0XwtcN0NbFc_FPCpYoaxyFs-wwiW9Q/s320/Unknown-7.jpeg" width="245" /></a></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Forty Percent........ One in Eight: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Two figures which embody the tragic irony that exists in America today.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">40% of the food ready for harvest in this country never gets eaten.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One in eight Americans is in need of emergency food relief. </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>The 40%.....</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Pre-harvest losses, such as those due to severe weather and disease are unavoidable. However, much of the post-harvest loss is avoidable. From the farm to the retail level loss can be attributed to mechanization, production practices and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">decisions</span>. </div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">During the processing and wholesale stage, tons of edible food is wasted through poor handling, package failure, and transportation losses. The amount of edible food that is discarded, thrown straight into the dumpster because it fails to meet often arbitrary federal and or state "standards" is unconscionable.</div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">At the retail level, over 5 billion pounds of food are lost each year. Dairy products and fresh fruits and vegetables account for half of retail loss.</div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Nearly 100 billion pounds of food is lost by consumers and the foodservice industry.........26% of the edible food supply! Fresh fruits and vegetables account for 20% of consumer and foodservice loss.</div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Source: <a href="http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/FoodReview/Jan1997/Jan97a.pdf">http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/FoodReview/Jan1997/Jan97a.pdf</a></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">________________</div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>The One in Eight........</b></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">The USDA spends billions of dollars providing food assistance. An estimated 150,000 nonprofit organizations including food banks and neighborhood charity outlets provide 10% of the U.S. population with some portion of their nutritional needs. </div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Roman';">"</span>However, according to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, even with the extensive network of Federal and private food assistance programs, almost 20% of requests for emergency food assistance went unmet."</div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Source: <a href="http://usda.gov/">usda.gov</a></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px;">"We live in the world's wealthiest nation. Yet 13 percent of people living in the United States live in poverty.</div><div style="font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px;">Nearly one in four children live in households that struggle to put food on the table. That's 16.7 million children.</div><div style="font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px;">The most direct way to reduce hunger in the U.S. is through national nutrition programs. But while food assistance to hungry people is vital, it is not enough.</div><div style="font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px;"><b>Poverty</b></div><div style="font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px;">More than one in eight people in the United States lives below the poverty line, which is $21,756 for a family of four in 2009. One in five children in the United States lives below the poverty line. <i>Source: Income, Earnings, and Poverty data from the 2008 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, 2009. </i></div><ul><li style="color: #484848; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Americans (51.4 percent) will live in poverty at some point before age 65. </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Source: Urban Institute, Transitioning In and Out of Poverty, 2007. </b></span></i></li>
<li style="color: #484848; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>84 percent of low-income families have at least one working family member, and 75 percent of single mothers who head households work. </b></span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2007. </b></span></i></li>
<li style="color: #484848; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>In most areas, a family of four needs to earn twice the poverty line to provide children with basic necessities. </b></span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Source: National Center for Children in Poverty, 2008. </b></span></i></li>
<li style="color: #484848; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Nationally, more than 30 percent of children live in low-income working families (families who earn less than twice the poverty line). </b></span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007, compiled by the Working Poor Families Projec</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b> Most </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>t.</b></span></i></li>
<li style="color: #484848; font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 2.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>A person working full-time at the minimum wage earns $14,500 a year. The official poverty line for a family of three—one parent with two children—is $17,285.</b></span></li>
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</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdxr1pWFxqNYcJ7-Zj6C_Pb4KMbQtBWDBh5VHfrppJIIndHxyjDpfkMhffpydjwmPkMVPchBjQXFf4Bn87-ycsuapOAk0nrqQMLox-r-Gb3BafamriC8YCwa73n23_o5Dm4_6UN7wTw/s1600/Unknown-4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdxr1pWFxqNYcJ7-Zj6C_Pb4KMbQtBWDBh5VHfrppJIIndHxyjDpfkMhffpydjwmPkMVPchBjQXFf4Bn87-ycsuapOAk0nrqQMLox-r-Gb3BafamriC8YCwa73n23_o5Dm4_6UN7wTw/s1600/Unknown-4.jpeg" /></a>The existence and practice of "community gardening" predates recorded history. Wherever a community exists, the possibilities of creating a garden that is accessible to every member of that community are endless. Anywhere where fertile soil is to be found (or created), a community garden can be developed. Many municipalities provide space. Rooftop gardens abound in cities worldwide. The operative word here is COMMUNITY. The world is facing a food crisis. The alarming statistics are available, but go unnoticed; it's time for the wake-up call. </div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">From the "City Farmer News,", a fine online publication that features 'New Stories From 'Urban Agriculture Notes'.":</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">"Convincing people of a threat to the food supply is like convincing people that the climate change is a problem: you can either wait until the crisis hits or react now." Peter Ladner</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Source:<a href="http://www.cityfarmer.info/tag/rooftop-gardens/"> http://www.cityfarmer.info/tag/rooftop-gardens/</a></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">The adage "Charity begins at home," is a statement of fact. If you are fortunate enough to live in a home with a back yard, start a garden and feed your family. Share your surplus with your next-door neighbors. Better yet, if possible, get your neighbors to share one garden space, everyone contributing to its maintenance. Contribute the surplus to the local food bank. Does the town or city where you live have a community garden? If so, get INVOLVED! If not, WHY NOT?</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) offers a wealth of information and can be found online at: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2123308117">http://communitygarden.org/</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"> </span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Community gardening benefits everyone. From the ACGA:</div><div style="color: #3b5496; font: 19.0px Century Gothic; line-height: 22.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 23.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><ul><li style="color: #333333; font: 11.0px Verdana; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"Improves the quality of life for people in the garden</span></li>
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<li style="color: #333333; font: 11.0px Verdana; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Stimulates Social Interaction</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; font: 11.0px Verdana; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Encourages Self-Reliance</span></li>
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<li style="color: #333333; font: 11.0px Verdana; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Produces Nutritious Food</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; font: 11.0px Verdana; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Reduces Family Food Budgets</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; font: 11.0px Verdana; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Conserves Resources</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; font: 11.0px Verdana; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Creates opportunity for recreation, exercise, therapy, and education</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; font: 11.0px Verdana; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Reduces Crime</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; font: 11.0px Verdana; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Preserves Green Space</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; font: 11.0px Verdana; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Creates income opportunities and economic development</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; font: 11.0px Verdana; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Reduces city heat from streets and parking lots</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; font: 11.0px Verdana; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Provides opportunities for intergenerational and cross-cultural connections"</span></li>
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</div><div style="font: 21.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"10 STEPS TO STARTING A COMMUNITY GARDEN</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">American Community Gardening Association </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The following steps are adapted from the American Community Garden Association's guidelines </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">for launching a successful community garden in your neighborhood. </span></div><div style="font: 13.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 13.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 1. ORGANIZE A MEETING OF INTERESTED PEOPLE </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Determine whether a garden is really needed and wanted, what kind it should be (vegetable, flower, bot</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">h, organic?), whom it will involve and who benefits. Invite neighbors, tenants, community organizations,</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">gardening and horticultural societies, building superintendents (if it is at an apartment building)—in other </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">words, anyone who is likely to be interested. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 2. FORM A PLANNING COMMITTEE </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This group can be comprised of people who feel committed to the creation of the garden and have the time to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">devote to it, at least at this initial stage. Choose well-organized persons as garden coordinators Form committees to tackle specific tasks: funding and partnerships, youth activities, construction and </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">communication. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 3. IDENTIFY ALL YOUR RESOURCES </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Do a community asset assessment. What skills and resources already exist in the community that can aid in the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">garden’s creation? Contact local municipal planners about possible sites, as well as horticultural societies and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">other local sources of information and assistance. Look within your community for people with experience in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">l</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">andscaping and gardening. In Toronto contact the Toronto Community Garden Network. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 4. APPROACH A SPONSOR </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Some gardens "self-support" through membership dues, but for many, a sponsor is essential for donations </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">oftools, seeds or money. Churches, schools, private businesses or parks and recreation departments are all possible supporters. One garden raised money by selling "square inches" at $5 each to hundreds of sponsors.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 5. CHOOSE A SITE </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Consider the amount of daily sunshine (vegetables need at least six hours a day), availability of water, and soil </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">testing for possible pollutants. Find out who owns the land. Can the gardeners get a lease agreement for at least </span>t<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">hree years? Will public liability insurance be necessary? </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 6. PREPARE AND DEVELOP THE SITE </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In most cases, the land will need considerable preparation for planting. Organize volunteer work crews to clean </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">it, gather materials and decide on the design and plot arrangement. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 7. ORGANIZE THE GARDEN </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Members must decide how many plots are available and how they will be assigned. Allow space for storing </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">tools, making compost and don’t forget the pathways between plots! Plant flowers or shrubs around the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">garden's edges to promote good will with non-gardening neighbors, passersby and municipal authorities. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 8. PLAN FOR CHILDREN </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Consider creating a special garden just for kids--including them is essential. Children are not as interested </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in the size of the harvest but rather in the process of gardening.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A separate area set aside for them allows them to explore the garden at their own speed. </span> </div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 9. DETERMINE RULES AND PUT THEM IN WRITING </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The gardeners themselves devise the best ground rules. We are more willing to comply with rules that we have had a hand in creating. Ground rules help gardeners to know what is expected of them. Think of it as a code of behavior. Some examples of issues that are best dealt with by agreed upon rules are: dues, how will the money be used? . How are plots assigned? Will gardeners share tools, meet regularly, handle basic maintenance? </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 10. HELP MEMBERS KEEP IN TOUCH WITH EACH OTHER</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 6px/normal Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Good communication ensures a strong community garden with active participation by all. Some ways to do this are: form a telephone tree, create an email list; install a rainproof bulletin board in the garden; have regular celebrations. 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</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">________________________________________</div>Arthur Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829515520501557968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648346721694952132.post-10845832065749793442011-03-03T14:05:00.000-08:002011-03-05T05:21:40.996-08:00Gleaning the Truth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3/3/11</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville;">Let us define our terms. According to the dictionary in my Mac:</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Hiragino Mincho Pro'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 24px/normal Baskerville;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 24px/normal Baskerville;">glean</span> |glēn|</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Baskerville; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">verb [ trans. ]</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Baskerville; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">extract (information) from various sources : <i>the information is</i><b><i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">gleaned</span> </i></b><i>press clippings.</i></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Baskerville; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande';">• </span>collect gradually and bit by bit <b>: </b><i><b>objects gleaned from local markets.</b></i></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Baskerville; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande';">• </span><span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Helvetica Neue Light';">historical </span>gather (leftover grain or other produce) after a harvest : [as n. ] (<b> gleaning</b>) <i><b><u>the conditions of farm workers in the 1890s made gleaning essential.</u></b></i></div><div><i><b><u><br />
</u></b></i></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgURajwWPIlF1TpO6UYtocEIW6lgVFEn6Ew-YYFTfwIsGeKB2W18cwNv9PBbFqJsgMaNP7SyQE5X2gCHoUm67NPTFsGyYiy1gqVRL10UcsofhWlw8xRAgkcemB4QedZHmbLoYhX7LsA/s1600/images-16.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgURajwWPIlF1TpO6UYtocEIW6lgVFEn6Ew-YYFTfwIsGeKB2W18cwNv9PBbFqJsgMaNP7SyQE5X2gCHoUm67NPTFsGyYiy1gqVRL10UcsofhWlw8xRAgkcemB4QedZHmbLoYhX7LsA/s1600/images-16.jpeg" /></a>Gleaning, also known as a second harvesting, is the primary activity that keeps the food banks around the world in stock. Whether it's produce hand picked by volunteers in the field or donated by the grower, or produce and canned good solicited from and donated by individuals and retail grocery strores, the retrieved food will eventually find its way to those who need it. <b>40 to 50% of the food ready for harvesting <i>never</i> gets eaten! </b>If more people were to become involved in the gleaning process, much of this otherwise wasted food would be available to food banks.<br />
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Here are some extracts from an excellent article that can be read in its entirety at:</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="color: #333333; font: 14.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><a href="http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/01/gleaning-changes-the-way-you-think-about-food/">http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/01/gleaning-changes-the-way-you-think-about-food/</a></div><div style="color: #333333; font: 14.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font: 14.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="color: #333333; font: 14.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">"Waste is pervasive and occurs at every level of our ever-protracted food supply chain. It begins at the source with crops left to be retilled into the fields and concludes with yellowing lettuce in our refrigerators. </div><div style="color: #333333; font: 14.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div style="color: #333333; font: 14.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwlQAjgwmBnpodxr_jbhdEBQYhB74-Kmun0ecdAazdR-kAjqONLWKhnnfAHzto5eL98zsQymlII4m7cawCMXDbAlIMJ6gpzZKkjKLiUfBcLHpYKuDN0sccZAVCJdWnUc-tZxS-fZbeQ/s1600/images-19.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwlQAjgwmBnpodxr_jbhdEBQYhB74-Kmun0ecdAazdR-kAjqONLWKhnnfAHzto5eL98zsQymlII4m7cawCMXDbAlIMJ6gpzZKkjKLiUfBcLHpYKuDN0sccZAVCJdWnUc-tZxS-fZbeQ/s1600/images-19.jpeg" /></a>We are all familiar with the latter, even the most diligent of shoppers, but few have any context to understand the former. Volunteering as a field gleaner is perhaps the best way to gain context and insight into our food production system. It promises to revolutionize the way you think about all things food, there is no way it could not."</div><br />
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</b></div><div style="color: #333333; font: 14.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETXChRlB1GHqilUmmGs7YwhGusdn6KRBLxMSJAdkt5nWdrSskl_exQG0fwHzkc9JZiOu0s1ownMhRKrlJZglRArAv4_Wr4PMBQxEuAhCukK9FJlzdyFp3DF8Bsk7XoGmOZtbatai6dQ/s1600/images-18.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETXChRlB1GHqilUmmGs7YwhGusdn6KRBLxMSJAdkt5nWdrSskl_exQG0fwHzkc9JZiOu0s1ownMhRKrlJZglRArAv4_Wr4PMBQxEuAhCukK9FJlzdyFp3DF8Bsk7XoGmOZtbatai6dQ/s1600/images-18.jpeg" /></a><b>"</b>This is critical time in which an increasing number of Americans are relying on hunger relief services for their access to food. Feeding America estimates that 1 in 6 Americans depended on local food pantry services to "get by" in 2010. At the same time, we are wasting food at an alarming rate, by the millions of pounds every day. "</div><div style="color: #333333; font: 14.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font: 14.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b>"</b>The reasons for food waste are plentiful, but pivot on two modern realities: <b>inflated consumer standards</b> (exactly when did we decide our apples had to be perfectly round and our potatoes eyeless?), <b>volatile pricing</b> due to the power resting almost exclusively with grocery stores and never farmers."</div><div style="color: #333333; font: 14.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">_____________________________________</div><div style="color: #333333; font: 14.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font: 14.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Here is an example of the above mentioned <b>inflated consumer standards </b>which can be found in the list of official USDA guidelines:</div><div style="color: #333333; font: 14.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #333333; font: 14.0px Georgia; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 3px/normal Verdana;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">§51.2455 U.S. No. 1. </span></b></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"U.S. No. 1'' consists of carrots of similar varietal characteristics the roots of which are firm, fairly </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">clean, fairly well colored, fairly smooth, well formed, and which are free from soft rot, and free </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5wnoOuivEPUwBiUHoiX2txj97jSZ0zVy63L-0Rqr5oZXgjSXthgb-FvfWKLfe87PNxQqcSNUVvNmdMVZuM3yDtVOehqXrqiEPHOrnLYiRbJE_dx4JxAgC5OIi57GdsYbnw5D87tl2g/s1600/images-17.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5wnoOuivEPUwBiUHoiX2txj97jSZ0zVy63L-0Rqr5oZXgjSXthgb-FvfWKLfe87PNxQqcSNUVvNmdMVZuM3yDtVOehqXrqiEPHOrnLYiRbJE_dx4JxAgC5OIi57GdsYbnw5D87tl2g/s1600/images-17.jpeg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">from damage caused by freezing, growth cracks, sunburn, pithiness, woodiness, internal </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">discoloration, oil spray, dry rot, other disease, insects or mechanical or other means. Bunches </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">shall have tops which are fresh and free from decay and free from damage caused by freezing, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">seed stems, yellowing or other discoloration, disease, insects or mechanical or other means. Unless </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">otherwise specified, the bunches shall have full tops and the length of tops shall be not more </span><span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">than </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">20 inches. (See §51.2459.) </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(a) </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Size</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. Unless otherwise specified, the diameter of each carrot shall be not less than </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">three-fourths inch."</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Source: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/standards">http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/standards</a></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Today I am including a piece written by Robert Kauffman, a fine story teller. </b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><b>Loaves and fishes, part two, February, 1975: Grassy Key, FL</b></span></b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Living in an improvised tent city during the recession that ravished this country during the mid 1970’s meant folks had to be resourceful to meet their basic needs. Having a place to squat and not having to suffer cold weather meant that a couple of the elements were covered. Food was another matter. The Keys of Florida are not a place where large quantities of food are grown. Most items beside seafood have to be trucked in and sold at high prices. Our community worked together to provide sustenance for all. It seemed all would partake of whatever showed up. Upwards of fifty folks ate together scattered about the beach.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
A few of the crew got together fishing gear and headed up and down the shore gathering fish. When fish cooperated, we were grateful. Others of our band searched about for tree fruits and nuts to glean. It seemed there were trees that had gone wild and if not gathered, their fruit would only go to rot. Our abundance of coconuts was supplemented by dates and an occasional piece of citrus, mostly limes or kumquats . Someone discovered a source of good produce. The supermarket in Marathon, would on a daily basis dispose of produce that while still good was not presentable for sale. After talking to their produce manager, he agreed to set these items on the back landing instead of placing them in the dumpster. After we took our lot we would sweep and clean up the loading dock. This helped supply our stores with needed daily requirements. Soon another windfall would show up that gave us an increased variety for our manna.<br />
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Occasionally a freezer would break down and after a short length of time, its contents would begin defrosting. We heard that in Florida such food would, by law, have to be disposed. On those occasions, large quantities of thawing foodstuffs would make their way to our encampment. When this happened we would have large quantities but small variety. On our first attainment, we got hold of over two hundred pounds of bacon and a similar quantity of butter. This was more than we could use and we had no facilities for storage. We begin to search for other places that had needs for food and shared with them, Also on the occasion when a freezer broke down we would likely suffer a tinge of gluttony. One time we even went overboard.<br />
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After a spell when the fishing was not profitable and other sources seemed to be sparing, we were all on a bit of a fast. One day in late afternoon, when the energy was low from lacking nutrition, one of our vehicles came bounding down the beach with its horn blaring and wild shouts from its driver and passengers. The cause of the commotion was the exciting news that another freezer had succumbed. Hurriedly, a crown gathered round to examine the booty. We had scored several cases of Tee Vee dinners. There was a scrambling for large pots so we could prepare the separate ingredients in large quantities and enjoy a feast. I went up the beach to spread the news--we were ready to break the fast. One of my stops was to visit Michelle, Richard, and Tom, folks visiting from Hawaii.<br />
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<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Earlier posts have addressed food waste, food banks, and community kitchens here at home...... While we overweight "Westerners" sit on our over-stuffed couches gobbling down potato chips and junk food, almost two million of our sisters and brothers around the globe are dying each year from starvation. </div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica;"><b><br />
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<div style="font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;">"Children are the most visible victims of undernutrition. Children who are poorly nourished suffer up to 160 days of illness each year. Poor nutrition plays a role in at least half of the 10.9 million child deaths each year--five million deaths. Undernutrition magnifies the effect of every disease, including measles and malaria. The estimated proportions of deaths in which undernutrition is an underlying cause are roughly similar for diarrhea (61%), malaria (57%), pneumonia (52%), and measles (45%) (Black 2003, Bryce 2005). Malnutrition can also be caused by diseases, such as the diseases that cause diarrhea, by reducing the body's ability to convert food into usable nutrients.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;">The world produces enough food to feed everyone. World agriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person today than it did 30 years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This is enough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720 kilocalories per person per day (FAO 2002, p.9). The principal problem is that many people in the world do not have sufficient land to grow, or income to purchase, enough food."</div><div style="font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;">Source:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Source: <a href="http://www.worldhunger.org/index.html">http://www.worldhunger.org/index.html</a></span></div>____________________________________________<br />
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<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For a real eye opener, go to: <a href="http://www.stopthehunger.com/%C2%A0">http://www.stopthehunger.com/ </a> </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The last time I looked, Stop the Hunger displayed a real time update on world undernourishment and obesity........ As of 5:30 PM EST on March 2, 2011........!!</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fdLjBYw-8fOtc2hNWZbwuRNn07HlHBMSZLjQpV_Dul2qQdD7w1Vm_dTiCoqbIba9NPZq_6gudMGhoeSIIR5Q3dj5TEEe27zpKs9Omk_TpwMEB06y3xpevrJr_vZbAXPiiBt9sc6hgA/s1600/images-13.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1fdLjBYw-8fOtc2hNWZbwuRNn07HlHBMSZLjQpV_Dul2qQdD7w1Vm_dTiCoqbIba9NPZq_6gudMGhoeSIIR5Q3dj5TEEe27zpKs9Omk_TpwMEB06y3xpevrJr_vZbAXPiiBt9sc6hgA/s1600/images-13.jpeg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>"Current world population: 6,907,499,130 (and increasing every fraction of a second)</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Current undernourished people in the world: 1,032,378,117</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Current overweight people in the world: 1,160,525,331 </b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>People who died of hunger today: 20,861</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>People who died of hunger this year: 1,731,597"</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;">______________________________________________________</div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b>Start at Home</b></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"> Make a list before shopping. Don't over buy. If you have a garden, improve your soil by saving your peelings, eggshells, coffee grounds and table scraps and make your own compost pile. Composting is not complicated. You make the pile. Nature does the rest. No garden? Find out if there is a public composting program in your area. Buy fresh fruits and vegetables locally. In season, patronize farmer's markets. The vendors more often than not donate of their end-of-day left overs to organizations and food banks which collect and then distribute these items to those who truly are in need.</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Food banks are all around you...... Some operate from church basements, others from large warehouses. They all need donations of food, money for operating expenses and people to help with distribution. The need for this food has long exceeded the supply. Can you drive a truck? A forklift? Do you possess clerical skills? </div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><b></b></div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b>"By </b><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=329"><span style="color: #255397;"><b>Judy Keen</b></span></a><b>, USA TODAY</b></div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Donations to many of the USA's food banks are not keeping pace with growing demand as the sour economy forces more people to seek help, charitable organizations say.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;">"We have seen a 100% increase in demand in the last year … and food donations have dropped precipitously," says Dana Wilkie, CEO of the Community Food Bank in Fresno, Calif............</div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;">Nationally, donations are up about 18%, but demand has grown 25%-40%, says Vicki Escarra of Feeding America, the USA's largest hunger-relief charity. Feeding America, formerly America's Second Harvest, has a network of 206 food banks.About 70% of new clients are making their first visit to a food bank, Escarra says.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;">Problems elsewhere:</div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;">•<b>Denver:</b> The Salvation Army food bank turned away 198 people last month, says Maj. Neal Hogan. Red kettle donations there are about the same as last year's so far, he says — not enough to offset growing needs.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;">•<b>Knoxville, Tenn.:</b> "What we're seeing now is very scary," says Elaine Streno of the Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee, which supplies food to 300 agencies in 18 counties.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;">"Our community is very generous, but when you don't have it, you can't give it," she says</div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;">•<b>Manchester, N.H.:</b> The New Hampshire Food Bank has distributed 4.6 million pounds of food to 370 agencies statewide so far this year, up from 3.7 million pounds over the same period in 2007, says development director Anne Dalton.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;">•<b>Toledo, Ohio:</b> Demand is up 12%-15% and donations are not increasing, says Jim Caldwell, president of the Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank, which serves 250 agencies in eight counties. Next year "promises to be even more arduous," he says.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;">•<b>Peoria, Ill.:</b> Demand is up 50% at many of the 125 agencies in eight counties served by the Peoria Area Food Bank, says director Barb Shreves.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;">•<b>Visalia, Calif.:</b> FoodLink for Tulare County asks the community to help provide holiday meals to 5,000 of the area's neediest families. This year, 9,200 families already have applied, says executive director Sandy Beals. Food supplies are down 45% from a year ago; demand is up 30%, and people are being turned away.</div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; line-height: 15.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;">Photo by Elaine Thompson AP <b>"</b></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;">Source: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://feedingamerica.org/">http://feedingamerica.org/</a></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Here is a link (from the same site where I found the USA Today article) to an extensive list of food banks all across the country, listed state by state along with interesting statistical information about each one: <a href="http://feedingamerica.org/foodbank-results.aspx">http://feedingamerica.org/foodbank-results.aspx</a></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
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</div>Arthur Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17829515520501557968noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648346721694952132.post-76814379715129752892011-02-28T15:17:00.000-08:002011-03-01T14:38:35.929-08:00Talk With Your Mouth Full!! 2/28/11<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MERjeCHe4m5BKTlWIRN5wNRzmCMSYwmrTKqjiheHTeyXIYd8EmiyK7FJUoz5dHpRdxQ2sADbEQPPAoM2VldNRB2Hz056WIpLEMpF7L9s4G2VckHtsM4yKcBV9tjtEdF13WRbbLvE8A/s1600/images-5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MERjeCHe4m5BKTlWIRN5wNRzmCMSYwmrTKqjiheHTeyXIYd8EmiyK7FJUoz5dHpRdxQ2sADbEQPPAoM2VldNRB2Hz056WIpLEMpF7L9s4G2VckHtsM4yKcBV9tjtEdF13WRbbLvE8A/s200/images-5.jpeg" width="195" /></a></div>It is easy to forget about the millions of starving people in the world when one has a full belly and doesn't have to wonder where his or her next meal will come from, but perhaps the dinner table is the ideal place to think about world hunger and what might be done to address the problem. The evening meal is often the only time that families have to communicate and exchange ideas. In some homes it is a tradition. Free the Food's aim is to educate by presenting facts and statistics along with direct links to their sources. The information provided would surely make for lively and meaningful discussion. Instead of, ''How was your day?," try "Who knows where the local food bank is?" Or, "Do you know of anybody in our community who needs some help feeding their family?" Or, "Did you know that 40 to 50% of all food ready for harvest in the US is never eaten?" Hopefully, the conversation would lead to action. Volunteer opportunities abound. One only has to look. Many churches regularly serve meals to those in need. The<br />
local "Meals on Wheels" might need a driver. Find out if your favorite supermarket donates food to be distributed to the hungry, and if they do not, encourage them to do so. Ask at the bakery, the coffee shop or the bagelry. Quite a lot of "day-old"baked goods get thrown out daily.<br />
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<div style="color: #47443d; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;"><b>"There are nearly one billion malnourished people in the world, but the approximately 40 million tons of food wasted by US households, retailers and food services each year would be enough to satisfy the hunger of every one of them.</b></div><ul><li style="color: #47443d; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;"><b>If we planted trees on land currently used to grow unnecessary surplus and wasted food, this would offset a theoretical maximum of 100% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions.</b></li>
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</ul><div style="color: #888888; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;"><b> <u>24 to 35% of school lunches end up in the bin."</u></b></div><div style="color: #888888; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;">Source:<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1080286629"> </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.feeding5k.org/food-waste-facts.php">http://www.feeding5k.org/food-waste-facts.php</a></span></div><div style="color: #888888; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;">_______________________________________</div><div style="color: #888888; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Follow this link... <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1080286636"> </a></span><a href="http://www.fareshare.org.uk/">http://www.fareshare.org.uk/</a></div><div style="color: #888888; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;"><b>It will conduct you to the home page of Fare Share Community Food Network. You will find a short video of an organization that is taking ACTION in Great Britain.</b></div><div style="color: #888888; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;"><b>___________________________________</b></div><div style="color: #888888; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Think about the situation..... the possible solutions..... discuss them with your family and friends........ The struggle to end world hunger begins </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> right here at home! </span></b></span></div><div style="color: #888888; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> THINK LOCALLY........... IMAGINE GLOBALLY</span></b></span></div><div style="color: #888888; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> ____________________</span></b></span></div><div style="color: #888888; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Thanks again for reading!</b></span></span></div><div style="color: #888888; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Would you please pass me the jellly?</b></span></span></div><div style="color: #888888; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Athur</b></span></span></div><div style="color: #888888; font: 15.0px Georgia; line-height: 20.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 20.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-yA58zJi3FNbbFoHVVtZ36cmORMI5oQPGByuhwknT4vXf38x2X4y_02pTastjePMBCBKEbGlnTjEMDd-G6MBMmMFCuX3xa_zMgvXXo0vAtiJXPhp1LfX_5zx3vtzDQfh0CYXqLqxnA/s1600/Landfill2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-yA58zJi3FNbbFoHVVtZ36cmORMI5oQPGByuhwknT4vXf38x2X4y_02pTastjePMBCBKEbGlnTjEMDd-G6MBMmMFCuX3xa_zMgvXXo0vAtiJXPhp1LfX_5zx3vtzDQfh0CYXqLqxnA/s1600/Landfill2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font: 14.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Supermarkets worldwide proudly display their offerings of "fresh" fruits and vegetables.... carefully chosen for 'flawlessness" and often arranged in decorative arrays sorted by color. Before these items have reached the aisle, they were also chosen for their flawlessness first by the growers and again by the distributers. The "flaws" that result in rejection, as defined by minimum quality standards, some set by the retailers and often by both state and federal regulations, may be as minor as the size, shape or color of the piece of produce in question. The demand by the consumer for blemish-free food is one of the primary causes of food loss. It is the same with even non-perishable items. Whether swept from the floor of the factory or discovered by the retailer, <i>tons</i> of broken pieces of perfectly edible pasta find their way to the dumpster.</div><div style="font: 14.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b><br />
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</div><div style="font: 14.0px Palatino; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I have heard of a very simple and logical approach to weight loss. This diet suggests that one eat only two thirds of what is on one's plate..... I like it. I know that it works for some.</span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Palatino; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">However..... Give serious thought to the fate of the remaining third! </span></div><div style="font: 14.0px Palatino; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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How many children have heard this admonition at the dinner table? Basically it's sound advice. Kids should be taught early on to be members of "the clean plate club," but at the same time, made aware of the reality that there are people starving all around the world. What gets scraped from a plate after a meal more often than not goes directly into a plastic trash bag and ultimately winds up in the local land fill.<br />
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Welccome to Free the Food...... Our mission: To increase the public's awareness of the shocking amounts of food and water that is wasted each day not only in America, but around world.<br />
All future posts will contain statistics (along with links to their source), related news articles, suggestions about volunteering with organizations dedicated to the equitable distribution of food in your community, and images that are worth thousands of words. <br />
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To refer to any establishment or that feeds the hungry as a "soup kitchen" is to denigrate its patrons.<br />
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<b>"63 of emergency food program <u>clients</u> have a high school or college education" </b><br />
<b>"23 million Americans rely on emergency food assistance"</b><br />
<b> </b>Source: <a href="http://www.foodbankcny./">http://www.foodbankcny</a>.<br />
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I am one of many volunteers at Loaves and Fishes, a <u>community</u> kitchen in Ithaca, NY that serves nutritious meals to hundreds of people from all walks of life. At Loaves, there is no criteria for admission. ALL are welcome. Lunch is served monday, wednesday and friday; dinner tuesday and thursday. Learn more about this exemplary organization at: <a href="http://loaves.org/">loaves.org</a><br />
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<b>"40% of all the food produced in the US is thrown out." "Food is the third largest waste stream after paper and yard waste." "Food waste accounts for more than a quarter of freshwater consumption....... 300 million barrels annually." </b><br />
<b></b>Source: <a href="http://www.greenlivingtips.com/blogs/491/Food-waste-statistics.html">http://www.greenlivingtips.com/blogs/491/Food-waste-statistics.html</a><br />
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Do you know of any individual or family who is in need of food? Programs abound...... Get involved.... discuss this issue with your neighbors..... your children.... their children. <b> There is no need for anyone to go hungry. </b>EVER. The solution to world hunger is only a matter of distribution.<br />
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Start locally. Imagine globally.<br />
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