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Comment by Kathrin Soller on May 7, 2012 at 3:46pm

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My idea is it to ask more companies to join the organisation "Die Tafel". This organisation is collecting food from supermarkets, restaurants and everybody who do not want to throw over dated but still perfect food away. I know that this organization exists by now and is not an innovation but I think that’s a good and easy way to help.

Comment by Timo Vrunwik on May 7, 2012 at 3:01pm

My idea to increase food security in Germany is that children farming her own food and then they cooking self. They learn many things about their food and know, it is a product of nature. If they spend a lot of time in farming, they learn to respect the nature. Food is then not a stuff from the supermarket, but the result of hard work. After that they know, where a chicken or a pig comes from. Know about food leads to healthier diet and increase food security.
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Comment by Alexander Bauer on May 7, 2012 at 9:19am

Since the first day my parents have bought a home, they made a point growing their own food, as they were used to when they were children. Soon, there were vegetables, berries, fruits and herbs in such a vast variety that it surely was more than sufficient for one family. After giving away to friends and family, there were still leftovers, so I came up with the idea to donate whatever was left to a nationwide organization called Die Tafel. They collect food from supermarkets and other food retailers and happily accept private donations.
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Comment by Janine Kneifel on May 6, 2012 at 10:38pm

When I lived in the US I helped serving breakfast for the homeless on the weekends. I volunteered for a homeless charity that rented a small kitchen with a dining hall. It looked almost like a school cafeteria. Our team got up early to pick up the left-overs and food that was on the date of expiry from grocery stores. We then made pancakes, boiled eggs and served them with drinks and fruits to the homeless.
I remember that I couldn't believe how long the line was and you could see how thankful they were. Many told me that it was their only cooked meal of the week.

Comment by Stefan Eckert on May 5, 2012 at 12:33pm

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An idea to share the foods is to create a few special points where every overproduction from the farms can be collected. On that way you have a fix point to share the food. So that it is interesting for a farmer to do this, he can get a tax benefit in the community. Accordingly can some peolpe build up an own little home garden to produce some vegetable. Alternativ can build up a community farm, which is financed by the community and some people work there to produced some foods.
I personally have some vegetable plants in the garden. For example Tomato, salad and carrots. And some herbage plants like basil or parsley.

Comment by Claudia Siatkowski on May 4, 2012 at 4:13pm

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I grew up in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a federal state with many space, arable lands and lakes. For as long I am able to remember my parents had always a garden to cultivate. Some vegetables and fruits are so called 'steady runner' in our backyard. For example potatoes, onions, beans, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, cherries, apples, rhubarb and herbs like parsley, chive, dill and others are harvested by my parents every year. In this large garden there are often too many harvested quantity for only one family. So together with our neighbors in the village my parents had the idea to exchange foods. For example our neighbors will get some potatoes and they give us walnuts. This system works perfectly. Another possibility to handle the gathered harvest is to preserve the fruits and vegetables or to make delicious marmalade by yourself.
When I was a child I had my own little patch for which I was responsible. I had to decide what I want to put in but I also had to take care about it (sowing, watering, weeding, harvesting). Inspired by this memory I suggested to my roommates to plan a garden maybe one year ago. It's not so really big, but sufficient for us. We planted some flowers, strawberry plants, chorizo peppers, tomatoes and a lot of herbs, most of all parsley, chive, cress and basil. It's really fun to cook together with my flatmates using our own fresh ingredients.

Comment by kate morley on May 1, 2012 at 2:51am

i love 1D

Comment by Maeve Burns on April 25, 2012 at 9:45pm

My friends dog died, so we bought her a plant, and she liked it so much that she asked us to help her set up a complete garden. We had a different variety of vegetables and flowers and it looked great.

Comment by Katrine Hoff on August 14, 2011 at 12:36pm

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I liked this mission because it made me do something nice for my cousine.
My cousin has this great garden where it's perfect to grow plants - So I bought her a tomato plant and a basil plant. She is now trying to build up a litlle home garden. I will save her money and at the same time it will help with shortage of food.

Comment by Lauren Freeman on June 1, 2011 at 4:08am

This mission was extremely inspiring to me and my family. My mom and I plan to start a garden this summer when the weather gets better. We believe by starting to grow our own produce it will help us save money and it will be a hobby that we can do together. I have also inspired my next door neighbor to start a garden as well. As with helping with shortage of food I have decided to go to San Francisco and purchase subway gift cards and hand them out to some homeless people :).

Comment by Karoline Schnorr on May 16, 2011 at 1:14pm

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I helped my neighbour to build a kitchen garden.
In about two months, they will have lettuce, peas, strawberrys and squash

Comment by Karoline Schnorr on May 16, 2011 at 1:13pm

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Comment by Karoline Schnorr on May 16, 2011 at 1:13pm

I helped my neighbour to build a kitchen garden.
In about two months, they will have lettuce, peas, strawberrys and squash!

Comment by Kristina Corbett on May 12, 2011 at 11:52pm

For years my grandparents have worked hard in my back yard creating a huge ginormous delicious garden filled with a variety of tree's, vegetables, and fruit. My grandparents were very generous and gave away vase amounts of food to our neighbors all down the street. My parents have passed away recently so my father and I have upkeep the garden and carried on with my grandparents work. I know they would be proud.

Comment by Genene Wright on May 10, 2011 at 2:45am

I have a lemon tree and a cherry tree in my backyard, instead of letting the fruit fall to the ground and go to waste, I share it with my neighbor across the street a single Mother who has three children.
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Comment by Lauren Predmore on May 3, 2011 at 6:48pm

I have started to bring an extra packed lunch to work everyday for one of the employees that never has time to make a lunch but doesn't have enough money to buy her lunch everyday. It is a small cost on my part but helps her out a lot since skipping a meal, especially lunch, is not healthy for us.

Comment by Saira on April 27, 2011 at 5:46am

Helped my mom start a home garden with vegetables.

Comment by Sophia Smith-Grunder on April 20, 2011 at 4:09am

Today my science class went to our school’s community garden and worked for an hour and a half. First we picked all the weeds out of a vegetable bed, shoveled the top two inches of “spent soil” out and dumped it into piles which will later be used for planting artichokes in another area. New, fresh mulch was then added to the bed and it was ready to have more plants grow in it. We spent the rest of the time pulling invasive weeds from around the base of newly planted fruit trees. It was nice to be outside together doing something active, and at the end we ate lemons with honey that grew in the garden.

Comment by Devin Grigg on May 12, 2010 at 5:01pm

I have helped to start a garden at the local elementary school, some of the food that is produced there we take to local shelters and donate the food to people that need the food more than we do.

Comment by Michael Byers on May 10, 2010 at 4:37am

I posted an ad on craigslist.org in my area offering to construct a raised garden bed. The tools and supplies are basic and cheap dirt can be easily amended. People would buy the materials and I will meet with them, check out their space and available resources, and help them plan a garden space. I'm not charging any money for this service, instead I'm seeking a trade for my efforts. There's several good space planners out there (http://www.smallblueprinter.com/garden/planner.html) and these can help others realize how much food can be grown in a small space.

Here's a good gardening discussion and article site I stumbled upon http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com/vegetablegardendesign.html

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