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Oregon's Hunger Problem
I just learned that my Home state of Oregon is the second least food secure state in the union. the amout of hungry people in my state has increased drastically in recent years with the increase in unemployment caused by the economic crisis.
i've lived in an unemployed household but we never went hungry and it shocks me that over six percent of the people in my state don't always have enough to eat. the oregon food bank is of course very concerned about our lack of food security, but because the problem is mostly economic there isn't much they can do.
as a fat happy member of the middle class youth with a farm in my yard i feel grossly responsible to help in a non charitable, sustained, and community building way. it might be possible to harness the unemployed workforce into sustainable gardening work so that they can provide their own charity. someday i hope we can re-define the meaning of "will work for food"
this is a problem. i can't solve it alone. i'm evoking.
the place where i learned about this:
http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/news/news_releases/view.html?id=240
i've lived in an unemployed household but we never went hungry and it shocks me that over six percent of the people in my state don't always have enough to eat. the oregon food bank is of course very concerned about our lack of food security, but because the problem is mostly economic there isn't much they can do.
as a fat happy member of the middle class youth with a farm in my yard i feel grossly responsible to help in a non charitable, sustained, and community building way. it might be possible to harness the unemployed workforce into sustainable gardening work so that they can provide their own charity. someday i hope we can re-define the meaning of "will work for food"
this is a problem. i can't solve it alone. i'm evoking.
the place where i learned about this:
http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/news/news_releases/view.html?id=240
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Comment by Claire Moylan on March 13, 2010 at 12:57am
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I gave you +1 for spark because I believe you are on the right track with offering food security without charity. There's no dignity in getting food stamps for free and having some way for people to contribute to feeding themselves is not only more sustainable, but also more dignified too.
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Comment by Cian Gregory Accuardi Shelley on March 14, 2010 at 2:06am
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i'm glad you agree
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Comment by Michele Baron on March 14, 2010 at 4:42am
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I think you have some great ideas--food supplies are most secure when everyone is a stakeholder and invests their time and talent to grow or enhance the food supply at some point in its production. People have been growing food for thousands of years--and the skills of growing, preserving, and distributing food have never been so sorely needed as today, and in our near future, it seems.
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