On feeding the poor...a local area's solution to stocking the food pantry.

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6. It's good to see other places are doing this.

I haven't heard that organization being connected with this effort though. In our village we have a farmer's market. It's really small. But every year we pool resources and plant a large garden on land donated by the only church. People volunteer time to till, plant, and weed. Anyone can harvest and take what they want. We have a little community building where signs are put up when there is produce available and the produce is left on the porch in baskets for people to pick up. The elderly can have as much food as they want or need for free. Younger people need to exchange labor in the garden for the food. We're into the fifth year of doing this. It costs less than $100 to feed a village of 200 people for the summer.