What Red Tape?
“How do you cut through all the red tape in a small amount of time? You can’t wait around for committees. So I just did it—I started planting gardens. In 2005, I began with $5,000 and a pamphlet. We planted three gardens, partnering with Starbucks and the city of Detroit, a great alliance. The city was thrilled. They looked at the gardens as one less plot of land they had to mow. That year we gave away one ton of food. Within months after planting the first gardens, we were on the Montel Williams show.” Bring Back Victory Gardens! “During World War II, 20 million Americans planted victory gardens and grew 40 percent of the nation’s produce supply. Now, we have a 12-13 percent hunger rate. We could easily solve our hunger problem if we encouraged everyone from the private to the corporate to the public sectors to plant edible gardens when they landscape. On rooftops. Unused land. In yards. You can create edible walls! Grow some and give some away! The seniors who’ve volunteered with us
