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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 06:57 AM Original message |
Study: Healthy eating is privilege of the rich |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. Potatoes and beans are expensive food? Really? |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Vegetable gardens...I grow 12 dozen potatoes for $7 and tons |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. good for you |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Marion, |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. OK |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Re: Networking . . . |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Yes! |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
110. thank you for all of the suggestions |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
116. my neighbors don't have yards |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
140. I'll second "Square Foot Gardening" |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
158. Gardening group URL (it's not always easy to find stuff in all the groups): |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. I would bet the number who don't have 60 seconds a day to water are few |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #37 |
93. In theory |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #93 |
100. We grow some |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #93 |
141. Knowledge comes with the doing |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. Oh I'm an expert |
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PotatoChip (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #141 |
219. Absolutely. And speaking of tomato plants... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #37 |
218. There was a story posted recently about a woman |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
84. google permaculture garden, or window garden, or window farming |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #84 |
137. You sent me to Wiki on that one: |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 07:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
198. When I lived in Northern VA |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
224. Input from another person with a very small yard... |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
53. Go to communitygarden.org & enter your zip to find a garden near you |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. thanks Melinda |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. You're very welcome, MG :-) It's my personal mission to feed people, lol!! |
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southmost (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #53 |
63. love that website |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Yes Ma'am... urban, rural, neighborhood, intemperate areas... one can grow food almost everywhere |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
223. My community garden in DC is awesome, people grow EVERYTHING there and we even have |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
68. also, it's expensive to garden |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. suggest you find a non-disabled person to help - and then share the produce |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #70 |
144. also you can find "gels" that you mix into pots that hold more water, you might |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #68 |
82. Freecycle.org's a great place for containers. Compost, seeds, seedlings can all be had free. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #82 |
88. I even tried to START a community garden here! |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #88 |
147. OMG, I LOVE Crop Mobs!!!!!!! More a South, SouthEastern activity, but OMG, I want to particpate too! |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #68 |
145. dollar store has plastic pots, if you ever buy a 6-pack of plants you keep it |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #145 |
178. thanks for the tip on bell peppers. i've done tomatoes, & potatoes from sore-bought ones that |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #68 |
154. Raised Beds Mean Less Bending Over, and keep out some of the smaller critters |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. That's great if you live in a temperate climate |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #44 |
79. Here in Anchorage |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
113. You have to know your plants, too. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #113 |
122. Ummmm...... |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
146. Roma tomatoes are more prolific, more "meaty" none of that tomato goo |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #146 |
166. My roma plants are still alive |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #166 |
180. yeah you're roasting under that heat dome-do you think climate deniers |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
69. +1 and start cooking! If you go to a healthfood store salad bar or deli, |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
75. I am assuming |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #75 |
117. You have to look at the numbers. |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #117 |
168. most |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
115. no yard |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
229. many poor people have to work for a living, some at 2 or 3 jobs |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #229 |
231. You know fuck about the poor |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. right... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
230. vegetables are in fact the most expensive of foods, if you understand math |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #230 |
233. "Healthy eating" |
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Mel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. from the article |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. what about people |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. exactly |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
149. there are blue lightbulbs, get a lamp with adjustable height & try growing 1 thing indoors |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #149 |
170. how do you know i don't already have plants indoors? |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #170 |
183. it was more towards MarionsGhost but....ok so you have an indoor garden? |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:33 AM Response to Reply #183 |
196. lol |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #196 |
211. try "cast iron" plant, the Victorians grew it even in lower light hence the name |
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bengalherder (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
81. If you have time to prepare them properly, they are dirt cheap. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
99. I think you misread that. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
106. are you well off... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
114. ignorant comment about what is healthy |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
148. The story says they're INexpensive foods |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
181. Organic greens are very expensive, and that's what everyone needs more of |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
209. Not so much that the food is expensive, but rather the people are poor |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
232. Dry beans are up considerably. |
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left on green only (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
235. Perhaps The Answer Might Be To Just Add French Fries Back Into Happy Meals |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. fruits and vegetable are expensive crops |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. learn to cook again ? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
160. It's not the crop part that's expensive. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. Sounds like rubbish to me |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. I agree and I think it perpetuates a damaging myth |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
49. True, but the problem is, in low income areas, they do not have access to fresh food. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
184. Not at all. My physician has me on a "high nutrition" diet of mostly raw organic |
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Fly by night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. ... or the lifeline for the really, really poor. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. You are one of the lucky ones |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
203. You know what, it's not rocket science either... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. But as Marions Ghost pointed out below |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. The US doesn't have anything like allotments. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
47. Allotments--a great idea |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
185. Many people don't have the land |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. I don't get this. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. ONCE again |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Did you check my earlier post to you |
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kstewart33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
42. If you want to eat healthy and don't have much $$, gardening is a realistic alternative. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
186. And what if you don't have any ground? nt |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #186 |
207. Stick the pots on your flat roof? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
142. OK. That's fair. But you don't need a garden to eat healthily. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #142 |
150. I get your point |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #150 |
153. But the OP said "Healthy eating is a privilege of the rich." And that is not necessarily true. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #153 |
159. I'm not understanding maybe... |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #159 |
163. I am not blaming the person who posted the OP, but the headline, no matter who wrote it is |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #150 |
156. That's one day- and throw in an orange-- or an apple. it really doesn't add |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #156 |
161. WoW |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #156 |
165. I agree with you. To me wealthy means like a millionaire. And it is absurd to |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #165 |
172. Maybe upper middle class, not lower middle class... |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 04:41 AM Response to Reply #150 |
214. Thank you for injecting compassion and common sense |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:14 AM Response to Reply #142 |
192. but to eat your menu you do need a fridge & stove. & running water. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #192 |
210. actually, you don't. Having lived without electricity and with a pump |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
205. ROFL ROFL ROFL |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Bully for you |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Wow. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. good for you - and I mean that sincerely - but individual action is never the answer |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I disagree. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. then we have a fundamental and probably irreconcilable difference of opinion |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
123. history doesn't bear it out. you think people eat poorly because they don't know how to garden? |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:17 PM Original message |
I'm not referring to history. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
174. ? |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #35 |
92. I disagree too. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
103. I disagree. All change begins with individual decision and action. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Amen. I am aghast at the contemptuos dismissal of price as a factor |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:37 AM Response to Reply #24 |
43. Boneless-skinless chicken breast, canned veggies and some fruit... |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #43 |
55. 2$ per lb for boneless, skinless chicken breasts? |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #55 |
90. Chicken was $1.58 a pound this weekend. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #90 |
111. "they CAN give it a start by recognizing...one can get healthier food from a store" |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #111 |
201. My point is that there are steps we can take |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
187. Which all has a fraction of the nutrion of fresh organic vegetables |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:02 AM Response to Reply #187 |
190. Eat nothing but fresh organic vegetables and you won't be able to sleep for hunger |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #187 |
199. Go frozen vegetables |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
32. I see your point regarding space and time..... |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
124. no, they don't. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
151. yeah and taxis dont like to respond to calls from the super market |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
58. LOL--sez someone from California. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. People have been growing food and |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #61 |
76. Not quite the same. If uncooperative weather or insects or blight |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #76 |
87. I've had a different experience. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #87 |
97. Well, that dinner sure sounds good! I might have to have |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #76 |
162. "no tomatoes, because deer--or some large critter".... |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #61 |
91. Watch the History Channel |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #91 |
94. (sigh) |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #94 |
98. It is obvious you are a successful farmer |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #98 |
102. Trying to share information |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. Just ignore that user... |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #91 |
125. +1 |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Educate yourself, plz. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #64 |
77. I'm well educated, thnx. |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Yeah! You read the links I provided. Glad you now know one can grow anywhere! :-) |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #80 |
126. one can. which has nothing to do with whether gardening is a viable answer to mass poverty/hunger. |
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jhasp (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
18. ...because of corn subsidies |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. And, it also puts HFCS in just about everything |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
20. Fresh vegetables are NOT cheap, even if you grow them yourself. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. If I may . . . |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
96. I grew up in southern California |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
127. of course stinkbugs aren't universal. but bugs, weather, & critters are, and every year |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. We've had a similar experience |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. you would think people who |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
188. They don't work 16 hours a day, have chronic illnesses AND the have the land |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
51. No kidding, where I live in Chicago, I have a garden and it is small. |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #51 |
85. Please check out and read the following links: |
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apnu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #85 |
112. Thanks I will, Chicago is very green and I like that about the place. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
71. if you build healthy soil organically, pests aren't a big problem b/c birds & predator insects keep |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #71 |
128. bs. i haven't ever used pesticides, herbicides etc. on my garden & i compost. i still get bugs. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #128 |
220. I've had big gardens & grown organic crops on farms since 1974 - sorry your soil isn't up to par |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
22. I'm not sure... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
30. A Lot Depends on Location |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
34. In fact, we eat very inexpensively relative to most countries... |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
38. 2nd paragraphs leads with: "A update" |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
40. Almost all our farms are used to |
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kstewart33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
41. Come on. Apples, sweet potatoes, leafy lettuce are expensive? |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Love to know where you shop. You can't find a cantaloupe for 75 cents here. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #46 |
83. I hear you Bright |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
135. Amen to all that, TygrB (n/t) |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
167. "pristine condition"...? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Cantaloupe for .75 cents?? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #50 |
206. 2 for $4 is the sale price I see most, although once in a while they're 2 for $3 |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #50 |
208. Aldi had them 2 for a $1 last weekend |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
129. in your dreams. average price canteloupe per pound in 1999 = 61 cents. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
45. Bullshit. Sliders are often several for a dollar. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
48. Shame we have to pay 20-50% more just to have food without the chemicals. |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
52. Check out 'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle'... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Thanks - just downloaded to my Kindle. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
54. Ipads are more important than food anyway, so this doesn't matter. |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
57. I said this months back and was chastised for it. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
65. maybe they should look at depression |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #65 |
86. good point |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
66. Strongly disagree. At 50% of the poverty level, my family eats very well |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #66 |
108. We eat well also |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #108 |
164. High wages of employees? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #164 |
169. They're among the richest people in america, |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:27 AM Response to Reply #169 |
194. the waltons are owners, not employees. and the global vps are owners too. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 05:48 AM Response to Reply #194 |
215. This is the problem of labor arguments. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #66 |
130. is your house paid for? do you own land? |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #130 |
155. 50% of paycheck goes to mortgage, 25% goes to food |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #155 |
173. 50% of poverty level for a family of 4 = $11,175K. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #173 |
175. Sorry if I overstated |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #175 |
177. thanks foe admitting you overstated. glad you have a good situation. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
72. Study: Healthy eating a privilege of the rich |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. please remove because of duplicate-thanks. |
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postulater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. I don't get it. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
78. No SHIT, sherlock. when Ramen is only 20 cents a package... |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
89. Wouldn't a banana a day take care of this? |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #89 |
101. soy milk and fiber are controversial |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #101 |
139. Not really. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #139 |
176. Like I said |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #176 |
179. First, I want to see a citation from a reliable source, since that looks like copypasta. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #179 |
204. You'll have to decide for yourself what are reliable sources |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
95. when you are poor, stressed, depressed, and exhausted |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #95 |
104. Thank you. nt |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #95 |
107. it's as if people are oblivious to this |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:46 AM Response to Reply #107 |
197. You know the irony of all this? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #197 |
202. Um... I know plenty of poor people who do not have time nor the space to grow gardens |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #95 |
136. + many (n/t) |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:30 AM Response to Reply #95 |
195. and also: you need to have the belief that what you are doing will improve your situation. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
109. This is very educational |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
118. policy changes are called for here: #1. more money for people to eat a better diet... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Abstract from "Health Affairs" on the study team's conclusions. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #120 |
134. Ok |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #118 |
132. thank you. imo people who tout gardening as a solution to poverty are totally out of touch. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #132 |
222. baloney---plenty of poor people have eaten well with gardens through the centuries |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
119. I have TRIED to grow veggies at my apartment in Texas |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #119 |
182. Try sub irrigated planters. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #182 |
200. Thanks.I'll check it out |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #119 |
189. Try it with complete shade too |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
121. It's built into our society |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
131. Be aware that the ground in older cities is often contaminated with lead |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
133. At last an article on healthy eating with something nice to say about potatoes! |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:15 AM Response to Reply #133 |
191. Not junk food, but very high gylcemic index food n/t |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:17 AM Response to Reply #191 |
193. not if you eat it in combination with proteins or fats. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #193 |
213. Still, the total amount counts, or so my glucose meter tells me n/t |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #213 |
225. Interesting |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 12:59 AM Response to Reply #225 |
226. Sugar and rice are worse, to be sure. Whole grain bread causes me fewer problems |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
138. and for everyone, especially when the government raids private buying clubs and co-ops. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
152. That "Healthy eating is privilege of the rich" headline is misleading. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
157. Sprouting beans and seeds is totally cheap. n/t |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-04-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
171. my backyard 6 months of the year |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #171 |
212. plant the cabbage over to the left. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #171 |
221. you have a plenty-big space for a garden & deck space to boot---read the Nearings' books |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
216. Which means rich people will become an excellent dietary supplement to the poor. |
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PotatoChip (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
217. A local Farmer's Market has found a way to utilize food stamps |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
227. Ten pounds of blueberries cost me Twenty dollars. Healthy sure is expensive. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
228. it was ever thus |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #228 |
234. In rural SW Idaho, Potatoes and onions |
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