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How many of us drink coffee to stay alert or wake up from a nights sleep deprivationOR A  HANGOVER OR WHAT HAVE YOU!.How many of us daily are aware of being awake as we are rushing to a job while half asleep,  or rushing to catch a bus,plane or an event half dressed or half finished our lunch or breakfast or what have you?.The answer lies in MILLIONS ..Welcome to the human commerce race calender of COUNTED NUMBERS or AGES counting LIVES! That brings some sense for the motto:"life or time as money"( one more day one more dollar).Thinking of a new year taking away one more year of my life  on earth or just adding one more year of my age TIME ?!Numbers are they added to NAME or NUMB US??( Think:social security number) !Do they :Deprive us of who we are REALLY:Free Spirits?! WE COUNT DAYS,MONEY,YEARS,AGE,EVEN  MUSIC  NOTES .WE GAVE THEM NUMBERS . STILL  RYHTEMS ARE NOT NUMBERS BUT RATHER BIOLOGICAL rymes echoing our spiritual steps as we walk in steps not fly in miles.(Think Cyrcadian rythems).May be we are now experiencing a chaotic crazy time you name it ,from ecconomy to relationships that are ending in depressions or better pronounced recessions!The countdown for a new year is by slowing down ..rather than rushing to finish what we have started.Taking a silent step to stop and SMELL THE ROSES and connect BACK WITH nature .Meaning let us get back to basics and live as simple as we did millions of years before ,where we lost count of years and manmade  calenders or timetables.Being slaves to the clock of a commercial life TIME on earth that gives us meanings in numbers ,like we have a penny then we are worth a penny , right?Imagine life without a clock or a calender or even age...I think most of us mortals would love it to live a life and feel it PRESENT NOW and forget about for a moment , life after this life ...I found this life: It is in NATURE.Give it a try and go out and live part of your life outdoors as close to Nature and you will find out for your self, at least you will feel younger and you will look younger as well without dyes added to the hair or plastic surgery needed for your face!Love is in the AIR..Well,go and get some!It is FREE .Most valuable things in life are FREE just like :Freedom,Air,water,wild grown medicinal herbs, earth ..and...   LOVE!!!Put a price tag on the above and witness what happens????Remember the story of Methusala and how long he lived on EARTH..More than 600 years...also other stories of Adam and the early fathers who were centurians...The secret :They lived in accordance with the Rythems of Nature and close to Nature.They were farmers and gardeners .They grew their own food. I want to mention one example from NATURE:Plants and birds .They cope and follow the RYTHEMS of NATURE .They wake up with sunset and they go to sleep with sundown...most of them.Look at MAN in contrast!!! o .They START THEIR DAY WITH SONGS AND RYHTEMS AND TUNES .WHERAS WE HUMANS START OUR DAY WITH NOISES FROM AN ALARM CLOCK or  RADIO OR Engines of a PLANE OR CAR OR STREETS BURSTING WITH TRAFFIC POLLUTION!WHAT A DIFFERENCE?Have a Happy Healthy unhurried New Year ..No numbers in mind!!!One more thing to think about the impotence of our strife to amass gold as another value for our Time  on EARTH.There was a man who was reported dead for a month inside his house.He had a heart attack and died alone.When the neighbors called the authorities complaining of a HORRIBLE smell coming from the house , they found in his garage beside his decomposed corpse all kind of GOLD COINS that are worth of 2.7 MILLION $.They found out a distant cousin to allocate the inheritance...Someone penniless became a millionaire overnight while the one who collected the fortune died alone at home and his corpse decomposed until it rotted..What does man benefit if he" wins all the gold of the world but loses his life the next day"...?  Have a Meaningful Bountiful,Healthy LONG Life  ...and a Happy New Year... Thank you for supporting your local Urban Farmer. Tonylocalharvest.org/farms/M20618

This is another day gone in the countdown ,before we celebrate Christmass and the New Year Eve..For some ,another day is another dollar and for ALL of us  another drama ,like the shooting of school children yesterday in Connecticut..

When will we learn our lessons on violance? Preventing and fighting violance by NON-Violance programs like going back to nature gardening bringing more of our stressed out lives into NATURE?

Here is a recent study that links exposure to nature can replenish our cognitive reserves when they are worn out.How many of us feel tired and worn out these days especially with an ecconomy that is driving people out of their homes and minds?From bankruptcies to suicide and rampage massacres..(not to mention  wars  ..another form of legal and accepted violence according to some !)

Exposure to nature now is catching our eye ..Did we forget the Emmerson books on nature and Thourou's?WE tend to forget as gardeners and farmers that our bliss is not in the "Green Bucks" that we make but reather in the "GREEN Crops" that we create and harvest!

Back to nature is back to the life in Nature .Back to the garden and the farm.Back to the "Open front yard" rather than the "Fenced backyard".

Technology and gadgets are now running our lives .Shall we spend our life enjoying a virtual security which is actually ruinning  instead of running it!!!!?

Check this recent study to find out more about the Nature effect on boosting brain health...and power!!

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-nature-recharges-creativity-study-20121212,0,2375233.story

I have been interviewd in 2008  by a local newspaper and in that interview I documented the reality :"Therapy Grows in a Garden"...There is nothing new under the sun.What is new is our own awareness:How long will it take us to understand that There is a Flower Power and a Therapy out their in Nature.One  just has to BELEIVE and Be Live IT!

Another day before we celebrate christmass and new year eve..May year days be all merry and full of CHEAR!!!Go garden!

I fascilitated an Organic Gardening class to a grouip of Fire Fighters and their families and friends two weeks ago and guess what ..It was a big hit!

Fire fighters are among the elite of our community when it comes to putting their lives on risk to save our homes and lives when a fire catches up .It was a time to givbe back at a backyard where children ,teanagersand adults sat together to learn and practice a hands on organic gardening class .

This motivated me to target other groups in our community that work silently to GIVE and be a role model in the progress of our local communities.This week I will be working in a backyard of a Boys Scouts Leader who is gathering her scouts to learn another survival skill:Growing your own food...

Next move will be starting a class in Miami and Homestead area ...As the word goes by:Have Shovel Will Travel.It always sytarts with a desire to serve our community especially during a Holliday Season.Growing our own food is now in GREAT DEMAND ..I am filling the niche and fascilitating "MOBILE"classes and your help is appreciarted to pass on the word to your schools,churches,wellness centers and non-profit organizations .Working together to start urban gardens in our backyards to keep the Earth A Living and safe Place for the Living is another NEW YEAR RESOLUTION we can add to our Santa Clause Gift List to our loved ones.

Wishing you all a Happy Hollidays and may your days  be  GREEN and Flourishing like a Bountiful Garden.

Ho Ho Ho   Santa "Gardener" is Coming to your backyard ..Town!!!

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The location is a community garden down town of a South Florida Beach City..The decision to cut down an overgrowing ponciana tree was sought three years ago.

A plot that once flourished now has been struggling to grow flowers and vegetables but in vain..The ponciana tree was shedding its branches and leaves and continuing to damage the soil and plants that fall under its shadow.What a picture to draw of a tree that was fell amid the neem baby trees and other vegetation.

The least to say a "Massacre" after a chain saw amateur tree cutter was asked to trim down the Ponciana and Neem trees that are growing in the plot as they were labeled as INVASIVE.Ignorance is the worst enemy and it is not outside but rather within.So this motivated me to turn the lemon into LMONADE and write something about pruning for those who wish to trim trees and educate them about the BASIC PROPER  KNOW HOW PROCEDURES.

1-First of all get the experts to do the work.One must be licenced and insured because INJURIES or ACCIDENTS might happen .In the worse scenario when experts can not be found then get an informed experienced gardener who have some prunning experience be present to direct the Chain Saw Operator.

2-Second step is to obtain the proper equipment and tools.Next is to map the area and prepare a plan to take down the trees or branches on STAGES .Start taking down the Large branches from below as closest to the tree trunk.Imploy the ELBOW technique.What is the elbow technique?If you do not know the answer then you have failed the first test and you are not qualified to prune period.Read on...

3-Cutting down a large branch on stages mean the following:Never cut it on a single shot as SOOOO close to the trunk but rather on multiple shots or stages.Cut several parts of the large branch in pieces that are manageable  to handle or move.

4-Cutting position should be from the  above part of the branch  and never from the below part.You may rotate the chain saw in a circle starting deom above to below.Cut 2/3 of the branch with chain saw and the rest with a HAND SAW prior to final cut!

5-Make sure that no vegetations or life forms including humans,animals etc are in harms way of the fallinfg branch.Clear area and rescue plants by transplanting into a safer location.

cut branches so close to the Main Tree Trunk.

6-Do not employ chain saw to cut infant trees or shrubs  or early young hedges.Use hand held  manual cutters of different sizes to match the trees or hedges.The uneducated PRUNER OPERATOR ,who massacred my neem trees ,did so with a chain saw...instead of using approtriate manual cutters/pruners.

7-Remember that to prune hedges ,fruit trees,shrubs,roses etc..requuires different kind of tools ..so do not go ballistic terminating and cutting all with a CHAIN SAW...you might be doing more damages than you can comrehend in the long run and trees or shrubs will be prone to getting diseases from you uneducated ignorant pruning!

8-Make sure to follow BIODYNAMIC laws fpor pruning..For example  it is best time to prune during qa waxing moon not a full moon.Or never prune a fruit tree while it is having fruits on display on its branches or when it is blooming...there are months for best time to prune and you might be interested to learn more by just reading a book on pruning!

For more information about Basic Pruning , please visit your bookstore or the internet favorite pruning sites and go  google  before you prune...

Last but not least:Boycot the companies that support GMO and poison your food :

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I have been fascilitating Organic Urban Farming classes here in S.Florida for a decade .So far I have collected some Hands On Tips and observations and would like to share my experiences with you in case you are interested in starting a backyard Urban Garden .

1-Be Prepared:Come with an OPEN MIND and Heart to learn .

Bring A note book-Dress in a garden gear-Write down a list of questions.Hydrate.Bring along a friend or a family member as it usually costs less for couples!

2-Be Patient .Urban Farming is a PROCESS that requires:Time.Efforts . Hands on Work.Budget.Knowledge.No Experience Required!!

3-Be Grounded:Learn how to connect with Nature through :Breathing Exercises.Touching the EARTH.Identifying and understanding plants and soil inhabitants.

4-Be Aware:Read local Horticultural blogs.newsletters,magazines and literature of Tropical Urban Farming of S.Florida.Check out internet gardening links like you tube and blogs example: localharvwest.org/farms/M20618

5-Start small:local heirloum seeds and start a mini nursery in small containers .It is less costly and more fun to manage and maintain a SMALL Container Garden than a Nemitode infested Sandy soil PLOT.. 

6-Take a class on HANDS ON URBAN FARMING :ONE ON ONE for better results if you are a begginer!

7-Prepare your own soil if you live in S.Florida.Much of the soil here is Sandy and Acidic especially if you live close to the coastal areas!

8-Learn how to COMPOST FIRST!Get a Compost Bin .

9-Harvest the RAIN:Conserve water by using a RAIN BARRL!

10-Take as MANY CLASSES AS POSSIBLE.ASK MANY QUESTIONS...Be POSITIVE!

The community garden experience here in South Florida started in the late 1990 as far as I am concerned.

I witnessed the creation of a community garden at a crime infested site here in South Florida.I was lucky to have a major Newspaper "Sun sentinel" run a coverage story .They sent a columnist and a photographer and posted the article at the Front of the local section with a full scope of two pages.I was also lucky to have one of my workshops  documented  by the Lake Worth Forum at another community garden in Lake Worth .Both gardens disappeared from reality later on , but I benefited from the experience .Later on I was also involved in more than other six community gardens , one of which is still current...But...I have witnessed why so many community gardens fail because of so many reasons mainly :

1-Lack of local government support in providing budgets to create community garden or donate land.The current garden I am involved in is a backyard of a home owner!

2-Lack of educational programs at the community gardens .Being a certified master gardener since 2001 , I have noticed that no serious programs are offered at the site of community gardens by edcational institutes like colleges or schools of agriculture.Merely efforts are made by individuals to educate the public at the site of community gardens.Other programs are offered at the local  Extension Programs of some Horticulure active regional colleges.

3-Lack of budgets and financing at the federal level to support community gardens where local governments fail to do so.There are many stories about the closure of down town Miami Community garden besides others in S.Florida due to inavailability of financing support etc..Solution :Pump in federal stimulus and financial support to CG. 

4-Politics plays a significant role sometimes in the creation of some community gardens where a certain group uses its GREEN efforts as a propaganda to influence votes and credibility among locals..but then the garden ceases to exist like what happened to a local garden I was involved with long time ago.Solution:Keep politics to the politicians and gardening for gardeners!

5-Churches that provide land for community garden sometimes have better luck to keep the garden existing . I have a bitter taste from a couple of churches that did not do enough to keep their GREEN Promises and faltered to keep their gardens existing .Most churches I worked with did not have a budget or a program.Just wanted to explore !Mainly depending on  flow of funds ,volunteers ,supporting efforts for experienced and educated coordinators who have the ability and time besides experience to do the DIRTY HANDS ON GARDENING(Meaning to let their hands into the SOIL!!)etcSolution:Create more community gardens at the empty lots of churches that grow just GRASS!

6-Soup kitchens benefit most from community gardens besides the volunteer gardeners who tend to harvest crops of organic locally grown vegetables to save on the grocery bill and stay healthy  through gardening exercises.I donated organic crops for a local soup kitchen until I lost my half acre lot to the land fill.Solution:Create more backyard gardens at the Soup Kirchen Locations whenever abvailable and encourage unemployed volunteers to work the land and grow their own food!

Is it a coincidence that Sandy Super Storm chose New York /New Jersey  vver populated regions to send a message to the modern man of the big cities:Bring back the trees and other Natural settings uprooted by development and modern life of mobile phones and motorized living.

Here in S.Florida we did not learn our lesson yet after so many Hurricanes that washed onshore zillion tons of water and waste to man made structure.The river of grass has become gated communities and the farms that once thrived are now home for cemented structures and asphalt ..

Yet , we forget and want to learn how to grow our own food suddenly after we experiment with GMO food,fertilizerrs and other man made chemicals added to our food..When we become sick then we feel the heat and try to correct our diet by going back to the backyard to grow our own food.Surprise: The soil in S.Florida is SANDY!!!

Hardly a sandy soil can grow anything abnd if it did then the nematodes will step in and abort .So , people flocking from the upnorth regions to the sandy beaches of Florida want to learn how to grow their own food?They try for years and fail..simply because they do not know how to relate to the local soil,plants and climate.They spend money on books and classes.They spend money on stuff from the garden center.Still they are bound to fail .Why not unlearn the cold region way of farming and try to learn the hot region of Florida?

Best bet is to take one on one classes right in the garden and let their hands be immersed with the sandy soil of Florida without forgeting to ask help from a local urban farmer who has nothing to sell other than his horticultural experience and expertize working the Florida SANDY soil !

You are cordially invited :This coming Saturday I will be joining ,for the third consecutive year ,the Lantana GreenFest on October ,20th 2012 .

There will be a rich and diverse GREEN  schedule with FREE workshops,food ,music and themes ranging from Organic Gardening to Solar Energy,rain barrels and much more.

For more details , please check out the Town of Lantana GreenFest Flyer enclosed:

http://www.lantana.org/page.asp?PageId=564v

If you live in South Florida, take advantage of this unique opportunity to network and meet with like "green" minded folks ,community GREEN  businesses and leaders .

I have been active in spreading the Organic Gardening Awareness through workshops and classes for the last ten years here in South Florida.Growing our food will save on the carbon foot print and stimulate our local ecconomy by producing more GREEN FARMING JOBS.

We can fight GLOBAL WARMING locally by simply growing more productive gardens that produce more oxygen for our environment more food for our communities in a time where Organic Produce prices are continuously increasing  to meet the ecconomic equation of supply and demand .

Ongoing Organic Gardening Classes every Sat and Sun.More details at the Natural Awakening PBC Magazine Mark Your Calender .

Bring/tell a friend..

Always support small local farmers.Grow and buy locally grown produce. 

If you are a TOMATO lover ,grower,consumer then you need to read this:

Florida TOMATO GGROWERS ARE WAGING A WAR ON THE MEXICAN tOMATO .Three years ago it was a local war against the cherry and  heirloum vs the special Florida tomato .Now it is against the south of the border tomato.

The agreement that paved the way 17 years ago for the free import of Mexican tomato is now under attack by some Florida tomato growers supported by other states growers as well.

Tomato prices are going to skyrocket as the war takes more tomatoes off the market and puts more strain on local farmers to produce more tomatoes locally rather than importing them from Mexico.

Are we prepared for growing more on lesser farming land and even lesser supply of local trained and skilled legal farmers?

I predict a tomato gold rush and I expect more local farmers to benefit from the "Tomato War" on the expense of the local consumers who will be paying the extra price of more demand and less supply once this measure goes into effect .

I have been crying for two decades in favor of helping create more Farming Jobs by accelerating the awareness and education process that  leads to creating more LOCAL farms and  local farmers .Hello.anybody home?

What will happen is that people will wake up only when hit in the "pocket as the prices of tomato skyrocket", and farmers JOBS  will start to be recognized as essential for the ecconomic growth .

Grow and buy local fruits and vegetables is the best bet .

For more details :Here is an article published by the Sun sentinel  recently :

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/consumer/la-fi-mexico-tomato-war-20121003,0,6443335.story 

My friend shared some "estimated virtual " statistics about the homes that are empty and the homeless in the USA.The latter was 3 million of "registered" homeless and the former  of 13 million of  "forclosed "empty homes!!The figures may be higher than you can imagine if a REAL ACTUAL statistics applies!

I stopped to contemplate and ask myself the question of, how many farms or agrarian lands stand empty or deserted while there are so many farmers or able bodied men and women who are registered as unemployed or homeless that  can fill in the gap and jump start the economy just by working the land and PRODUCING food ???

Recently I met an investor who travelled all the way from overseas just to start an Urban Organic Farm on an empty lot of 4 acres .He is building the soil and the infrastucture and it will take him one year to start production.

How many farms were erased and destroyed along with their fertile soil that took hundreds and thousands of years to form just to be replaced by developers mansions or condos that now are sitting empty and vacant??

In this election year I did not hear any politician mention any promises to create more agricultural jobs or farms that could em[ploy more farmers.

Food prices are skyrocketing as a result of higher oil prices,draughts,floods etc..Politicians have money in the bank or banks who back them up and in exchange stimulus money keep the bank afloat to forclose more homes of the common working man and women..

The history of farming in US  lends itself to  outsourcing  our resources to: Mega corporations ,speculators,foreigners ,slaves,migrant farmers etc..

The one   missing link in the farming picture is the small local urban farmer who is marginalized,discouraged,depleted of resources,denied assistance , to say the least.

Farming our own food will jump start the economy as producing ,selling and buying locally grown produce will circulate our dollars within our border and not south or north or you name it where!!

Give the small farmers the land,funds,and help they need and expect more than crops growing.It is the ecconomy that will grow and we will have our  bountiful farms ,homes full and less of  homeless !

I was not dreaming when:

A major local newspaper columnist gave me an interview to spread the awareness of Urban Farming ,and published it on the front pages of the local section back in 2008 .

A local city offered me a job to teach a Composting class for its residents to help reduce the cost of its recycling department, back in 2010-11.

A local college invited me to fascilitate a Composting class at their campus in 2011 to boost the Organic gardening awareness among  its college students.

 Urban Farming will enter from the FRONT DOOR to the class rooms , backyards ,hearts and minds of this generation and the ones to come to make the connection with the source of our HUMAN SUSTAINABILTY:SOIL!

Our food and water have been squeezed into  bottles , pills and capsules.

Our LIVING food nutrients have  been reduced into a  G M ZERO a lab bi product of  GMOs("G"enetically "M"ortified .."O"  !)

Common "Science" is be-coming  common "Sense" for a lot of college and school graduates who are seeking a different kind of DEGREE :BA (Basic Agriculture) as bestowed by Mother Earth through a hands on the soil courses!!!!

I have witnessed and seen the hardships of making a living for Urban farmers here in S.Florida.I have lost a half an acre community garden for a land fill.I have retreated to farm at backyards of home owners,churches,community gardens  and never stopped spreading the Urban farming awareness through workshops , even after losing my gardens and non stop relocations.People now a re waking up to the importance of LOCALLY GROWN UNADULTERATED FOODS(By Manufactured processed food ,packaging,chemical additives,pesicides,GMO,herbicides,fungicides, you name it   etc..) .

More and more of people are getting sick,obese by adulterated food.So it makes sense to grow our own!!!

Here is an article by the NYT to back up the new trend of " back to farming  "  new found  soil-'gold'en  rush of  college  graduates:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/nyregion/the-farm-life-draws-some-students-for-post-graduate-work.html?_r=0

I was coming from a NOFA convention for Organic Farmers , long time ago , using the "Grey Hound" bus , when a security officer at the Jacksonville GH ground station confiscated an herb bag which I bought at the convention that contained SPEAR MINT herb .He mistakenly thought it was POT!It was labelled clearly as "Spearmint" and smelled as MINT too!! Unfortunatelly  I had to be treated like a suspect because it looked like a Marijuana weed according  to the security officer.
 
This resulted in  a my  trip being delayed and  disrupted ,I lost my seat on the original bus -as another passenger claimed it!
I  was put on another late bus while some of my personal belongings  were lost en route due to this disruption .
I decided to speak out and complained to the station manager who did nothing to correct the situation.I was threatened by the security officer for TRESPASSING even though I had a valid GREY HOUND bus ticket .That was my last trip using a Grey Hound.But it was the beginning of a trip to speak out against the USE or Abuse of drugs including pot!!
Most people do not know that Aboriginals,or INDEGENOUS peoples like Native Americans  shun and do not approve of the use of tobacco and pot (Marijuana).Their smoking Peace pipe or C'ANUPA (CHANNUPA) usually used in their ceremonies has the leaves and bark of the WILLOW TREE for a  smoke and NEVER TOBACCO which is only used to make their ceremonies prayer bead knots only .Check the story of the C'ANUPA :\
http://www.ar-t.org/Artist_Resume/C_anupa/c_anupa.html
 
What a painful bus experience though to recall, just because someone with not enough education about herbs ,mixed up mint for marijuana.!!!!!
Not all green herbs are created  equal . Marijuana which I have never ever seen or grown or smoked in my whole life DAMAGES BRAIN CELLS...By the testimoney of Native Americans and now SCIENTIFIC STUDIES!!
 
As an Urban Farmer ,I meet people who ask me if I grow weed jokingly? Now I know that it is CULTURALLY common and accepetd to smoke Marijuana for many medicinal or non medicinal reasons and I respect that but I do not have to AGREE and approve  of growing or smoking Marijuana.You may also not AGREE with me.I agree to disagree with you!!
 
Recently it was reported in the news a man attacked and partially ate a portion of a homeless man's face  in Miami , he was shot to death by police to stop him .When they had an atopsy of the attacker it came out as Marijuana pot in his blood stream!!May be he was using it for medicine may be not but look at what he did?

I am not trying to decide for you  what or what not to use as medicine It is up to your doctor to do that..But personally I still beleive that MARIJUANA DESTROYS BRAIN CELLS and here are the latest scientific study released TODAY.
Check it out :

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/marijuana-causes-brain-damage-study/story-fndo48ca-1226446908221
 
This is not to open tyhe stage for agree or disagree about the use of Marijuana.This is to acknowledge that SCIENCE finally has something to say about what Marijuana do the the brain cells of humans especially for teenagers....How many of the people you know using CIGARETTES or Marijuana started as TEENAGERS  and nver stopped .Thats the age when you get hooked up and its hard to quit scientifically proven and thats what the Tobacco Industry use to hook up people to their tobacco products when they are TEENAGERS!
 
It is time to start preparing the backyard garden for the growing season of fruits and vegetables and other LEGAL herbs .More info about my Organic Gardening Classes at:Natural Awakening Magazine "Mark your calender"!!
 

John Milton in his famous balad " ALBATRAS " cries:Water Water Everwhere ,but no DROP  to DRINK".In our case it will be Land Land Everywhere but no CROP to EAT!

Take the example of the PLENTY of agrarian land that sits down for waste while people have no jobs but willing to GROW THEIR OWN FOOD once accessibilty for land becomes available.Here is S.Florida , land is mostly earmarked for development as the margin for profit is considerable compared with using same for agriculture.Keeping the land owned by Agri-Business out of the equation for many reasons the least to be politically correct !

There are so many backyards or neglected agrarian lands that grow only grass while the food prices shoot up and more people sign up for food stamps as thety lose their jobs.There is a solution to help minimize the size of debt at least if we consider creating a program to "Teach people willing to farm"how to  grow their own food" instead of collecting food stamps and alloting a neglected land for them to do just that.

Here is a sample of how farmers who have no jobs in Spain are using their skills to produce more FOOD from farms that are idle.Check this New York Times article :(please check out excerpts down below the NYT link.Thank you) http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/world/europe/economic-crisis-in-spain-reignites-an-old-social-conflict.htmlv

Here are qouted excerpts from the New York Times article about farming in Spain.Qoute:"

Published: August 23, 2012

Crisis Reignites Old Conflicts