Food Desert (Gettysburg, 2014) Ibrahim Saeed Mohammed Saif (TP076440) Farming food locally is therefore a viable and efficient way of feeding people around the globe especially in food desert areas. It empowers the people to engage in farming by developing and supporting concept of community gardening and urban gardening (Kaiser 2011). This not only helps to ensure that the community has access to the essential nutrients in the food which is very important but also ensures that the community has ownership and thus whenever they get involved in the production of food they do so willingly and not out of force. Also, supporting farmers and local food by buying’s including farmers markets and direct to consumer programs helps residents access fr...
Food Desert (Gettysburg, 2014) Ibrahim Saeed Mohammed Saif (TP076440) Farming food locally is therefore a viable and efficient way of feeding people around the globe especially in food desert areas. It empowers the people to engage in farming by developing and supporting concept of community gardening and urban gardening (Kaiser 2011). This not only helps to ensure that the community has access to the essential nutrients in the food which is very important but also ensures that the community has ownership and thus whenever they get involved in the production of food they do so willingly and not out of force. Also, supporting farmers and local food by buying’s including farmers markets and direct to consumer programs helps residents access fr...