The Grass Doctor

We've been socially conditioned to go to the store for food ... Why has God's bounty been contained to Farms?

Many people want nice yards of mowed lawns, manicured shrubs and flowers ... but you can't eat those. Very few people plant herb and/or vegetable gardens, or know what (naturally growing plants) are OK to eat. Why has humanity strayed from the true Bounty of God's Earth and contained it for sale. Why, have we allowed this?

Public Comments

1. I disagree. I plant herbs and vegetables in my garden and many of my neighbours do the same. It's very popular here in Scotland to grow your own vegetables.
2. I could care less if my yard is all pretty. I live in New Mexico...desert land. LOL "the creator" wanted sand here so be it.
3. Because the fact that we don't have to spend every second of our lives worrying about food anymore gives us time to do things like invent a vaccine against polio, get educations, write novels, and see the world. If you want to go live in the woods and forage off the earth, fine with me. But I like my expressions of intelligence, thanks.
4. It would be kinda hard to disk up your yard to plant a garden, and in some neighborhoods, it's just not allowed. Farmers have more ground to sow large amounts of food for the public. My mother used to pick her own mushrooms and use herbs for different things. I don't know how to identify most of these plants so I don't try. I do raise a vegetable garden every year though. I live in the country. It would be nice if more people could raise their own food.
5. we are in the gathering, storing phase of commercial farming.
6. Some people would rather pay to have someone plant, grow and harvest for them. My husband and I have gardens-noncommercial, cows and chickens and earn a good living from it.
7. It's called civilization. You know, where people contribute to society according to their skills. Farmers farm, miners mine, traders trade and builder build, etc. Everyone can't be a farmer otherwise it won't work.
8. I like to see a few pretty flowers. The variety of colours is beautiful but I much prefer to grow things that I can eat. This is the most sensible use of land, however small a patch we might each have. Also, I very rarely buy flowers. I like to see the wild ones growing but commercial ones are just part of big business and the public are conned into buying them for just about every occasion. If you bought someone a cabbage on St. Valentine's Day though I don't think you'd get a good reception and can you imagine taking a bunch of carrots or radishes to a sick person, rather than a bunch of flowers? Everything has its place I'm sure.