Save Your Food Save Your Life | Ron Finley, Urban Gardener
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
- Ron Finley is an urban farmer who grew up in the food desert of South Los Angeles. In 2010, fed up with the lack of nutritious options available to his community, he started planting vegetables on one of many neglected curbside dirt strips in the area. Since then, his project has spread and received nationwide attention.
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I have 5 kids. the day i went to the store and there was no canned goods i went straight to the seed section. everyone else was standing there complaining or shocked. i have kids so i dont have time to be in awe or complain. i had to make sure we dont rely on the store anymore for a way to feed mine. me and one older lady were the only two looking through seeds. i literally had to walk down the aisles and tell people plant your own there are seeds for everything up front and you can buy them with food stamps. a month later i have my plants in the ground. i hand dug my bed and tilled it from grass to what it is now. A shovel, a hoe and a rake. took two weeks. i added in amendments and made my clay soil good enough for my plants to grow. my house next month will be a drop off spot for 290 plants that will be given out free to people in my community through a local organization. more black folks from the city need to do this. you can even buy fruit bearing trees and bushes and already started plants w/ food stamps. Thank you for getting gardening info out to people. We need more people to do this for our communities. cant wait to have folks show up to get these plants from my front yard. all it takes is planting that first one to be hooked.
I dunno, I live in a big city and I doubt that I can eat something that was planted on the streets. We had a lot of fruit trees everywhere but fruits from this trees are poisonous. Smog accumulate on the leaves and rain wash this poison right into the soil. I ate an apple from the park and got an Angioedema just from the small bite even though I never had an allergy reactions from fruits and vegetables before.
Well said 😁💯💯💯
@@bigsister9354 do you have some space in doors? You can do most veggies in buckets. Just put holes in the bottom. Put them in front of a window and they will grow. Thats how I started all of mine.
ALISHA KATTARA, I use window sills to grow some herbs and greens and my family has a small garden outside the city. I live in Russia and many citizens have such gardens called «dacha». This is the legacy of the USSR then many citizens were given small plots of land by the government so that they could grow their own food. My grandfather was given this plot from his work forty years ago and since then our family has grown vegetables and fruits there from may to November. Then winter comes for six months.
it's funny that exactly after I wrote you the previous comment, I heard my neighbor planting something under the window😄😄
I think urban gardening will develop rapidly because of the COVID-19 crisis.
I wish you good luck and great harvests!🍀🌾🥬🥕🥗
There is a company called city pickers that makes movable planters on wheels. Just wheel your stuff in at night or when smog is real bad.
This guys message made it's way all the way to Turkey. Inspired me to become a balcony gardener.
So love you started where you're at. We all can do something!
@@TechOutAdamYes indeed we can! ❤️
I've just discovered this prophet. He's found the key to meaningful living, the Creator's Eden project. Keep preaching, brother.
@IyaEarthseeds I'm lost. I don't know where you're taking me to. Please, come home .
Ron Finley a pioneer for the poor community and inspiration to the world!
OMG yes to checking the plants like they are my children.
Less than 1 minute in and I'm already emotional. Ron Finley was my inspiration to start my home garden.
Brilliant, just brillian, this blessed man should be on the news every day with this message teaching people in EVERY city in the U.S. on how to transform neighborhoods with life saving, healthy food that translates to health remedies. Bless you dear man, bless you and your mission.
JoJo W 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾YES!!!
Soil is magical. Growing our own food is so important for health and self sufficiency.
We need to be designing affordable housing with gardens built in.
YES!! Thanks for your comment!!
WOW! Ron were driven to me by God! I have cured myself of stage 4 cancer! One of the things I did for my cure was cleaning up my eating habits to organic vegetables, fruit, grass fed beef, my own free run chickens (make my own mash!😊) and eggs, spring water from the spring in the mountain behind my house, grounding, honey (have my own bees!😊), electro culture on my entire small farm including my garden, mushroom extracts, root extracts and more! My whole life changed! A dear friend told me about you and said I would resonate with you and he was spot on! I am a new lifetime follower! We can never LEARN too much can we? I look forward to watching all your videos and learning your knowledge. Thank you for sharing this vast valuable essential knowledge to the world! I pray people will listen so they can feel the difference clean food can make in their lives! Love ya and God bless you! 🙏❤️🥰
This makes me think of all the lawns for businesses, churches, etc that are just grass. It rains a good bit where I live, so watering is not a concern. They should be begging people to grow food there, and people should be asking them. Could you imagine a 2 acre garden that anyone can get food from. Now imagine a bunch of them all over. People should be encouraged to turn their entire lawns into edible places.
Lawns kinda look pretty and make activities on them fun but they don’t do much for the environment at all phys.org/news/2018-07-decline-biodiversity-suburban-ecosystems.html
Food Not Lawns
This is wonderful, I live in New Orleans, I've been growing vegetables and fruits for some years, as a child, all of my neighbors had Big Beautiful healthy gardens, I'm in my garden every day, for most of the day, It is great to see you are bringing awareness on, GROWING your own Food.. I have three Grands, I keep them in the garden, they LOVE Harvest Time. I pray they will, Always Grow Their Food, Continual Showing the World How to. PLANT SHIT..Lol
Sister, how did u get ur soil healthy. Did u get the soil tested? What about good source of seeds as well? Thank u!
9th ward woeeee
His passion is contagious ♥️
This is so powerful! God bless people like you because you are THE LOVE, Man!
Tears came to my eyes when all of those people stood up - powerful. Plant some shit!
Newly semi-retired in Italy and luck to have a small garden to tend and improve and it feels so peaceful. Stress and blood sugar are almost nonexistent. I love this guys message.
This just turned up in my newsfeed...I live in Switzerland. This is also becoming an issue as Switzerland is 70% dépendant from food import. We’re Supposed to be in lockdown but trucks from Portugal, Spain, France etc still drive through. We still have food, but economical and financial issues are bound to bring about change....I can feel it... Thank you for being so ahead of your time! And your courage, wisdom and persistence.
✔🙏 I believe so too. God Bless you. ❤
Julia van Run-Kilic Sehr schön!!
Remember to compost all organic materials to make the soil rich... to speed things up you can chop it all fine and mix it with whatever soil you already have.
Also please do nurture the weeds which all nourish and detox us and require very little pampering to grow well... look for or plant these... truly they heal us all: Dandelion (Löwensahn), Broad and Narrow Leaf Plantain (Breit und Spitzwegerich), Lambs Quarters, Stinging nettles (Brennnessel), and so many more.
Viel Glück!
The evaluation of Dr. Carver. He is so proud of U, and so am I
Nothing yet to dehydrate here in Massachusetts, but I've been able to collect enough greens to make a tiny weeny salad. Love, Love, Love having you come into my house to share your garden and all the wisdom you offer. Thank you and God Bless.
I grew up in Baltimore with a Gramdmother that lived on the Eastern shore farm country I got bit by the gardening bug about 11 yrs ago and could not believe foodstamps could buy seeds to feed my family for next to nothing. Knowing whats in my food is everything keep pushing because its vital to everyone to get the message your giving.
THIS MAN HAS IT GOIN' ON!!!
how this has less views than a cardi b video is whats wrong with america
Samurai Jo 😂😂
America has been brainwashed..... and wrong priorities...The earth is self sustaining. and we need to create a life for all not just a select few.
Ron Finley. My Urban Garden Hero!!
This guy is friggin awesome! Started my own grow after watching this.
I picked a green pea pod from my garden yesterday and had them raw. The flavor was unbelievably great. Nothing like the can product. I planted 20 seeds after that.
Yes, I've been out picking baby kale from my raised beds in the morning ( 4 to 6 inches high ) and am amazed at the taste, tenderness and also in awe that I grew it- with God's help!!
👍👍. This guy is amazing .
This man is raw with the truth, you may not like it but it is the truth.
Thank you UA-cam for recommending this video. .. comfirmation, Im on the right path!
I love this theory! You have made a way for our people to think outside of the box. This is an enhancement mentally, physically, emotionally and socially. Thank you!
Health and Unity, a true soldier of the light.
Respect we know what he saying all the way from Bosnia this man got the farmers armor we support this mans word
Ron Finley I only discovered you last week when a video popped up in my feed called ‘The Gangster Gardener’ I was intrigued 🤔 I clicked the video & loved it. I am a keen gardener, but I love what your doing. This IS your calling ✊🏾 keep up the good work, TMHY is watching you 💕 bless you brother.
Ron Finley, you are ahead of everyone, congratulations on your hard work and persistence.
Your Mama is a wonderful lady who clearly fed you right and was feeding her world also. Love her and don't even know her. Hi Mama from B.C. Canada, you rock!
P.S. Arrived here from Steve's Seaside Allotment channel where he grows his own food, in his back yard and an allotment for the last 4 years. He certainly helping to make the town sexy:)
Ron, you're awesome! Found you from another UA-cam channel. We've had a granden for 18 years now and we have 24 bee hives!
Thank you for uploading and the innovation!
I would love to create this for South Dallas in Texas, I am so tired of seeing people be mistreated and neglected. I'm a single mom and I want to do more, I just have the knowledge to assist but not the funds. I am a very compassionate woman and am saddened by the latest horrible event that just occurred where homeless in tent city were just evicted. I will keep dreaming that I can help My state too. Much love to all!
Such powerful content from Ron Finley. Here in 2021 after going plant based due to health issues. ❤️🤗🎓👊🏾
So Profound.... lovely!! Refreshing to hear you talk and very inspiring! Your videos have become my new bed time stories! I am 86 days Vegan 🌱Not able to do much since the quarantine is going on.... can’t wait to get out and get dirty! I live in Charlottesville Va... lots of land and farms here... fresh food galore🙌🏾🌈 Thank you 🙏🏽
We share the same inspirations for gardening and I'll add being tired of going into a grocery store and buying vegetables that don't taste like anything to put it politely. I grew up with gardens and fruit trees so I know what these foods should taste like and sadly corporations and industries have tricked the shit out of folks in believing these foods are healthy for them. It is time for folks to shit or get off the pot and make a difference in their lives for their family and future. Thanks for sharing this is food for knowledge.
"The solution is not necessarily a revolution; is an evolution."
yes! that nuance !!!
You are awesome! Keep going.
Beautiful personality!
Yassss👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾YOU GOT LAND USE LAWS CHANGED!!✊🏽
thank you ron
WOW ,,,,,,, I just found your video, thank youuuuuuu for sharing it all !! I´m starting my own veggie gardener here !! much love, handsome & inspirational soul ,,,,, Algarve, PT
Spot on Ron
Yes making compost excites me unbelievably.
OMGness YOU ARE SO AMAZING !!! PRECIOUS!!!!
IT TAKES JUDAH TO LEAD HIS PEOPLE THE WAY OF LIFE. BLESS YOU !!!!
I like what this guy is saying. He says it with humor. Good knowledge with humor.
This guy is my hero
Keep up the good work - great message and action. Very needed in the world today. I hope you continue to impact many. Fresh food is key. Thank you for what you do.
Mavericks pay a high price for moving the needle. Support them.
When I worked in Manhattan years ago I used to toss flower seeds of all kinds out my car window, sometimes in a cup of water to assure they made it to soil. After time the entire trek to the Lincoln tunnel in NJ had flowers everywhere. It was delightful to have beauty to look at while stuck in standing traffic at times. Call me crazy but but i felt grateful for the beauty my discarded seeds returned to me every day. I think I above all appreciated the new scenery more thsn anyone.
If you have none to spare, dollar store box of seeds will do the trick for you.
I get Lilly seeds now (see attachment) for my next local project which consist of three. Two are highway exits with only swamp grasses as well as a local so called Greenway sponsored by the county. They've done nothing as far as planting there so I scatter seeds from rose of Sharon as well as wildflowers there. It's looking nicer each year and the dummies from county parks haven't a clue LOL.
I discard veggie seeds there before spring making sure snow sets them in.
1:53 Mother Nature does not waste ANYTHING!
21:43 I tell people, you don’t need meds, you need a garden!
25:49 We are part of the Ecosystem... You heal your Mother, you heal yourself.
So we take all our food scraps and other organic materials, chop them finer if we want to speed up the process, add them to the soil, mix or layer them in, and thus really give the soil what it needs to grow healthy food and flowers.
Let’s also remember the edible weeds that grow abundantly and both nourish and detox us when we use them as part of our meals.... Dandelions, broad and narrow leaf Plantain, Lambs Quarters, Stinging Nettles, and so many more! Look up the top edible weeds in your area, what they look like, how they work to heal and nourish us, and then make pesto or scrambled eggs, or smoothies, and whatever else you make with greens.
Bad nutrition can also lead to behavioral issues and some preventable mental health issues. Lacking Vitamin D and B Vitamins can lead to depression. Sulforaphane in found in broccoli is now being studied for its effect on autism. Etc etc etc.
Ron Finley!
That’s me! Out in my jammies at 5am, saying congratulations to my cherry blossoms, and checking on my tomato plants, urging them on. I seriously wonder if there’s something psychologically wrong with me when I just lie down on the grass next to my garden beds and whisper to the plants, “Grow!” I’d like to have a date with Ron to ask him about that. I’m sure the line-up is long, though - sigh. (And I’m at Harvard now.)
I miss MY garden! This is THE 2nd. Growing season that I haven't been able to grow vegetables!!! Thanks to the new manager of the apartment complex I live in! NOW!!! It's been sitting black topped for 2 summers! And with this year being Covid19!!! There's nothing AT all growing because where they once had a landscaper come and maintenance! I've seen no ONE!!! So the planter pots ARE sitting emptied instead of full of vegetables that THIS apartment community could benefit from!!! Hurts me to my HEART!
This is gangsta.
Beautiful Wind - warm & tender- oh how good you feel🙋🏾♀️. Thank you for sharing your truth, it has inspired me. Benevolent outcomes 🎯
Hi Ron I believe and do all that you say and doing my bit. Must admit I had a lot more fruit from my aproicot tree. I enjoyed your spech thank you.
I'm just listening and looking at your video. Are you still doing this Ron? I hope you are there being a positive figure and working that garden. What a reason to live and love somebody besides yourself. I bet you have made many friends. I'd like to write a book about you and what you've done for the little ones in life who want to grow up and be someone very special. What a service and awesome contribution to our selfish world.
He just released a Masterclass
Peace king! #THEMARATHONCONTINUES2020 #each1reach1teach1 thanks for the gems! Watching all ya vidz!
I've watched this in the past as someone with a small plant or two and now I'm the crazy plant lady in my PJs examining my "babies" first thing in the morning 🤣
Truth.
@RonFinley. This is brilliant. 2 months ago I was looking to learn more about gardening and boom, I stumbled across your name on social media. I now will subscribe to your masterclass. I am from a country in Southern Africa called Mozambique. Thank you
I always visit my worms make vermicast everymorning. I love my worms making healthy soil for my soon to be plants. I feel crazy loving them :D
super inspirative....
....you had me at ...Jacques cousteau holding walkie talkie
Thank you for your talk sir. I just planted a small garden in my backyard. I hope it goes well.
Amazing 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
I have all the seeds, tools, etc. just need to get moving....I'm diggin that VW
guerrilla gardening + urban exploring + permaculture + John Poole 4th gen warfare (it's called *guerrilla* gardening) together they form voltron.
love you ron you are epic and inspiring
You got that right
I would apply vegan concepts to this but Ron Finley is an inspiration.
Very inspiring and I'm really impressed with your work!! Continue this path of creativity and stay positive and true to your cause!!!Blessings and peace. I waS HOPING THAT I'd see more of your work. :)
Beautiful information here and how impressive!!! You got it so right about trash the fast foods are feeding our poor children! Thank you for your intellect and understanding go what has become of our neighborhoods. Our mothers are working hard and filling our children with the crap!!! I love what you are saying about the trash to feed our poor children whose life is ebbing away due to greed and laziness. I love your work and as a retired school teacher I want to get the word out to the youth for tomorrow. Thank you Ron for stepping up to the post!!!
ron you are the best ilove your way of thinking and talking thats so very true i got into food to change my life and my family liives i know about the banna wateri learned that from a n older women she told me as i walked pass her garden
Ron, I challenge you to a grand shoveling contest! I love those all steel shovels too. See you in LA.
My cherry tree has it’s first cherries on it in three years. The tree is six years old and lives in the high desert.
This viedo I just found also after looking for viedos on how to start a garden. I love them. Your audience was interesting. It's so true we're all the same. I look forward to your other viedos
This guy was winging this speech and it shows.
You’re so damn dope!
🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Picture buying tomato sauce that came from within 5 miles of where it is grown. The impact is exponential. Lower greenhouse gases, lower potential cost, and many intertwined positive externalities.
If we don't start growing our own food and learn how to build and maintain necessary things with available resources and knowledge, then when crisis hit, we all will be in worst shape. It will not stop at Detroit, Puerto Rico, Greek, Spain, Venezuela, etc. unless there are some drastic and sustainable changes with current destructive/unless greedy capitalist and political systems globally (yes I mean politicians and bad businessmen/banks/investors working together to keep us down).
Just because communities have problems and look run-down, doesn't mean residents getting together (since cities will not help and resources are not provided) can not take positive steps to improve with simple things like community gardens, neighborhood cleaning, trash removal etc. to beautify and create pride in community.
Ron echoed a lot of issues that all of us know like bad education system, resource distribution, food, control by big money over our ways of life etc.
It is easy to see most food/junk ads on TVS are the worst which is pushed by giant food corporations. Well these junks with lots of sugar, GMO, chemical make billions to these giant corporations and keep us sick and overweight. They care more on money than people apparently. It is the excessive love of money and power that are in fact have been our great enemies more than ISIS. I hope more and more people are aware of how bad current food supply chain is especially young people. Learning to grow your own food is the first important step. We can do it!
Simple Living you can say that again: we’re in the middle of the 1st covid19 lockdown as I’m writing this...
.Here in we have OFRE (offer) Operation Food Rescue Edmonton. They realized old folks had planted food in thier yards and its going to waste as they dont pick it anymore. OFRE organized pickings so young folks can go pick/harvest it and make preserves, cider ect. Ect. From what was going in the garbage. Think: local heirloom organic stuff is going in the bin by the garbage truck ton and some sob is charging a fortune for plastic bags of far away food at a farmers market?! No.
I’m a Taurus ♉️ and food is sexy....(healthy food) 🥑🥥🍉🌶🍊
AMENNNNN I want to know how to do this
Additional video and audio processing. Thank you, Ron! drive.google.com/file/d/1B37VXHtOYIE-ETyyE9oXNg-WB7uqGO4l/view?usp=sharing
Ron, where you do get the water for the curbside gardens?
This man is a saint vote him for president
*to the questioning neighbors peeking thru windowblinds*
"Checkin' trees, don't mind me. just ...*picks fruit* ...another morning."
*y'all should be awake by now*
this guy great where i live i cant plant much out side due where i live so grow things inside my apt love grow things
Go check out PINTEREST channel - great ideas of designs of various plant holders made from all kinds of odds & sodds...
Doing it. Cited by city for doing it...need legal help! Any advice?
He says air and I choke out taking a rip like Chong.
I wonder if Mr Finley has heard of Hugel Kulture?
I was introduced to you and your lifestyle today, I have been listening to several of your videos(very interested in what you are teaching). I love what you represent,I love growing plants myself ,however I am turned off by your use of profanity. Do you have to use profanity as you speak your truth. Thanks and may God continue to bless all that you put your hands on.
What about the east coast?
MrBCurtis you can do it...🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Another word for sexy is attractive
How did he get letters from North Korea?