No entitlement - Effort required. Either by you, your family or a volunteer working as your proxy. It has been my observation as a home healthcare nurse that in almost every home of welfare recipients or disabled persons, there is extended family capable of performing physical labor. I wonder how many food stamp recipients our city would have, if there was a mandate on the federal level - requiring volunteerism from those who have no physical disability in exchange for "Food Stamps"?

These gardens could be initially created, tilled and planted by volunteers or clubs who donate use of their (or the City's/County's land) their time, use of their equipment, seed/plants and their expertise. Then ongoing care and nurturing and harvesting of the "farms" could be performed by those who receive the food from the farm. --- Sounds idealistic, I know, but with a concrete plan from the onset it would work. Many organic gardens in urban areas work on the same principles, although they are not focused on those in need.

Establishing criteria to qualify for receiving food from the project and recording hours contributed to the project by the participants or volunteers who work as a proxy for a participant - would maintain a checks&balance system. Food harvested each week would be divided equally among those recipients who "worked"- with a scheduled pick up time and place, and any unclaimed produce could then be donated to local soup kitchens or food banks (or delivered to disabled recipients by volunteers).

Fenced gardens, with a core group of volunteers would be essential.