farming freeways

Rate This Idea » By quirky1 In Go Green | August 20, '08

Summary of Idea #39

Plant crops in all the unused fields that are found at any given freeway intersection

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  • Reply | Posted August 22, '08, 2:02 pm by Todd

    Here is the real kicker!
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    How much money would all the state governments save too!  They no longer would have to tend the roadsides.  The farmers and florists would do it for them.

  • Reply | Posted August 22, '08, 2:23 pm by drgoodvibe

    yes yes
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    yes dr.gv supports this idea fo sho!

  • Reply | Posted January 29, '09, 6:08 pm by SickTwistedFreak

    Harvest time traffic jam
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    It’s all great until the traffic jam starts by everyone picking the free food.

  • Reply | Posted February 23, '09, 7:52 pm by kooperg

    polution
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    hi, i know they dont give the grass that’s mown at the sides of the roads to cattle, since it is too much poluted. How will you make sure this will not also happen to your produce? Will you be using greenhouses?

  • Reply | Posted February 24, '09, 2:48 pm by quirky1

    Hi Kooperg
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    Thats a valid point. Yes greenhouses would be a good alternative and it would keep people from picking free food too.

    Thanks for the insight.

    Q1

  • Reply | Posted February 27, '09, 8:10 pm by Dim

    Bio fuel crops instead
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    Plant sawgrass or whatever, instead of food crops in those long stretches between interstate lanes.

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