THE UNIVERSAL SOLUTION for alleviating malnutrition and hunger

by Prof. Dr. Willem VAN COTTHEM (Ghent University, Belgium)

Here is MY UNIVERSAL SOLUTION to the world problem of hunger and malnutrition of children: THE KITCHEN WALL GARDEN WITH VEGETABLES AND/OR HERBS!

A bucket tower like the ones on the photos below can be built anywhere in the world, even in the driest regions. All it takes is to construct a tower with inexpensive buckets and now and then fill the bucket at the top with water. One can get available vegetable and herb seeds to germinate and then plants those seedlings in the holes drilled in the side wall of the buckets.

Now, don’t say anymore that billions of dollars are needed to eliminate hunger in the world. Support all the hungry people of the world by offering them a simple KITCHEN wall garden!

Photos by Cindy BRACKE and Gilbert VAN DAMME (2023-06)

Kitchen wall garden with vegetables: including pink tomatoes at the bottom, Crown Prince pumpkins, melons, mint, chervil, lemon verbena, basil, sage, red bell peppers, pointed peppers, and at the top, celery, bok choy, parsley, oak leaf lettuce and curly lettuce. A tower of buckets with holes drilled in the side to plant young vegetables, and 2 small holes (1 mm) in the bottom to allow water to drip top down from bucket to bucket. The buckets are filled with potting soil, and at the top, we put a bucket with 2 holes (1 mm) in the bottom, filled with water that slowly runs through the entire tower, keeping all the buckets moist. (Photo by Cindy BRACKE 2023-06-30)

Kitchen wall garden with kitchen herbs, including at the bottom sage, basil, lemon verbena, sorrel, chamomile, mint, and at the top tarragon, oyster leaf, lemon thyme, arugula, parsnip, bay leaf, sage, peppermint, lemon verbena, and curry plant.

(Photo by Cindy BRACKE 2023-06-30)