When she was in the third grade, Katie Stagliano received a homework assignment that changed her life: To grow a cabbage from a single seedling. Hers grew to about 40 pounds. She took the cabbage to the local soup kitchen, where it was served with ham and rice to around 275 people.
âWhen I looked at the people in line I thought âwow, theyâre just like my family,’â Katie says of her experience handing out food that day. âFor all I know, they could have been my family who had fallen on hard times.â Six years later, Katieâs Krops supports 75 youth-run gardens in 27 states and has raised over $200,000.
Watch Katieâs remarkable story here, and check out the feature film The Starfish Throwers where she is featured alongside two others whose individual efforts to feed the poor are igniting a movement in the fight against hunger.
Source: NationSwell
This Girl Has The Solution To World Hunger. It Begins With A 40 lb. Cabbage
