These days, schools and school kids need all the help they can get. Most older Americans need to be more physically active. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine demonstrate that an innovative program called Experience Corps can meet both needs–with generous benefits to spare.

The federal government has officially put an end to hunger in America. The word, at least. The new official term, adopted several years ago by the US Department of Agriculture, is “food insecurity.” It still means millions of Americans are struggling to put food on the table.

Feeding the hungry, beautifying blighted inner cities, giving kids a patch of their own to tend, and making bushels of healthy produce available to more families. Here’s an idea worth nurturing.