Just curious about how you plan to give the food away that you are going to be growing - are there charities or feeding schemes in your area? As for the chickens/eggs, a barter system sounds good but in a market type of environment, as opposed to an unattended stall, in order to avoid it being abused. Anyway, it's wonderful that you and your farmer friend are thinking in this direction. There will always be poor people, but there should never be people suffering from starvation.