As expensive as food keeps getting here in the United States, people are eventually going to have to learn gardening to grow their own food. When I was a teenager in high school, I remember hearing a broadcast on the Voice of America shortwave radio station about New Yorkers in Manhattan who grew their own vegetables and fruit provided that they had a large enough plot of land in their backyard.
When I was living in New York City, I had considered moving from Queens to Manhattan. If I had gotten a place that had a backyard, I probably would have liked to have done something like that to take my mind off of all the hustle and bustle of the big city. After I moved to Los Angeles, I remember this one family that had an orange tree in their front yard. I thought that that was cool. By the way, I gave your article a thumbs-up. 😃
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