In a blog for Resilience.org Patrick Lydon paints a picture,
I’d like to start off with a story about a woman I know who works full time, takes home a below-median income, and raises two kids in Silicon Valley. This woman also has an organic garden in her tiny back yard, partially for her own enjoyment, and partially so she can afford to eat good food.
Every year, her tiny part time garden produces far more than she needs. She shares the excess, and I mean huge excess. She shares peppers and lettuce and lemons and cucumbers and spinach and beets and all else with dozens of people. This full-time worker, part time farmer produces more food than her and her friends know what to do with.
And her story is not unique. Continue reading here What Would Happen if We all Grew Food?.
And you might want to check out a review of Start a Community Food Garden: The Essential Handbook, on The Nature of Cities blog.