@A-Unique-Nickname saidGrowing your own is the best start to eating well. Many window sills or tiny gardens can be used to grow something. It’s so rewarding thus good for our mental health too. Our UK government needs to ensure that communal growing spaces are included in any plans for new housing estates. We also all have a choice to either spend a big chunk of our hard earned cash on fast food outlets or buy organically grown veg which tastes great and supports the farms that put efforts into doing this.
Farmers have ruined the planet, it's time we all started to grow our own food and trade with others.
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-Removed-You disputed that "rolling up" the farming industry was a valid argument; in reality, only a handful of corporations control most of the Europe's (and the world's) farms.
Of course we need to support small businesses of all types. But it's not the small businesses that causing the bulk of the problems, it's the bigger ones. The EU should start off by enacting stricter rules for the larger farms and more manageable rules for the smaller ones.
-Removed-It's silly to think they don't pollute. In the US Midwest, thousands of lakes that used to be fun recreation areas are unswimmable because of farm runoff. Maybe the pollution is acceptable, but it's quite disruptive. There are other ways to farm that don't pollute as much. Government should encourage and support that.
https://www.thegazette.com/environment-nature/swim-warnings-on-track-to-eclipse-previous-years/
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@A-Unique-Nickname saidDo you have any idea how much land a family would need to raise their own food for year around self-sufficiency? How much time and work it would require?
Farmers have ruined the planet, it's time we all started to grow our own food and trade with others.
Do YOU grow your own food?