[Colin In Perth]

It would be a good idea if everyone learned the skills of growing their own vegetables. Those skills used to be a way of life from an early age, but
we have over the passed 2 decades got used to cheap food and grow your own went out of fashion. At 44 yrs old I was growing up in the 70s when food prices were very high in proportion to income. The average family spent 1/3rd their income on food then. Now it is 1/10th but increasing and likely to carry on that way. In the 70s I remember it was quite normal for people to have vegetable gardens or allotments. It is just a case of people adjusting and learning the skills. It would be healthy too and recreational. Why waste precious money and energy at a gym when the body beautiful can be achieved by getting exercise doing what is after all basic survival. Problems we are beginning to face like land being used for biofuel instead of growing food could be solved by some lifestyle changes if the will is there in people and governments. Fuel use could be reduced if people didn't eat food which is flown half way round the world. If the culture of people not living anywhere near to their work, but instead commuting for huge distances was replaced by more work from home jobs and taking jobs locally then there would be enough land for both. It is unlikely that I would benefit financially by more people growing their own food as the idea would be to save money and although I'm sure many would take up my free advice, I doubt many would be calling on my paid services. This is starting to become more like a sermon than a thread so I'm going to shut up now. haha sorry sometimes I don't know when to stop. Thanks for reading - Colin