"With huge waiting lists, public demand for allotments is clear. What’s needed now is political will, and an ability to reimagine cities not just as places to live and work, but as places to grow.
Because as Corbyn warned: once these spaces are lost, they’re rarely replaced"
#Allotments #Gardening #Nature #Food
Allotments are vanishing when the UK urgently needs more of them
theconversation.com/allotments…
Allotments are vanishing when the UK urgently needs more of them
In praise of digging for potatoes.The Conversation
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in reply to GeofCox • • •This is, incidentally, the main reason US corporations resist the introduction of a proper state health care system, even though it is clear that it would be cheaper than the insurances costs for them. They choose the more expensive option - lose money - but what they really want is workers totally dependent on their jobs.
It's also the reason they ignore the many proofs that a social safety net is cheaper than dealing with the problems arising from not having one - for example simply giving people homes is cheaper than dealing with homeless people in other ways - but it takes away the fear of losing your home,, and what bosses want most is dependent, compliant workers.