Why doesn't everyone who is struggling just plant make a very cheap investment into food plants?

[Anonymous]

It's so simple yet can definitely help poor people. If they would stop and think for a second.

Literally whenever you eats food you can have an opportunity to save the seed and plant it in some dirt. Even my country's government likes to support agricultural initiatives... but I'd bet some people simply aren't interested in it.. well then it's your own fault of you are hungry on some days and don't even try. I'm not talking about people with literally nothing- I'm talking about people who at least have somewhere to stay dven if by family.

[Aerissa_Jade]

Can be hard to plant and grow if you live in a building with no yard or dirt. If you have a balcony you can try a few plants in pots, and they will grow but not as good as if they were in the ground.

I have done that before to get tomato's, as I know how to grow food, grew up on a farm, family still has it and runs it.

My biggest issue personally, is I travel in the summer... when it is warmer. Hard to grow a garden when I'm gone for weeks or months at a time. It tends to uh, die. Even if I program sprinklers to water while I'm gone, it may get too much or too little, depending on how hot it is outside. Needs more water in July when the average temp is a 101f.

I get what your saying though, but I personally find that buying food from a farmers market is cheaper than investing and growing it myself. Now if I had a large family, that would not be the case.

[FreyaRed]

That's sound so wonderful but it's completely naive.

[ShiftingMonke]

Planting takes planning in advance. It's not instant. I agree, many people live in a world of abundance- both knowledge and material- but not everyone has what is needed, be it space or tools or materials. Yes, I know they can be obtained, but the same logic can be applied to those that are unemployed. The simple answer is "get a job" but the real answer is far more nuanced with an unlimited number of situational differences.

[Asker]

Only really the knowledge they lack.. which is free in most countries. They don't have to pay really anything get seeds from food they already eat... and if you read my description even those with barely anything Still have enough... you dint need special materials to plant.. at most- they would have to search for or pay for soil if they couldn't find one that seem fruitful.

[ShiftingMonke]

Irrigation is a big one. If you can't naturally divert water, you will need to plumb it. Then there's pest control to consider. Even if you get a harvest, you'll need to add nitrates to harvest again, otherwise the soil will be dead. Also, not all produce has viable seeds. So many market items are either genetically modified or grown from such specific strains that simply planting a seed in your yard isn't going to guarantee a good harvest for years to come. If you consider how many individuals live well below the poverty line, coupled with their limited- if any- access to either internet or books (even knowing how to read) plus geopolitical or climate issues for their region, simply telling them 'let them have crops' is still an incredibly rosy view.

[Asker]

Hmm.. wouldn't you say irrigation is more for commercial large scale farming? Watering plants by hand for subsistence level is fine.

[Asker]

You will notice that farmers are some of those that tend to have the longest life spans... those doing phsyical labour... so I think it benefits in many ways.. I think it was a town in Italy and even an American guy who made the records.

[Iron_Man]

Those are like professional, farmers the average person doesn’t have a fancy yard with high-quality dirt soil to put all that stuff in there. Plus you have to have good working knowledge. To try to keep it going.

[Guy13]

No place to plant?

[Asker]

If you read the description... it said...

I'm not talking about people with literally nothing- I'm talking about people who at least have somewhere to stay dven if by family.

[Anonymous]

Okay Marie Antoinette

[Asker]

Thank you

[Asker]

, Shelly.