Urban gardening is becoming more popular - decreases urban food costs.

Discussion in 'Economics' started by wilburbear, Jun 13, 2012.

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  2. Bob111

    Bob111

    the cost of water is a problem for such 'activities'. add sewer. cause they calculated of water usage. it's good,but imo-not really practical
     
  3. easymon1

    easymon1

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  5. Chliskip

    Chliskip

    Urban farming is staging a curious comeback, urban farms can provide a bunch of other neat benefits, from bolstering local communities to encouraging healthier diets.
     
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  6. easymon1

    easymon1

  7. Correct....after the 08' crash an attempt was made to re-ruralize the metro area. Time will tell.

    Akuma
     
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    And actually, with a oversupply of non selling real estate- makes perfect sense to put the land to garden use. TN/some states, have a greenbelt law, 15 ac or more gets a good property tax break...………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
     
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