Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhy don't communities build massive gardens for food? That way it would undercut the price of big retail stores.message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down19
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't communities build massive gardens for food? That way it would undercut the price of big retail stores.Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareShimitar@downonthestreet.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60·2 days agoFree food? That’s communism! That will cripple a billionaire income! Jokes apart, have you done gardening at scale? That requires massive labour or very expensive machinery, expertise, and resources like land and water. At least on the scale to feed a significant number of people. Your own garden can produce some stuff, but far from what would undercut retail stores business. Unless you scale it, it just stays that way. Yeah, might be fun and also a good community project, but not more.
minus-squarejimmy90@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down11·2 days agothis is not a stupid question but this is the level of stupidity you’re average commie actually believes
minus-squarenotgold@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoMost people don’t understand the scale nor the difference in land production capabilities. An acre doesn’t always produce an acre of food.
minus-squareShimitar@downonthestreet.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoI believe it’s just ignorance. And understandable also… Today’s people really think food grows in the supermarkets. And its not their fault, read caves of steel from Isaac Asimov… I am that old.
Free food? That’s communism! That will cripple a billionaire income!
Jokes apart, have you done gardening at scale? That requires massive labour or very expensive machinery, expertise, and resources like land and water.
At least on the scale to feed a significant number of people.
Your own garden can produce some stuff, but far from what would undercut retail stores business. Unless you scale it, it just stays that way.
Yeah, might be fun and also a good community project, but not more.
this is not a stupid question but this is the level of stupidity you’re average commie actually believes
Most people don’t understand the scale nor the difference in land production capabilities. An acre doesn’t always produce an acre of food.
I believe it’s just ignorance. And understandable also… Today’s people really think food grows in the supermarkets.
And its not their fault, read caves of steel from Isaac Asimov…
I am that old.