I am surrounded by new homes and more going up every week. I live in an adjoining housing community built in the 70's. We only have an acre, but what is astounding to me is they've taken the same acreage with these new homes and filled it with 4-5 homes. No yards, there's barely enough yard to run a lawn mower between two houses. Like I told my hubby, these people will not survive if they have to garden. They could perhaps have a few patio containers BUT it won't be enough to sustain a family. What I see happening when things get really bad is these people will be in my garden just trying to survive and that's going to be a HUGE problem. I learned how to garden, store seeds, canning, dehydrating food, etc, but it's not nearly enough to feed my entire community.
We need seed banks, basic gardening skills 101, community gardens and survival skills education. I can help.