More like a tenth of a tenth of a tenth of a tenth. This is reminiscent of the movement in communist China, during the Great Leap Forward, where people were encouraged to melt down their frying pans to produce Steel. Number one the items in question already were steel. Number two, by melting down their frying pans they couldn’t cook their food so they starved. Number three, simple observation shows that the production of food and steel and commodities in the world of today has to be done on the scales that it is done on. What’s next, shall we build our vehicles one by one in our backyards and garages? This is just standard liberal utopian garbage that is not worthy of the neurons that takes to think about it. All you have to do is to go to the Midwest and see the size of the fields, the size of the silos used to store the grain, and to think that you’re going to get material out of a 2 foot by 6 foot plot next to your apartment building isn’t even worth considering.
Every little bit helps. I’ve had to give up gardening but still have herbs in the kitchen window which has saved a few dollars. Not to mention there’s nothing like fresh herbs which aren’t sold in our local grocery store.
Those 12 sq ft of apartment yard will give you enough space for a nice salad every day of summer. Go vertical and get even more space. Put a trellis on your wall and you’ve got beans galore. Add a few containers on the patio. Grow herbs, lettuce and greens in the window sills and sliding glass door. Here, at the elderly housing, they enjoy their container gardening outside their front doors.
Eat low carb and there’s no need for a silo full of grain.