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Should poor people be allowed to grow their own food?


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Should poor people get priority for allotments;

 

The unemployed, low wage workers, asylum seekers whom are forbidden from working legally and fellow European/A2 nationals who are denied access to the social safety net.

 

No

 

those without a garden should get priority for allotments

 

Why?

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Guest sibon

I thought that poor people were supposed to grow our food.

 

Or have I misunderstood the common agricultural policy?

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those without a garden should get priority for allotments

 

It would make a lot more sense to provide higher amounts of allotments near flats and in areas where properties are being converted to HMOs...

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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the computerised scheme set up by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall (The River Cottage TV chef) which aims to register and unite anyone with a bit of spare land, underused garden, etc with people who require a bit of land to grow their own food on.

 

The computer will match up people in the same area, so both parties are happy. Seems like a neat solution to me.

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