Eat at home, grow at home

WE will all be farmers soon, if Green Party Food Minister Trevor Sargent achieves his aim. He has launched a campaign to encourage home-growing of food, and told those interested in community gardens and allotments to take advantage of the long evenings, and get gardening.

He said Green councillors and candidates have been getting hundreds of enquiries about allotments and community gardens, and the Green Party campaign is designed to encourage domestic food production.

Farmers have the opportunity to get involved, because some privately-owned land may be rented at low cost, and turned into allotments for the hoped-for new army of gardeners — if not enough public land is available.