Of course the first prerequisite for growing food is land, the acquisition of which is financially beyond the means of most of us, something the Ruling class have had sewn up for centuries, even long before the Enclosures Acts of the 1600 s. But there are always holes-spaces, in which we can move, call it the black economy, call it the green economy. How about the flower beds that adorn your town centre if they re not too well looked after, you could be growing your crops right in the heart of the consumer landscape of the burger bars, chain stores and supermarkets. Such secret gardens could be maintained with the minimum of effort small amounts of compost could be carried in bags and weeds could be largely left alone except where they threaten to engulf your crop as they provide camouflage for your activities. Nor would you have to bother with orderly, tidy rows.
Clandestine farmers are out there now.
Why not join them in digging for revolution. This action is just one of many taking place in London, around the UK and across the planet. But change is fuelled by the diversity and dynamism of cities. Less than a year ago, on June the 18th, financial centres on every continent were rocked by people resisting the devastation of their lives by a bankrupt economic system. This was just the beginning.