Almost as if he’s tackling multiple concerns at once.
youtube.com/shorts/HuOP2vEEz6Q
Allotments are fundamental for the feeding of our people and in tackling biodiversity loss. If you don’t have green fingers you may not be aware, but we’re currently in the midst of the largest mass extinction event since the dinosaurs.
Currently, human activities are driving a rapid decline in biodiversity, often referred to as the Holocene extinction or the sixth mass extinction. It was estimated in 2007 that up to 30% of all species could be extinct by 2050.[4] Habitat destruction—particularly for agriculture—is a primary driver of this decline.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity
This video from the WWF drives home the point.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ufiiFGdAl5E
But even if you don’t care about biodiversity loss, it is a necessary means for many people to feed themselves. About 1/3 of my fruit and veg intake is homegrown. Without it I would struggle to pay my bills, not to mention the mental health benefits of being out in the sun playing in the dirt.
Rayner can get to fuck. She’s a fucking liar who pretends to stand for the left of the Labour party and since getting into power has acted like a Tory. There’s a reason she’s been suspended from Unite.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 day ago
It’s been and seriose issue for decades.
In poor urban areas few have gardens. So to allow poor to continue to grow some of their own quality food. Post WW2 the allotment scheme was kept for such areas. As for many it was the only option.
For anyone older we hears about right wing effects to sell off the land at least every 10 years or so. Waiting lints have increased to decades in many areas.
The land is designed to be cheap to rent. But requires use as an allotment. So age is often how they change hands.