Commuity - What does it take?

[Scythe13]

(18 October 2013, 22:55)Highlander Wrote: mmmm, not so sure,....ok, so the experts are the ones who will be in charge of the planting, but everyone would ,..or should be allowed to decide what is to be planted, you dont have to be an expert to know what you like to eat

...and also an expert grower may not know the entire benefits of different plants, it would be a good policy to have others who might know the medical qualities of plants for instance

So, I am not so sure,..... there is still an argument for a community control of the planting land

Can you tell me, without using google, what plants grow best with peanut's? What about the highest yielding crop to feed a family? What plant has the greatest nutrient density? Will it grow on the fields outside your house in that climate? Can you tell me which plants you cannot put together because they use the same nutrients and thus ruin the quality of the soil?

I'm not getting at you specifically HL, but I'm just trying to show something that people need to see. For survival, having an opinion is great, but having knowledge is much more important.

As BP says, having land to plant is available everywhere. If you want to plant something, by all means, go for it. There is nothing stopping anyone from doing that. That's what gardens are for. But the main staple crops to feed the people, these should be decided and controlled by those skilled in that specific set. Not all doctors know herbs and the alike. All people have differing ideas about different things, and if you want to just eat broccoli, that's your prerogative, but if this soil doesn't harbour anything good for broccoli, then you've just killed 3 people. If you over water the courgettes, you've killed another person. The thing is, not all conditions are right for all plants, and we all know that. The reason we have such a plethora of food available is because of the capitalist society that gathers food from far and wide. UK crops will be very different, and I don't care how much you like bananas, planting them around the UK won't ever result in a 'bumper harvest' shall we say. Let those that know how to grow plants, do what they do best. Certain people, e.g. doctor for nutritional knowledge, should have an input, but not everyone.

I say people should not be left to plant their own food because my wife has the ability to drown a water lily and dehydrate a cactus (if anyone wants to try and make me look stupid by saying you should water a cactus about once every 2 weeks, then this sentence just made you look silly too....you little know-it-all )