Coronavirus: Will food supply fears see a rise in home-grown veg?
Empty supermarket shelves have unnerved much of the nation and made consumers question the security of food supplies they had taken for granted. As people ponder how they might have to source their food during the lockdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, will there be a growth in growing your own?
National groups including the Royal Horticultural Society and National Vegetable Society have reported a substantial increase in people starting to grow their own veg for the first time.More complete novices are reportedly growing their own for the first time"Like many our wistful intensions have been catalysed recently by the recent COVID-19 outbreak," she said.
Charlie, her partner and three-year-old daughter, have been isolating for about three weeks now at their home in Cornwall. "We have more time to channel and hopefully once the patch is established we shall enjoy salad-saving sums and a more sustainable lifestyle whilst also hatching a new family habit together," she said.Families are looking for outdoor projects now that they are in"lockdown"
Tamasin Pemberton, a green-fingered mother of three, said since the coronavirus pandemic began she had seen an influx in first-time growers at the Cornish garden centre she worked at - at least before the governmentFor years she had run her own social enterprise and charity, trying to arm families with skills to"grow their own" in workshops.
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