The Economic benefits of Home Gardening
Written on January 27th, 2012Article by Nono
One very interesting trend since we have been affected by the global recession, is the resurgence of home gardening. Not as a hobby, but actually as a way to save money on food. Is this trend, good for the Economy?. Home gardening is a very Green activity, and is extremely good for the environment helping reducing pollution levels in many communities. It is also a way to save money, and eat healthier food. Economically speaking the resurgence of home farming could affect producers of food, that traditionally supplied more wealthier householders with their fruit and vegetables. Many of these products were imported from developing Countries, or in the case of Europe, new poorer members of the European Union. There is no doubt that home gardening makes sense, we were dependent on factory farms that often used pesticides that were possibly linked to illnesses in many western Countries. Some of the products we ate, were part of the Globalization of agriculture, including importing poultry fromThailand. Countries that may be hit by the new trend of home gardening, could be Thailand, that depends mainly on agriculture, Slovenia and Poland, both exporters to the EU. Whilst flower gardens are turned into vegetable, and fruit patches, and homeowners buy chickens, rather than purchase eggs from our supermarkets.
Countries that may be hit by the new trend of home gardening, could be Thailand, that depends mainly on agriculture, Slovenia and Poland, both exporters to the EU. Whilst flower gardens are turned into vegetable, and fruit patches, and homeowners buy chickens, rather than purchase eggs from our supermarkets. Being green out of economic necessity is a trend we all may have to face in the future, as land may start to become scarcer because of rising sea levels, and our awareness of eating more healthy food, turns us away from moreunhealthier factory farming produce. However, like everything in this age of globalization, others were co-dependent on us for purchasing their food. And the big companies that produced the vegetables, eggs and poultry for us, are probably laying off workers, and reconsidering were they can find new markets, to a new generation of home gardeners.
Are you battling a vicious debt cycle? Changing your lifestyle could be the key to financial stability, and a stress free future. This change could turn your life around, and create a better future for you, and your loved ones. No one likes to be considered mean, but many of us in reality lived beyond our means. This means that we are all partly to blame for the current economic environment, but lets put that issue aside for the moment. At this very moment, we need to change the way we look at our lifestyle, and the ways that we can save and pay off all our debts. This is a psychological barrier, many conspicuous consumers are facing, but in reality, most of us have no choice. We do not need to cut back on everything, we need to evaluate our attitudes towards money, and the way we spend it. And this starts with the way we shop. If we wonder around a Supermarket, and say to ourselves, “What do we really need?”, rather then “What do we really want? We will probably find, that we cut our expenses by almost 40%. When we look at a Car, if we look at the Car, and say “Does it serve the purpose, we really need it for?”, rather then if we worry about “What others think about it”. Then the savings on all the gadgets, fuel costs and extras we bought to “impress others”, will help a long way towards paying off a mortgage. Using the “What do we really need?”, philosophy also helps you around the house.
If we evaluate what we really own, the true value it has to us, and the real use these items have. Then we would probably empty most of the house, and could sell these items off, if we need spare cash. Many items could be reconditioned, an old comfortable sofa caneasily be recovered, and look new. A home computer, upgraded and cleaned up rather then replaced. Even the household furniture, repainted or varnished, with the classic “hand made” look. Attitude right now is everything, times are going to be tough. Our dreams, which we believed were reachable, are in fact unreachable because many of us, simply spent more then we earned, and lived like the wealthy, when in fact we never made enough to sustain that lifestyle. But, if we look around and can say we are healthy, we have acomfortable home, a means to earn enough income, and are aware that our lifestyle has to be sustainable, then we should get through this current slump, and enter the coming new economic age, financially intact.
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