Thursday 5th June 2008
Among the methods suggested recently for escaping the credit crunch is the assertion that Britons should consider growing their own food.
Carrie Pailthorpe, horticulture expert at organic food charity Garden Organic, explains that doing so offers savings reaching into multiple pounds, rather than of pence value.
She claims that more Britons are likely to consider home-grown food as prices rise in shops around the country.
"Growing your own will increasingly become the answer," she predicts.
"It is more cost effective and a viable alternative to buying produce in the supermarket."
She adds that benefits can be derived from any plot of land, whether it is a vegetable patch, allotment, or even just a window box.
While the latter may not provide a surplus of growing space, Ms Pailthorpe explains that it could allow residents living in flats or apartments to reduce their expenditure on shop-bought herbs.
The comments follow figures published by the BBC which indicate that the cost of staples such as wheat and maize doubled between 2005 and 2007.
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