Submitted by fadedrosebud t3_11xqhux in pittsburgh
the_victorian640 t1_jd523nq wrote
Trees yes, fruit trees no. Not only is urban farming terribly inefficient, and the fact that fruit trees need constant upkeep and a ton of times to produce any fruit at all, but they also attract animals. It's a much better use of resources to fund more local supermarkets to address food deserts, and plant more regular urban trees separate.
tdarg t1_jd5d3ro wrote
Agreed. And anything other than trees for food...fruit bushes, etc. are much better bang for buck. Fruit trees get diseases easily
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Willowgirl2 t1_jd612cw wrote
Hazelnuts!
tdarg t1_jd6jcdd wrote
Well there's a lot of different berries...don't they count??
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tdarg t1_jd5d4om wrote
Agreed. And anything other than trees for food...fruit bushes, etc. are much better bang for buck. Fruit trees get diseases easily.
[deleted] t1_jd7198t wrote
Oh yeah, where the food gets trucked in from halfway across the planet and costs too much because of corporations inflating prices. Sounds like a great thing for the poor, good job, I'm surprised nobody thought of this already! I definitely don't want my neighborhood dirtied up with animals and poor people picking apples.
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