Mika
VIP Contributor
Food is essential item, no matter how hard you try, you can never cut spending on your food bill. However, there are ways to minimize your food expenses, and one of the most useful one is growing your own food. To address the issue of high cost of food, responsible urban farming or container gardening practices are crucial. While protecting arable land from commercial activities in the rural areas and emphasizing food crops over cash crops contribute to over all improved food security, you can try to grow food in your home to contribute to food security. At home, you might not be able to grow a lot of food items or items like grains, but you can try growing vegetables which will minimize your expenses and also help practice sustainable living.