Corn, tomatoes and beans grow well in my part of the country. Think anybody would object to digging up my front yard and planting them? Oh, and if this artist thinks you can get much out of a garden without the liberal use of pesticides and other chemicals, water and machinery, he probably hasn’t gardened much.
The garden in the picture on this thread is beautiful, but that's probably 3 or 4K worth of landscaping and $20 worth of lettuce. No big deal, but it reminds me of my college and their "land management program." Let me spend 4 million of taxpayer money to acquire the land, another couple of million to build out buildings and run water lines, operate with five or six full time employees that are paid out of general operating funds, and still run the place at a half million deficit a year and I'll manage the heck out of that land. I like the idea of raising vegetables, and my dad used to raise enough on a half acre to supply the whole neighborhood, but if you add up the costs of raising yourself, you usually spend more money. That being said, home grown tomatoes are so much better than what's in the stores, as are most other home grown products.
A lot of Freeps have got it down and it's worth while, but your first season growing, the price is surprising.