Might be a good use of vacant lots in our country.
The Madison area has a ton of community gardens with waiting lists years long to get a plot. I have a lot of Mung and Peruvian customers; it’s a little hard to communicate, and everyone seems to have the SAME last name, but we manage. ;)
I have a small farm and am always looking for ways to make extra cash from it. So far I have laying hens for egg sales, but I am considering raising hens to sell because that’s ‘all the rage’ these days; to have a few hens in town. A family can have 4 of them, no roosters.
In some years I’ve done a small market stand at the end of the driveway and it’s been quite successful. In past years I’ve worked on my in-laws farm selling potted trees, picking raspberries...just about anything else that needed doing.
One year I sold cut flowers; gladiolus. It was a HUGE success.
Right now I’m working full time, but as soon as we can afford for me to be home again, I’ll get right on all the ideas I have for making money right at home, here on the farm. :)