” Growing food is so good for the people because its free.. “
Having made my first-ever attempt at a veggie garden, this summer, I can attest to the fact that it’s anything BUT ‘free’ — between seeds and fertilizer and weeks of back-breaking work, I figure that the few veggies that the bugs and critters left me (which were, granted, delicious) cost me about 100 times what I coulda paid for ‘em at the store...
YMMV, of course....
The entirety of modern civilization grew out of the desire to avoid having everyone scrape at the ground and hunt in the woods for food, shelter, etc.
Money developed in order to trade food, shelter, etc. without having to do it all oneself.
The notion that "food is free" is one of the most ignorant ideas I've heard in a very, very long time.
We have fruit trees ummmmm because that is where ummmmm vegetables come from.