“Didn’t folks leave the farm and move to the city to get away from farming?”
Sure. But they’re all dead. As are the manufacturing jobs for which they left the farm. So why not use derelict land for growing food?
The 30-something kids of neighbors of ours now live in a very large city. They are adamant that they will “never haul water or firewood again”. I don’t recall them being too fond of weeding the garden, either, back in the day.
However, they are ardent liberals; one works for a city social services department. I am looking forward to the next series of parental reports!