Growing Your Own Food (0-10 scoring)

notes:

• the main consideration may be as expressed in 7, that if there was greater cooperation from the rest of (the dominant) society, like setting up space for it, really incentivizing it, etc., then this would be much easier for people to score higher
• be flexible when thinking of the ideas corresponding to a score, as sometimes there may be good ideas that can be implied they are also being done in other/higher scores, or ideas can be thought of as more insights in themselves than exact correspondence to a score.
• for more in-depth context, see meaning of "self-sufficient way of life" (or contrarily, the virus-/pest-like, "city")
• of course not everybody in the society has to be involved in food growing, as exchange of all our various contributions (in direct trade or more abstract "money") is a nearly inherent aspect of how society functions

 

and another simple way to think about it

0 not at all, i buy food with money i earn 😎

1 uh, yeah, i have a container pot or two (like chillie, aloe vera, herbs, or other pop gardening plants)

2 a little bit like a side hobby, but i could spend more time/effort on it

3 i make it a hobby, have a decent garden given my busy schedule

4 i’m really into gardening, and grow quite a lot (at least ~25%) of my own food

5 i’m really into these needed local/slow food movements, have a plot at the neighborhood garden, etc.

6 5, and additionally i grow over half of my own food! and am actually active in those movements!

7 i grow a lot of my own food (nearly 75%), but given a more forward-thinking society, would be a 9 at least

8 i grow most of my own food (~75%!), and otherwise buy some things from the most responsible, ecological, and ethical markets

9 i am quite principled, grow almost all my own food, and otherwise trade with my (yogic) local neighbors totally independent of the industrial civilization / food system monster

10 i grow 100% of my own food, ecologically, improving the envt., save seed, aim to be a demonstration for others to learn, and even share some surplus! 🏆