I appreciate the recent posts on urban food production, and I am excited to hear about the various and creative ways in which people are becoming more connected with their food.  I wouldn't want to discourage anyone from growing, or paying someone else to grow, food in their yard or community garden, but thought I'd mention that new gardeners should look into the quality of their soil - past inhabitants may not have been very careful about where they dumped things like lead paint and used motor oil.

... about how much gets wasted by all these professional gardeners driving big trucks all over o service the lazy locavores. If the service is provided by a someone within walking or biking distance then its fantastic but in my city many services drive in from distances up to 30km away in heavy duty truckscarrying an entire garden senter on wheels even though all the tools they need may be available at the home they are going to.