In London, 41 council allotments have shut for good in the past 10 years.
In Wales, charity Social Farms and Gardens aims to create up to 600 new allotment plots, through their Resilient Green Spaces project, particularly in areas with high levels of food poverty.
"If everybody in a street of 10 families planted a packet of seeds, you would have more than enough to swap and share produce."is a new series exploring how businesses, trade, economies and working life are changing fast. In London, waiting lists for local authority allotments have not been helped by sites closing. A total of 41 have shut for good in the city since 2013,However, for some lucky residents, allotments are being built into new residential developments. At Quintain Living's Canada Gardens building in Wembley there is an area of allotments beds.
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