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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
George Hudson

Grow your own food: apply for an allotment, find a community space or rent a disused plot across London

Vegetable plots on an allotment in London’s East End

(Picture: Alamy Stock Photo)

As costs soar, we’re all looking for ways to get our money to stretch further. The weekly shop is where some of the largest price hikes hit hardest so it pays to start thinking about how we can access the food we love for less.

If you are lucky enough to have space to grow food outdoors, you are already on to a winner. Twenty-one per cent of households in London don’t have access to a garden.

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