[zokier]

I definitely feel a trend going on for small-scale agriculture. But unlike in olden times where it might have been a way to reduce a (lower class) family's grocery bill, now it's more of a hobby for rich boys that probably in most cases does not make any economical sense.

[aldoushuxley001]

Small scale agriculture is actually very profitable if you do it right. I know farmer making $100,000/year off half an acre within city of Vancouver, and while that's definitely a bit of an outlier, shows that it's very very possible to have profitable small scale agriculture. In fact, most of the big farmers I know are drowning in debt. Sometimes scale is a burden.