A recent study from the University of Sheffield has found that household fruit and veg production, in allotments and gardens, could be key to a healthy and food secure population in the UK.
The study followed household food growers over the course of one year to assess their production, purchase, donation and waste of fruit and vegetables. It found that those respondents who could grow their own produced more than half of the vegetables and almost a quarter of the fruit they consumed annually.
The report also found that household food growers ate 6.3 portions of their recommended five a day, which is 70% higher than the UK national average of only 3.7 portions.