oh well, I don't know what you meant with your neighbors but i create a food forest because i can be independent from food, but my neighbor can think what he wants. yes you may help a bit in the beginning with water but once it grows it owns her own stability, her own shadow, and to do that they take all the energy from the sun,a free resource. You don't need fertilizer, pesticides, or any product that involves oil, a not renewable resource that is coming to an end, while who does food foresting offers a smart alternative to oil , which we all need now to bring the food in the supermarkets, and for tractors and automatic harvester machines. With a food forest system we can harvest close to our apartments and houses etc. and let trees absorb CO2,...now that i think about it i think it's the solution to everything..
