Maybe you could forage for some cactus fruits. Some of those are probably edible. San Diego certainly has enough cactus.

I am definitely planning on canning — if I ever have a surplus. I might end up with a surplus of beets by the time the winter growing wraps up, but we’ll see.

I envision communities coming together to share seeds and expertise, linking all the yards in the area in a kind of collective, then sharing the crops when they come up. This would be an ideal way to go beyond the capacity of a single yard.

Staying local seems to be important. If someone is not raising any food of their own, then at least buying local seems to be the second best choice.

Canning seems like a good idea also. That is, if you are growing surplus from your garden. Do you have any plans of canning in the future? Tomatoes seem to be the best candidate as the first item to start canning.

I think in the future, people will start banning together to grow things to share. A Farmer’s market sells things, but sharing could be a good thing also. One person might be good at growing tomatoes and another good at growing green beans. A swap would be beneficial in that case. The Internet will play a key role in that in the future, perhaps.

Bartering is what I am talking about in reality. I think that is going to grow in popularity. The Internet can help facilitate that.

You have talked about sharing seeds in your blog. That is something that sounds like a very good thing to do also.