Many people in Spain like growing food on their backyards, especially when they retire. But as more and more people live in apartments, some farmers have started renting small parcels of their farming land to "urban people" so they can grow their small orchard. There are even city programs in Barcelona where city urban land is lent to older people as a way to maintain activity, so it is not just the benefits of the food you grow, it is the satisfaction on doing so plus doing some activity :)

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