Exemption from hosepipe ban for households and individuals growing food

Growing vegetables by households or individuals, reduces the environmental and carbon footprint of this part of our diet. If effort has already been put into such a garden, it could be wiped out if plants die or suffer as a result of drought. Water used for the production of essential food-stuffs, in such a way as to reduce carbon emissions, should not be rationed in the same way as that used for watering flowers or lawns or filling paddling pools.