Great post. Things that make you go, hmm.
For people in Florida interested in turning their yards into a food forest, I know a guy. :) He's in the Tampa area, but ships some stuff, and has a product called Food Forest In A Box. Pete Kanaris is his name, and GreenDreamsFL dot com is his website. Justin Rhodes featured Pete on his YouTube channel, and Pete is full of information about plants and converting land into food production.
And if your landlord won't let you plant anything other than grass, Pete shows that you can increase a property's value by 25% by using an edible permaculture design. Apologies for the YouTube video automatically being embedded.
awesome